Recordings of Past Online Workshops

Children's literature is such a wonderful way to engage students in learning and using picture story books in mathematics is a clever pedagogy. 

In this online workshop, Marissa will show you some new picture story books that are perfect for drawing out mathematical investigations.

We will look at how these books can be used to initially engage students in mathematics, but extend their critical and creative thinking and lead to further investigation of rich problem solving tasks.

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One of my favourite things about teaching mathematics through rich, authentic tasks is the natural differentiation that occurs.  

Differentiation happens when one task or activity is altered to allow all students within the one group the ability to access the learning. Students need to be able to enter and exit a lesson at different stages along the continuum with confidence.  

In this workshop, Marissa will use some maths tasks to show you how simple it can be to allow all students to access the one task whilst building productive mathematical mindsets.  

This workshop is best suited to primary school teachers.

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Maths is one of those areas of learning that a lot of students have a fear of. However, it is also an area that a lot of teachers fear as well. This often goes back to the way we were taught when we were students and it can affect the way we approach maths today.  This workshop has been designed to help reignite your love of maths and help you to find engaging, authentic ways to teach mathematics.  I will show you some ready to use tasks, tips and talk moves that will help set the scene and develop your classroom into a learning space that is rich in mathematics.  I hope to turn all mathematic fears into a love of maths, where challenging tasks are embraced by all learners. This workshop will be recorded

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 Metacognitive strategies teach students to think about their own thinking. In this workshop, I will demonstrate a variety of rich maths tasks suitable for students in F-6 and how to sustain a culture of metacognitive thinking. During the workshop you will be exposed to some talk moves and questioning that encourages students to become more aware of their own learning.  

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As an advocate for rich, open ended primary maths teaching, and a leader in maths education, we are constantly faced with the following comments and question:

"Where is the explicit teaching?"

"BUT we must write up a Learning Intention. Where is the Success Criteria?" 

"You must explicitly teach!!"

And I'm sure, as you have tried to implement Rich Tasks, that you may be battling with these questions in your own head and this may be the reason you avoid trying to implement open, challenging maths.

This workshop will demonstrate and help you better understand what explicit teaching actually is, the misconceptions and the importance of using rich, authentic mathematics in your teaching. Changing closed maths, into open mathematics. 

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Stories can be such a fantastic way to hook students in. Marissa will show you some picture story books that are perfect for primary maths!

In this webinar, Marissa will take a look at some more picture story books that can be used to initially engage students in  mathematics, but extend their critical and creative thinking and lead to further investigation of rich problem solving maths tasks.  

 (All transactions are processed manually, you will receive access and instructions to the workshops within 24 hours of purchase)