In May 2015 the P-3 curriculum was streamlined. This webinar reviewed elements of the renewed curriculum and how this work was designed, developed and reviewed.
Streamlining The P to 3 Curriculum - An Overview and Look at the Process
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
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
Play and formal curriculum areas are not mutually exclusive, but work together to enhance student learning. Play is present in all curriculum areas and makes a significant contribution to learning. The combination of hands-on experiences, rich materials, thoughtful planning, and artful teaching supports and engages learners across the range of curriculum areas. In this two-part segment, we see how teachers offer engaging learning opportunities in the specific areas of English language arts, mathematics, and science with links to social activities and the arts. In addition, we see crosscurricular teaching and students choosing their own learning opportunities.
Play and formal curriculum areas are not mutually exclusive, but work together to enhance student learning. Play is present in all curriculum areas and makes a significant contribution to learning. The combination of hands-on experiences, rich materials, thoughtful planning, and artful teaching supports and engages learners across the range of curriculum areas. In this two-part segment, we see how teachers offer engaging learning opportunities in the specific areas of English language arts, mathematics, and science with links to social activities and the arts. In addition, we see crosscurricular teaching and students choosing their own learning opportunities.
We know that in effective classrooms, assessment happens every day in a variety of ways. A play-based classroom offers unique and varied opportunities for teachers to understand and support their students as learners through a variety of assessment approaches. In this segment, we see the teachers using forms of assessment ranging from more formal tools to prompts, observations, self-assessment, and a variety of other ways that help students demonstrate learning. The teachers also share their strategies for organizing and documenting their assessment data.
