1. Updates to PYP Mathematics at GWA
Allen McInnis

2. Where we were
August GWA formed a PYP Mathematics Curriculum Committee to review and make recommendations for the Curriculum

3. September 2016
The committee met for the first time and we began looking at both what we were doing well and what needed improvement.
Continuum
Connections to external assessment – i.e. MAP tests
Units
Consistent delivery
Concept based activities linked to our curriculum.

4. This was the old version.

5. Where we are
Updated Look & Content.

6. External Assessments.

7. CAT 4

8. CAT 4

10. Normative DAta

11. Children grow and learn at different rates for different reasons.
Consider the following students. No single assessment can tell the story of their journey.

12. Student progress over time Grade 4

13. Student progress over time Grade 6

14. Student progress over time Grade 8

15. GWA is an IB PYP school
This Area
Assesses
MAP

16. An example of what an activity in mathematics might look like.

17. Where we are going
Math units that continue to allow concepts to be explored and support the development of the essential elements of the PYP
Supported by a continuum of standards and benchmarks that will link to our external assessments to inform further curriculum development
A more consistent deliver of what is already a very strong mathematics program

18. Any Questions?