The Math R&D Lab will be meeting this Tuesday at 15:30 in the ELAC Conference Room. We will be looking at the key components and breaking up into interest groups. Each interest group will form goals and a timeline for the PD & Resource Phase from now until Dec.
Key Components:
The components were based on the information gathered in the Research Phase.
- Number Sense
- Number Talks
- Linear Representation
- Developmental Benchmarks
- Learning Trajectories
- Early years
- Early Spatial Sense
- Authentic Contexts
- Anchor Tasks - Singapore Math
- Problem Base Learning
- Rich Tasks
- Written Curriculum
- Comparing Alberta to other curriculum - strengths and gaps
- Adding develpmentally appropriate curriculum benchmarks for 3-5 year olds, or not
- Developing Stand-alone and Transdisciplinary units of inquiry
- Supporting Resources
In the first meeting, we reaffirmed the Math Philosophy, definition of learning and our math learning principles. We reviewed the Key Components and discussed the key questions and goals for Phase Two of the Math R&D lab. Here is the Math R&D Lab Presentation #1.
Phase 2: PD and Resources
Driving Questions:
What resources and materials will help us learn?
- What micro and macro PD do we need to grow our practice?
Goals:
- Investigate identified Key Components and determine resources needed
- Catalogue current resources and order supporting resources/materials
- Prepare staff and parent PD
