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Mr Ong & Virginia Birch MFNERC Numeracy Specialists Lighting the Fire May, 2014

Mental Math Strategies Grade 1 to 4. Mr Ong & Virginia Birch MFNERC Numeracy Specialists Lighting the Fire May, 2014. Agenda for the day. Introduction to Grade 1 to 4 mental math strategies Using the mental math strategies checklist (group discussion)

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Mr Ong & Virginia Birch MFNERC Numeracy Specialists Lighting the Fire May, 2014

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  1. Mental Math Strategies Grade 1 to 4 Mr Ong & Virginia Birch MFNERC Numeracy Specialists Lighting the Fire May, 2014

  2. Agenda for the day • Introduction to Grade 1 to 4 mental math strategies • Using the mental math strategies checklist (group discussion) • Strategies demonstration and practise • How do you apply mental math strategies into your math classroom? (gallery walk)

  3. Overview • Mental Math… what is it? • Why do we do it? • Indicators from the Provincial Report Card

  4. Mental Math… what is it • Conceptual strategies that enhance flexible thinking and number sense and number skills (critical numeracy) • calculating mentally without the use of external memory aids. • provides a cornerstone for all estimation processes offering a variety of alternate algorithms and non-standard techniques for finding answers (procedural math) K - Gr 8 Manitoba Curriculum Framework of Outcomes 2013 K - Gr 8 Manitoba Curriculum Framework of Outcomes 2013

  5. Mental Math… what is it • developing mental math skills and recalling math facts automatically • Facts become automatic for students through repeated exposure and practice. • When facts are automatic, students are no longer using strategies to retrieve them from memory. K - Gr 8 Manitoba Curriculum Framework of Outcomes 2013

  6. Mental Math… what is it • One of the Math Competencies for the Grade 3 and Grade 7 Math Assessment

  7. Indicatorsfrom the Provincial Report Card (Gr 1 to 8) • Determines an answer using multiple mental math strategies • Applies mental math strategies that are efficient, accurate, and flexible • Makes a reasonable estimate of value or quantity using benchmarks and referents. • Uses estimation to make mathematical judgments in daily life. Provincial Report Card Document Pg. 43

  8. Using Mental Math Strategies Checklist Group Discussion • Identify and highlight the strategies that you feel confident in teaching. • Using a different color, highlight the strategies that you do not use often and are not comfortable in using them.

  9. Math Tools you can use… • Ten Frames • Base 10 Blocks • 100 – Chart • Number Line • Array Cards • Dominoes • Finger Patterns • Linking cubes Going from concrete to pictorial to abstract…

  10. What are the math tools that you use in your classroom?

  11. Mental Math Demonstration and Practise • Demonstration of mental math strategies based on your feedback. • Practise the strategies (show and tell).

  12. Mental Math Application in your Classroom How do you apply mental math strategies in your daily routine?

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