Category: Our Learning Story – Actions

All families were invited to our Family Math Expo night where familes could explore the exciting math and numeracy learning happening in our classrooms at all grade levels. This event was a wonderful opportunity to see students’ thinking in action, engage with interactive activities, and gain a clearer understanding of the math proficiencies we are building…

Along with our District Consultants, who have worked closely with classrooms throughout the year, students rotated through multi‑grade groups ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 7 to collaboratively explore a variety of math puzzles from Julia Robinson Mathematics. These open‑ended puzzles invite creative mathematical thinking, offer multiple solution paths, and inspire joyful exploration as students work…

We have a math routine engagement board displayed in the hallway outside our library – the central hub of our school. The rotating board invites all students K through 7 to engage in math and to spark ongoing curiosity, critical thinking and conversation. This routine encourages observation, reasoning, and discussion, helping students see that math…

On of the goals the staff set at the end of last year was to use consistent math vocabulary across all grades, while displaying and using common anchor charts for students to access when working on math activities.  We have started with a list of 20 words and created a set of vocabulary cards (each…

Students spent two mornings rotating through a variety of math-based Family Teams activities. Students were organized in multi grade groups of students ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 7 and collaboratively worked through a variety of math-based, hands-on activities. Students showed their thinking in multiple ways and shared where math lives in their activity.