BC Numeracy Network

Common manipulatives, such as popsicle sticks and wooden cubes, serve well as symbols for mathematical ideas! Learn about the 4 guidelines for using manipulatives in classrooms developed by Laski and colleagues to improve student learning. oise.utoronto.ca/robertson/blog…

Get students using spatial language at the beginning of math class with this quick activity you can use over and over again. Students improve visualization and communication skills over time! Free slides with prompts in presenter's notes for teachers: oise.utoronto.ca/robertson/less…

Engage in math play at the Northwest Mathematics Conference Math Lounge!

The Northwest Math Conference committee just did a site visit to Whistler to check out the hotel conference rooms, guest rooms and other facilities, places, and spaces. Hope you’ll join us! Conference info here: bcamt.ca/nw2024/ #nwmath2024 @nwmathconf @BCAMT

Join us in Whistler, October 24-26, 2024, for the 63rd annual Northwest Mathematics Conference! Registration is now open! Full program details and hotel links will be posted soon. bcamt.ca/nw2024/

Centering Indigenous Pedagogies in Math Education, free four-part webinar series through @EdithLandoVLC and @UBCEducation - more information and to register here: elvlc.educ.ubc.ca/2023/08/30/cen…

It is a collaborative project with input from educators across the province!

And while in Victoria, we had the opportunity to meet with some Ministry staff to share feedback and ideas we have received from educators across the province about what supports are needed in the areas of mathematics and numeracy teaching, learning and assessment.

More to come, including a page focused on numeracy and its relationship to mathematics for our BC context. More assessment resources will also be added and these focus on building pedagogical content knowledge in teachers and understanding learning progressions/trajectories.

Educators in the BC Numeracy Network met in Victoria this week to update our website (link in bio). Our website is a collection of questions, considerations and resources to support teachers who are engaging in professional inquiry into mathematics teaching and learning.

@AlexaM52069 @laurengue2 @RobertaLSutton @rastokke Thanks for your suggestions. The learning standards are what is required for teaching, assessing and reporting in BC so we align our supports with those but do draw upon a range of research available.

@BCnumeracy @laurengue2 @RobertaLSutton @rastokke Pls discuss what that might look like according to the science of learning math, rather than assuming that the BC standards align with actual science. Math should be evidence based and data driven, not relying on teacher intuition of how they think students learn

The BC Numeracy Network educators are meeting in Victoria next week. What additions to our website would support K-12 educators in our province? #bcedchat

@laurengue2 @RobertaLSutton @rastokke Thanks for your suggestion. We will discuss what that might look like using BC’s curricular content and competency learning standards.

@RobertaLSutton @BCnumeracy @rastokke This! As a resource T, it would be helpful to have a scope/sequence of skills for IEP writing, interventions, etc. Actual, measurable, targetable skills. For educators, students + families to be able to easily assess growth and identify next steps 🙏🏼. And for cont. of learning.

@RobertaLSutton @rastokke Thanks for the feedback. We used the term balanced for our framework at the beginning of our work to reflect our new curriculum/the requests of teachers. Our components don’t align with those of BL but understand this is often an assumption made so yes, probably need to update!

@BCnumeracy Knowing how ineffective ‘balanced’ literacy is, I’d start with scrapping ‘balanced’ numeracy. @rastokke, I know you’re not from BC, but what do you think of BC’s Numeracy Network?

@Lynn77047982 Thank you for these ideas. What research articles in these areas would you recommend to us to reference and draw upon for instructional strategies?

@amanda_teaches_ Thank you for all these specific ideas! We will add them to our agenda.

@BarnacleBiel @RosePillay1 Thank you, assessment is a very common request and we will definitely be discussing this!

@DyslexiaBC @Kathy_Rice @bcedplan @SusieChant_nvs @RachnaSinghNDP @elenoresturko @NumCog Hi there - we are unable to read the tweets in which you have tagged us as they are private. We are a group of educators that create resources to support BC educators in both math & numeracy. We gather and respond to requests from BC educators - please share your ideas with us!

@Kathy_Rice @BCnumeracy No wonder so many students are falling behind...... @bcedplan why is our curriculum so outdated. @SusieChant_nvs we didn't mention its the same problem 4 Math. #bced #bcpoli @RachnaSinghNDP @elenoresturko The Curriculum needs to be updated to Evidence Based @BCnumeracy @NumCog

Given the lack of evidence for #BalancedLiteracy, linking numeracy and mathematics to #BalancedNumeracy is likely NOT the way to go. Picture taken from the @BCnumeracy website. #EvidenceBasedPractices

Join #bcedchat this Sunday, April 16th at 7pm pst for a chat on Play-Based Learning. Check out the Questions now and join the chat on Sunday to share ideas, inspiration, stories, and conversation. We can't wait!

This year's Indigenous Math K-12 Symposium will be held via Zoom on May 10 & 17. This year's theme is Learning from Indigeneity: Living Mathematics Education as Relational Practices. For more information and to register: indigenous.mathnetwork.educ.ubc.ca/2023-indigenou… #bcedchat #sd38learn #BCreggiomath