Take Risks

Think, re-think

and check

Reflect on their

thinking

Learn from

others

Solve problems in different ways

Explain and justify their

thinking

Ask good math

questions

Friendly argue

Use different

strategies

actively listen

ask inquiring questions

try to understand and make sense of what people say (sense-making)

explain and justify our thinking

take risks

support each other with our learning

all take responsibility

friendly argue – agree or disagree with justification

only ask for teacher help if the whole group agrees; use all available resources first

Students work in scrap books

Work with one learning community at a time (the other learning community is doing practice)

Inside student books are 3 differentiated problems (multiple solutions)

The teacher has anticipated answers and possible misconceptions prior to lesson (planning)

Independent Thinking Time: Students solve the problem individually without being influenced by other student’s thinking

Represent your thinking in any way: act out, draw pictures or diagrams, use symbols, use materials, verbalise, model

Students share strategies with group members: Decide on one solution strategy to become your group strategy.

Explain, question and justify until every group member can understand and explain your strategy

Provide a mathematical explanation

Use the context of the problem

Develop two or more ways to explain a strategy solution

Ask good maths questions

Rehearse your explanation:

Check and make sure everyone in your

group can explain your strategy solution

- practise

Predict any questions you may get asked,

and their answers

Share your group strategy with the bigger group:

One student from each group shares their solution strategy, step by step. Not just ‘show and tell’

The students in the sharing circle actively listen and try to make sense of the speaker’s strategy.

Students in the sharing circle question the speaker about their solution strategy.

Students actively listen, question, explain and justify.

Whole community discussion and reflection after strategies have been shared:

Compare strategies and make connections

Can you see any patterns? What’s the same or different? Why do you think that?

Reflect on learning: What did you learn? What was tricky? What are you pleased with?

Identify your next steps

During the Piha mini-school rewards day, Mr Thompson had 184 lollipops to give to 8 deserving students who celebrated special achievements in term 1. How many lollipops did each student receive?

Jackie brought some boxes of chocolates for the school camp fundraiser which contained 432 pieces. She decided to give away her chocolates to 24 of her BFFLs (best friends for life). How many pieces of chocolate did each BFFL receive?

Kyle collected a mixture of chocolates to sell for the camp fundraiser. He collected 48 crunchies and 12 dairy milk chocolates. Over one weekend, Kyle sold 48 crunchies on the Saturday and 0 diary mile chocolates on the Sunday. What percentage of chocolates did he sell and didn’t sell?

In your pack are three sample questions. Spend some time doing the following:

Independently thinking and recording

Sharing your process with someone else

Friendly arguing

Identifying misconceptions

Your pack contains the basics of what you need to get started:

A copy of the process for students

A more detailed copy of the process for you

Some example questions

A sample of ‘good math questions’

Contact details:

Christine Abercrombie:

cabercrombie@ani.school.nz

Matt Aukett:

maukett@ani.school.nz