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Holy Saviour Family Maths Night July 30 th 2014 7:00 – 8:30pm

Holy Saviour Family Maths Night July 30 th 2014 7:00 – 8:30pm. Challenging all children in the mathematics classroom.

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Holy Saviour Family Maths Night July 30 th 2014 7:00 – 8:30pm

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  1. Holy Saviour Family Maths Night July 30th 20147:00 – 8:30pm Challenging all children in the mathematics classroom

  2. Danny and TomTom and Danny travelled from school to the shops on foot. Danny walked half the distance and ran half the distance. Tom walked half the time and ran half the time. They started at the same time, and walked at the same speed as each other and ran at the same speed as each other. Who arrived first, or was it a tie?

  3. Virginia and Samantha go shopping for shoes. Virginia chooses one pair for $110 and another for $100. Samantha chooses a pair that cost $160. When they go to pay, the assistant says that there is a sale on, and they get 3 pairs of shoes for the price of 2 pairs. Give two options for how much Virginia and Samantha should each pay? Explain which option is fairer. Special offer THREE PAIRS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO The free pair is the cheapest one Special offer THREE PAIRS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO The free pair is the cheapest one

  4. Option 1 split the bill - they pay $135 eachOption 2 split the saving – Virginia pays $160 and Samantha pays $110 • Virginia $110 + $100 • Samantha $160 • When they go to pay, the assistant says that there is a sale on, and they get 3 pairs of shoes for the price of 2 pairs. (the fine print says that the cheapest pair is the free pair) • Now the total spend is $270

  5. Virginia and Samantha go shopping for shoes. Virginia chooses one pair for $110 and another for $100. Samantha chooses a pair that cost $160. When they go to pay, the assistant says that there is a sale on, and they get 3 pairs of shoes for the price of 2 pairs. Give two options for how much Virginia and Samantha should each pay? Explain which option is fairer. Special offer THREE PAIRS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO The free pair is the cheapest one Special offer THREE PAIRS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO The free pair is the cheapest one

  6. Holy Saviour Family Maths Night July 30th 20147:00 – 8:30pm Challenging all children in the mathematics classroom

  7. Holy Saviour Family Maths Night July 30th 20147:00 – 8:30pm Challenging all children in the mathematics classroom Encouraging Persistence Maintaining Challenge

  8. How much do you like doing maths at school?

  9. How much do you like doing maths at school?

  10. Which type of lessons do you like?Give each a score out of 10 Which type of lessons help you learn? Give each a score out of 10 • practice • investigations • games • challenges

  11. Which type of lessons do you like?Which type of lessons help you learn? Average score • practice 7 8 • investigations 7 7 • games 8 7 • challenges 8 8.5

  12. I am prepared to have a go to work things out even when I am not sure.

  13. I am prepared to have a go to work things out even when I am not sure.

  14. Some Challenging Tasks

  15. 1. I know I have between 15 and 25 apples. When they are put into groups of 6 there are 2 apples left over. How many apples do I have?

  16. I know I have between 15 and 25 apples. When they are put into groups of 6 there are 2 apples left over. How many apples do I have?

  17. I know I have between 15 and 25 apples. When they are put into groups of 6 there are 2 apples left over. How many apples do I have? 6 + 6 + 2 = 14 6 + 6 + 6 + 2 = 20 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 2 = 26

  18. I know I have between 15 and 25 apples. When they are put into groups of 6 there are 2 apples left over. How many apples do I have? 6 + 6 + 2 = 14 6 + 6 + 6 + 2 = 20 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 2 = 26

  19. Challenging Tasks

  20. What ‘Challenging Tasks’ are NOT! • Asking questions that are so easy that everyone can do them • Lessons that are so hard that the students feel overwhelmed • Setting up groups that might allow some students to hide • Excessive repetition (although, some is needed)

  21. Thinking about the lesson structure • In this view, the sequence • Launch (without telling) • Explore (for themselves) • Summarise (drawing on the learning of the students) • … is cyclical and might happen more than once in a lesson (or learning sequence)

  22. FABLE FOR SCHOOL Once upon a time the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of thenew world. So they organized a school. They adopted an activity curriculum consisting ofrunning, climbing, flying and swimming. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, ALL the animals took ALL the subjects.

  23. The duck was excellent at swimming, in fact better than his instructor, but he only just passed flying and hisrunning skills were very poor. Since he was slow at running he had to do extra practice after school and also had to drop swimming and take extra classes in running. This was continued until his poor webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average at swimming. But as average was acceptable at the school nobodyworried about this except the duck.

  24. The rabbit started at the top of his class in running, but became a school refuser because of the stress caused by so much extrawork in swimming. The squirrel was excellent in climbing but he developed behaviour problemsin the flying class, where the teacher insisted on him starting from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He became so unfocused that he scored a C in climbing and a D in running. His doctor has diagnosedADHD.

  25. The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class he beat all theothers to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way to get there. The school counsellorthinks he probably has Oppositional Defiant Disorder. At the end of the year an abnormal eelthat could swim exceedingly well andalso run, climb and fly a little had thehigher average and was dux of theschool

  26. MESSAGE: The differences in students makes a major impact on what students need tolearn, the pace at which they need to learn it and the support they need from teachers and others to learn it.

  27. To the classrooms 4 tasks • Prep level • Gr1/2 level • Gr3/4 level • Gr5/6 level (library)

  28. Choosing tasks and structuring lessons • If we are seeking fluency, then clear explanations followed by practice will work • If we are seeking understanding, then very clear and interactive communication between teacher and students and between students will be necessary • If we want to foster problem solving and reasoning, then we need to use tasks with which students can engage, which require them to make decisions and explain their thinking

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