Monday 9 September 2013

A problem solving mathematical journey

Rita Romano from Lefvre Peninsular Primary School keeps an A3 sized maths journal for her class.

Every maths lesson is recorded with photos and/or student work. It tells the story of the mathematical journey that her class is taking. Parents love it, the students love it and use it as a resource during their problem solving.

Rita did my favourite lesson where a large number of paddle pop sticks are dumped on the floor. Students estimate how many and then find their own ways into counting.

It makes magnitude of large numbers visible and leads to students really understanding why base ten is so important. Rita gave me permission to show case these three pages from her book. I am hoping for more at a later date.

Read and enjoy. Thanks Rita!



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