Presenters:
Sherene Sharpe, Evaluation Services
Robin Harris, Education Program Services
The purpose of this webinar is to support teachers, school administrators, board mathematics leads, mathematics coaches, mathematics mentors, and others in using the 2014-2015 NSA M4 Item Analysis to inform next steps in instruction for the class and for individual students. The session will take participants into the item analysis provided to
•examine the outcome and the item description
•discuss why an item is described as a Knowledge, Application, or Analysis question
•identify patterns of student performance within strands, outcomes, and/or levels of question
•use the curriculum documents to support the next steps in instruction for the class and individual students
Using the M6 Item Analysis for the 2014-2015 NSA 6 (M6) to Support Next Steps in Instruction for the Class and for Individual Students
Presenters:
Sherene Sharpe, Evaluation Services
Robin Harris, Education Program Services
The purpose of this webinar is to introduce teachers, school administrators, board mathematics leads and others to the Lessons Learned document for M6 and how to use it. The document is intended as a support for all elementary teachers, in particular grades 4 – 6 teachers. There are five Lessons Learned in this document. Each lesson is supported by the assessment results, along with pedagogy; next steps in instruction for a class or individual students, and appropriate methods and activities for assessing student learning. The document is a wonderful support for professional development.
Lessons Learned 2014-2015 Nova Scotia Assessment: Mathematics Grade 6
Presenters:
Sherene Sharpe, Evaluation Services
Robin Harris, Education Program Services
The purpose of this webinar is to support teachers, school administrators, board mathematics leads, mathematics coaches, mathematics mentors, and others in using the 2014-2015 NSA M4 Item Analysis to inform next steps in instruction for the class and for individual students. The session will take participants into the item analysis provided to
•examine the outcome and the item description
•discuss why an item is described as a Knowledge, Application, or Analysis question
•identify patterns of student performance within strands, outcomes, and/or levels of question
•use the curriculum documents to support the next steps in instruction for the class and individual students
Using the M4 Item Analysis for the 2014-2015 NSA 4 (M4) to Support Next Steps in Instruction for the Class and for Individual Students
Sherene Sharpe, Evaluation Services
Robin Harris, Education Program Services
The purpose of this webinar is to introduce teachers, administrators, board mathematics leads, and others to the Lessons Learned document for M4 and how to use it. The document is intended as a support for all elementary teachers, in particular grades Primary – Grade 3 teachers. There are three Lessons Learned in this document. Each Lesson Learned will be discussed in relation to the assessment results, expected pedagogy, next steps in instruction for a class or individual students, and appropriate methods and activities for assessing student learning. The document is a wonderful support for professional development.
Lessons Learned 2013-2014 Nova Scotia Assessment: Mathematics Grade 4
David McKillop, Consultant, Pearson Education
Robin Harris, Mathematics Curriculum Services
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant (Mathematics & Sciences)
Equality is one of the essential understandings that students must acquire as they learn mathematics. This is a quest that begins in grade Primary and continues into senior high school. Learn how this big idea unfolds in Mathematics 4, 5, and 6 and discover how this one big idea can set students up for ongoing mathematical success. Topics to be explored during this webinar will include creating and maintaining balance; the concept of a variable; expanding from the equal sign to greater than, less than, greater than or equal; and common misconceptions about equality.
Big Ideas in 4-6 Mathematics: Developing Equality in Mathematics 4-6
Presenter:
David McKillop, Consultant, Pearson Education
Robin Harris, Mathematics Curriculum Services
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant (Mathematics & Sciences)
Equality is one of the essential understandings that students must acquire as they learn mathematics. This is a quest that begins in grade Primary and continues into senior high school. Learn how this big idea unfolds from grades Primary to 3 and discover how this one big idea can set students up for ongoing mathematical success. Topics explored during this webinar will include equality as balance; how equality is tied to partitioning and part-whole reasoning; common misconceptions about equality; and the types of tasks that build the concept of equality.
Big Ideas in P–3 Mathematics: Developing Equality in Mathematics Primary - 3
Presenters
Kelly Ronan - Pearson Education
Robin Harris - Mathematics Curriculum Services
Eric Therrien - ICT Consultant (Mathematics & Sciences)
This webinar will show how to login to the Pearson eText for Math Makes Sense 4-6, and how to use the Course ID to connect your eText with your students' eTexts. This step will enable you to share notes with your students through the eText platform. Other topics covered will include navigating through the text, adjusting page magnification/view, how to take and share notes, how to highlight passages of text, how to access the added content in the text such as program masters, and how to access the videos and virtual manipulatives.
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Thursday, March 20 / 2014
Presenters:
Stephanie MacKay, Sr. Mathematics Teacher - Archbishop O'Leary High School, Edmonton AB
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant
We will explore Readymade Activities and Downloadable Apps for the TI-84 family of handhelds from education.ti.com that could be used to enhance teaching and learning of concepts addressed in Mathematics 10. Bring your TI calculator when you attend this webinar. Webinar presented by Stephanie MacKay, TI Instrument Education.
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Wednesday, February 5 / 2014
Presenters:
Steve Etienne, McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant Sharon McCready, Mathematics Support Consultant
This engaging workshop presented the McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s Math at Work 10 resource. The workshop focused on the features of both the student and teachers resources along with classroom use of PDFs and the advantages of using the On-Line Learning Centre. This resource is designed to provide students with conceptual and procedural mathematical understanding, and critical-thinking skills. Topics include financial mathematics, algebra, geometry, measurement, number, and statistics and probability. Viewers will gain a better understanding of how this resource can help with planning, instruction and assessment to meet the desired curriculum outcomes.
Mathematics P-3: Partitioning Numbers, an Essential Understanding and Skill for The Growth of Mathematical Thinking
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Tuesday, November 12 / 2013
Presenters:
David McKillop, Pearson Education Canada
Robin Harris , Mathematics Support Consultant,
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant
One of the most critical skills a student must acquire in the early years is the ability to partition numbers in a variety of ways while recognizing that the total quantity remains unchanged. This is a quest that begins in grade Primary and moves through the grades into a full-fledged understanding of place value. Learn how this big idea unfolds from grades Primary to 3. See how various representations can help students develop their understanding, and discover how this one big idea can set students up for ongoing mathematical success.
