1. Effective Communication in Mathematics

2. Fostering a Classroom Climate for Questioning -teacher to student -student to students -student to teacher

3. Learning Together we Accomplish More

6. Gallery Walk Math Congress Bansho

11. A line passes through 2 of these points. What could the equation of the line be? Open Task

12. Four friends want to share the three chocolate bars below. How might they share so that everyone gets the same amount?

13. Same big idea, close in context, can be discussed simultaneously. Task A Task B Task C

14. Situation 1: Which group has more girls in it? Why do you think this? Situation 2: Shelley has two dogs, Ollie and Molly. When she brought them home as puppies, Ollie weighted 3 kg and Molly weighed 4 kg. Now, Ollie weights 6 kg and Molly weighs 7 kg. Who grew more? Why do you think this? Ollie Molly

16. Consolidation of the lesson helps students connect new learning

17. A mathematics learning community provids opportunities for students to share their thinking

18. Strategy Walls for students to access information

20. Help students explore and make sense of the patterns and relationships between the 5 strands in mathematics

21. Start with the curriculum for both content and instructional strategies

22. Rich problems allow students to develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts, skills and processes

23. Rich problems enable students to apply their mathematical knowledge and extend their understanding

27. Bansho Wall illustrating strategies used to solve a problem