Learning Opportunities

PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3RD GRADE TEACHERS, TEACHER ASSISTANTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM STAFF, CURRICULUM COORDINATORS, AND MATH COACHES ARE ENCOURGAGED TO ATTEND.

Are you looking for engaging and effective ways to help your primary students gain confidence and competence with key math concepts?  Come prepared to play math games that incorporate the use of cards, dice, multi-sided dice, number lines, dominoes and other easily found math manipulatives.  Concepts covered include:

• Counting, Comparing Numbers, and One-to-One Correspondence
• Operations including strategies for developing fact fluency with understanding
• Number and Operations in Base Ten
• Understanding Place Value Concepts to 1,000's
• Representing and Interpreting Data with Charts and Graphs

Throughout the workshop participants will have opportunity to play each game, learn how to differentiate the activities, how to develop math journal extensions, maximize math talk, and how to use the game activities for assessment purposes.  Student samples, gameboards, ideas for whole/small group instruction will be provided.  Interspersed will be practical ideas for classroom organization and management to ensure effective implementation of games as a teaching strategy.  Ideas for developing weekly lesson plans and sample plans will be shared.  Participants will be able to implement what they learn the next day in their classrooms and schools. 

This learning opportunity is being offered through a grant from Alberta Education.