Mathematics

//__Mathematics__// [|//**http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/countmein/index.htm**//] **//__The Count ME In Too website__//**. Too good to dismiss and the basis for all we do in NSW schools in Mathematics. This PDF file is a copy of a booklet which contains the Learning Framework in Number with each section explained through a simple table. It is designed to make the Learning Framework and its explanation a little less cumbersome. This booklet does not replace an in-depth knowledge of the Learning Framework but has removed much of the explanation and Teaching Strategies sections to give an overview of the process involved in identifying students at the various levels of development in Numeracy.

The PDFs below are the NAPLAN Teaching Strategies booklets which are also available from the NAPLAN website. Great ideas for teaching the various strands of mathematics. [|**//http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/mathematics/index.htm//**] Curriculum Support - Department's Mathematics website - Links to Count Me In and Resources pages [] - Parents Count Too website with lots of great ideas for helping parents to help their children at home. Information pamphlets are available in a range of languages. [] Smart Data (NAPLAN) website. Teaching strategies available here without going through the Smart Data program. [] - great smartboard activities across a range of strands. http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html# - A fantastic online tool to help with understanding of different visual display techniques. Have a look it explains itself better than I can. [|www.mathscareers.org.au] - This website is useful for pointing out the benefits of working hard in maths. It shows how a number of diverse occupations rely heavily on maths. [] - Jenny Eather's maths Dictionary for Kids (great for adults too) [|www.primaryschool.com.au] - is a great starting place for ideas across all strands of mathematics, grouped according to stages. [|www.nlvm.usu.edu] - The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives [|www.ictgames.com] - Great interactive numberlines plus more [] - great number line generator. __ [] __[|Fuel the Brain] is an American collection of online mathematics games, interactive lessons, and printable materials for teaching mathematics. All of [|Fuel the Brain's] offerings are intended for primary and Stage 4 students. This site is worth exploring to consolidate student learning in a fun, educational way. [] This site offers monthly levelled tasks to generate mathemathical thinking across stages 1, 2, 3 & 4. [] - Promote mathematical thinking using some of the activities from this site. [] - Great learning object for practicing angles. Help the monkey win bananas by estimating the correct angle. Great for group activity or as a whole class reflection. Or just a fun activity which also reinforces angles. [|www.coolmath4kids.com] - lots of fun maths games. American so some measurment units may not be appropriate. Play Bloxorz and you will be hooked. [|www.studyladder.com.au] - Great Australian website which allows teachers to create their own class group and set tasks, monitor student's progress and assess. Students love it as they earn points to build and furnish digital cubby houses and buy clothes and other accessories for their avatar. [|www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com] [|www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm] [|www.mathworld.wolfram.com] [|www.mathleague.com] [|www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/games] [] [|www.primaryonline.co.uk] [|www.neok12.com] [|www.multiplication.com] [|www.mathsplayground.com] [|www.abc.net.au/countusin] [|www.wmrural.net] [|www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise] [|www.bbc.co.uk/schools] [] - LORDEC site with lots of interesting learning objects for use in Maths lessons either on an Electronic Whiteboard or individual computers. Great for group work. [] - literally 100s of activities designed by teachers for use in the classroom on Interactive Whiteboards. You will need to log in using your user name and password and you must add the @det suffix. **//__If the link doesn't work follow this pathway__//** - My Portal --> My Websites --> Learning Systems Implementation Team Resources Site ---> Resources (you will be asked to log in at this point) ---> choose the activity you would like to view and then save it if it is suitable. **//__Newman's Error Analysis__//** chart for display in the classroom. //**__Newman's Error Analysis__**// bookmarks for the children to refer to. Print them, laminate them and cut them up. Some maths games.
 * //__Think Board__//** - great for moving children from The Concrete through The Pictorial and on to The Abstract. Children either write the question or put the question which you have given them on a piece of paper into the top section. They then use concrete materials (blocks, counters etc) in the left section, draw a picture to represent the problem in the bottom section before writing the algorithm in the right hand section. Children should be shown how and then encouraged to complete all steps in the process. Print and laminate for constant use. Great group activity with teacher instruction before becoming an independent activity. [[file:think board.docx]]
 * //Number sticks 1-100//** - Print them off, laminate them and then use them in number games. Great for number recognition, sequencing and counting up to 100.[[file:number sticks.pdf]]
 * //__Picket fences__//** activity sheet.[[file:picket fences.pdf]]

__//**Time match game**//__ - as with dominoes for printing. 100 chart with a 0-30 number line and blank versions on a second page. Print the 2 pages back-to-back and laminate for re-use. Notebook 10 for Smartboard. Lots of fun, bright and colourful. Use this on the Smartboard for addition and subtraction to 10, subitising, counting by 2 or 5, etc. Notebook 10 for Smartboard. Kids roll the dice to make their own Creepy Critter. Group activity for Kinder or Stage 1. Notebook 10 for Smartboard. Roll the dice and collect petals for your flower. Group activity suitable for Stage 1 and Stage 2. Notebook 10 for Smartboard. Nice activity for forward and backward counting Squeeze to 30 for Early Stage 1/Stage 1 and to 100 for Stage 2/3 Lots of mathematical thinking and strategising in this fun game. Another way to help those kids who have difficulty remembering their timestables. This is a complete lesson with worksheets attached.
 * //__Dominoes -__//** The document marked BACK is to print on the back of the dominoes to stop the children being able to see through them when they are face down.[[file:fractions - decimals - percentages dominos.doc]][[file:fractions dominoes page 1.doc]][[file:fractions dominoes page 2.doc]].[[file:fractions dominoes page 3.doc]][[file:fractions dominoes back.doc]]
 * //__Brainy Fish -__//** instructions and spinner are included.[[file:Brainy Fish.doc]][[file:brainy fish spinner.doc]]
 * //__Help the Koala__//** - a fun counting game designed to help with addition/subtraction facts for 10 or Friends of 10.[[file:help the koala friends of 10 game.pdf]]
 * //__DOH! cards__//** - Ask children a question, if they get it right they get to choose a card. If they get a card with points on it they win those points and they can either keep them or take another card. If they get more points they add to their total, if they get a Homer card (DOH!) they lose all the points they had. Great fun and the kids love this game. Great in teams where their teammates help them decide whether to take the points (Deal) or take another card (No Deal) or if they do not know the answer to the question they might like to 'Phone a Friend' and have someone from their team answer for them. Print 3-4 copies of the cards to make a large set. Laminate them and use them over and over again.[[file:doh cards.doc]]