Numeracy Middle 6-8

High Yield Routines that are classroom ready:

Esti-Mysteries ​

Highly engaging and popular math routine for practicing reasonable estimation, math vocabulary, and pattern recognition.

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Open Middle​

Inspired by Dan Meyer, but carried through by some #MTBoS pioneers, dozens of K-12 tasks where students enjoy reasoning and making their thinking visible.​

 

SPLAT​

Dozens of powerful number sense images from SteveWyborney, along with suggestions for using them on Steve's website.​

    

 

Numberless Word Problems​

Got kids who jump into a solution attempt before trying to make sense of the context (we all do!)? Brilliant solution from Brian Bushart to remove the numbers to promote sense-making.  Plenty of examples here.​

 

 

Clothesline Math​

Chris Shore, Andrew Stadel and Daniel Luevanos team up to put an amazing twist on the number line for secondary classroom, which Tim McCaffrey calls the "Master Number-Sense Maker". ​

 

 

Estimation 180​

A bank of hundreds of estimation tasks for 3rd to 12th graders by Andrew Stadel ​

 

 

Fraction Talks​

A sweet garden of visuals for Nat Banting to kick start discourse with Fraction-Geometry-Algebraic Thinking connections out the WAH-ZOO.​

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Number Talk Images​

Here's a great collection of images that will stimulate meaningful discourse.​

 

 

Same and Different​

Lots of images to support students in developing the habit of comparing and connecting representations. ​

 

 

A Year of Warm-ups​

Shannon Andrews put together a year's worth of daily warm-ups including Estimation180, Visual Patterns, WODB and Would You Rather in slides and handouts!​

 

 

Would You Rather?​

John Stevens' spin on the classic "would you rather" supporting constructing viable arguments and critiquing reasoning​

 

 

Which One Doesn't Belong​

Daily K-12 tasks assembled by Mary Bourassa at http://wodb.ca/index.html​

 

 

#MathFails​

Sara Van der Werf’s compiled images of real-life math fails to get kids thinking.​

 

 

http://www.visualpatterns.org/​

Hundreds of daily visual patterns to strengthen connections between  algebraic representations by Fawn Nguyen​

 

 

What's Going On in This Graph?​

Weekly graphs and visuals to read and analyze. ​

 

 

Slow Reveal Graphs​

As more and more of the graph is revealed, students refine their interpretation and construct meaning, often in surprising ways.

 

 

Turner's Graph of the Week​

Each set of graphs comes with prompting questions for students to explore​

 

 

Recommended Concrete Materials:

Base Ten Blocks

Pattern Blocks

Cuisenaire Rods

Colour tiles

class set of white boards

Two-Sided Counters

Dice

Geo boards (10x10)

3D shapes and nets

 

Tangrams

Algebra Tiles

Playing Cards

Loose parts

 

Must Have Reads:

These three Canadian resources are a must read for any K - 8 Math teacher. All of these resources will highlight the foundations of how children learn math through rich tasks, manipulatives and discourse. 

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Recommended Reads To Supplement Your Professional Library:

  

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Middle Numeracy sites: ​

Peter Liljedahl

  • Is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Simon Fraser University and author of Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
  • Focuses on Rich Number Tasks and Good Problem Solving in the K - 12 classroom

Janice Novakowski​

  • Responsive teaching practices in Math and Science connected to the new BC curriculum​

  • SD38 K- 12 Math and Science Consultant ​

Graham Fletcher​

  • Creator of Fascinating and Informative Math Progressions Videos and 3 Acts Lessons.​

  • 10+ years as a classroom teacher, Math coach, and a district Math specialist.​

Carole Fullerton​

  • Games and resources to support student number sense development​

  • Private K – 9 Math teacher consultant in British Columbia  ​

Steve Wyborney​

  • Creator of SPLAT, Tiled Area Questions, Esti-Mysteries and Cube Connectors activities​

  • He is well known for his use of instructional technology and his work with mathematics 

Greg Tang Math​

  • Math missionary on the power of creative problem solving​

  • Author of a book series that will help children gain the range of skills needed for higher math (Grapes of Math)​

Robert Kaplinsky​

  • Cofounder of @openmiddle and author of Open Middle Math​

  • “I share math strategies and resources that create problem solvers, not robots.”​

YouCubed ​

  • K – 12 Brain Science, Math Mindset, Visual Tasks and Number Talks and The Week of Inspirational Math. ​

  • Co-created by Jo Boaler.​

Desmos​

  • Free online graphing and scientific calculator to explore concepts more deeply, collaborate with their peers on problem-solving, and apply knowledge creatively as mathematicians.

BCAMT​

  • British Columbia Association of Math Teachers: A Provincial Specialist Association of the BC Teachers' Federation​

BC Numeracy Network​

  • K-12 educators collaborating to inspire numeracy across the province through dynamic teaching and learning.​