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Here are some links to the main areas we covered at the Lead Teacher meeting... The families section has been updated and now includes... An  introductory video  for parents Maths at our house section  - good for classroom themes (includes gardening/recycling/reading and more). Knowledge activities  which could be good for homework Math Kete  - ideas for parents about creating a kete of equipment to support maths at home. Other resources  – extra links - check out the ECE section for activities which could support our discovery activities and questioning. Under the math houses/reading theme is a list of picture books at each level and strand. These include activities to go with the books. e-ako maths Designed for year 7 & 8 students who are struggling with place value, basic facts, fractions but could be used at middle/senior primary. We looked at place value 2. It uses commonly used materials in each questi...

Here are some resources from nzmaths that will hopefully support you get started with your numeracy teaching... Expectations for number ... The ALiM (Accelerating learning in mathematics) project has provided some resources for supporting struggling children.  They give good examples of how to develop 'target' maths lessons across the levels.  This will hopefully be added to in the future. nzmaths also has resources for supporting  bright sparks ! Teaching number knowledge... The number framework identifies five knowledge domains: Number Identification , e.g. 5 means “five”, or 7/8 means “seven-eighths” Number Order and Sequence , e.g. the number after 16 is 17, or the multiple of 10 after 490 is 500 Grouping and Place Value , e.g. 10 can be grouped as 7 and 3, or 23.4 is 234 tenths Number Facts  e.g. 3 + 3 = 6, or the square root of 100 is 10 Written Recording , e.g. use of empty number lines or written working forms. Stage 2-3 Stage 4 Stage 5 ...

I have collated some planning, assessment and organisation information from nzmaths to hopefully make it easier for you... Effective numeracy classrooms Effective pedagogy in mathematics booklet Share you classroom organisation ideas here... Possible assessments for the beginning of the year... NumPA is used each year in the junior school as part of our new entrant assessment. As it can be time consuming, it can be used to find out more about focus students rather than the whole class. This year as we are focusing on numeracy, all children will be NumPA tested at the beginning of the year so that we have clear baseline data. NumPA (Diagnostic Interview)  This diagnostic interview is administered in an individual interview. It is used to fully assess a student’s knowledge in all five of the knowledge domains and strategy in all three of the strategy domains. However, as this method of assessment is time-consuming, it is not intended that it be used with every member of a c...

A resource finder has been added to nzmaths. 'Figure it out' books are now online. Unfortunately some of the older books are not available. When they were published permission wasn't collected to post the children's photos online.  Check out the books and teachers notes here... Position and Orientation - Most of the activities we looked at for Level 2/3 were from figure it out books and were fun hands on activities.  This book was recommended for teaching angles... We looked at the unit Scatter Cat from nzmaths and how it can be adapted to use across the school. It was suggested to use video as a change from the book to engage the children. If you are wanting to clarify where your children should be working at in relation to the strands/national standards it is clearly set out on nzmaths. There are also illustrations of the standards across the levels here. The accelerating learning in maths project intervention materials are now available in draft form. ...

These videos can be really useful to remind us of the teaching process - materials - imaging - number properties. Not all stages had video examples but had useful suggestions. I have added the video examples for stages 5 and 6. Stage 5 Stage 6 The Online Numeracy PD can be a useful refresher. Have a look here...

The following sites have fractions games at a range of levels... Topmarks has many interactive games. This link takes you to the search engine where you can choose your level. Games and explanations. Pizza Party Game This page has a range of games covering fractions proportions and ratios. This dictionary has some useful fractions explanations. Crickweb has a few great interactive games. It doesn't allow you to link specific games so the link is for the games homepage at the level you select. This NZ school wiki has fractions games from stage 3-7. Johnnie's Math Page alway has a good range of games. This is more suitable for middle/senior... This site has fractions worksheets with a simple layout (less reading for those who struggle) ... Teacher tools is a link I shared recently.  It is a NZ site that has PowerPoints and videos to support teaching numeracy. There are lots of fractions examples here from AC - AM/AP Hopefully this is useful, Rachael. If you have an...

I found this site and thought I might use some games on my blog... It has maths and reading games from K- Gr 5.

It has some nice little videos for the kids to watch and interact with. Top marks has some links to good interactive sites about energy... Here is a good maths wiki with activities suited for junior/middle children... http://room3c2010.wikispaces.com/Home#4%20Counting Hope these are useful.  Rachael

I had a quick play with GoAnimate as I may use it on Friday. It seems okay for kids and was recommended by Karla.  I think the Saturday Morning TV/or It's Happy Bunny sections are most suitable from the choices on the homepage.  I made an animation (I didn't get around to the final edit so it is a little strange!). I need to work on getting my character running the right direction!  It is set up like movie maker only easier to use. I wanted to have a go at embedding it on a blog so here goes my beginners trial... GoAnimate.com : Rescue from Dark Castle by ictgs Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com . It's free and fun! If you want to use ictgs, you can log in as room5@goldfields.school.nz  the password is the same as our intranet room logins. eg. room5  ***** Rachael

These are quick and easy to make as the are only one page of laminating.  Don't forget Leanne is there to help with laminating if you copy off what you want.  There are bags and blank dice in the maths room if you need them. The activities are from the parent handbook/families section on nz maths... Click on the links below... Four in a Row Multiplication Tennis Ball Multiplication Kiwi Multiplication Motocross Multiplication Rocket Multiplication Start Unknown Timez Attack Mult/Div is a game worth downloading onto classroom computers. If you have any problems I can help.  Go to Big Brains and click on downloads along the top of the page. If you are still working on Add/Sub try these... Make 10 Circus Double and Halves Froggo Monster-I-Scream Spider and the Fly Memory - Basic Facts to 20 Cover up Kiwi Have a look at the Families - Activities to do at Home for more ideas. Rachael

Here are some links you may find useful to refer to following our PL on Friday:-) Online PD: The Teaching Model: Strategy Equipment Animations: Examples of what to expect at each stage within each numeracy domain (add/sub etc).  There a re useful videos and other animations here... The following are videos taken from the online PD for Stage 5. Click on the links... Stage 5: Early additive, addition and subtraction domain Stage 5: Early additive, multiplication and division domain Stage 5: Early additive, proportional domain Activities to develop knowledge: basic facts Activities to develop knowledge: ty/teen numbers   Activities to develop knowledge: grouping/place value Activities to develop strategy: adding in parts  - tens frames Activities to develop strategy:   mult/div - equal sharing Activities to develop strategy: prop/ratios - finding fractions of a set Activities to develop s...

Has anyone tried this site?  It is easy to use and is a good way for kids to have fun with photos. If you have any other good photo editing sites share them here...

These interactive ideas are worth a look.  They could be linked to your blog and used as part of the classroom program or as a reward. I like the look of the maths activities here... By putting 'IWB' after what you are searching for you can come across many activities. If you find any good interactive ideas click on the pencil and add the link to this post.