Getting reasoning right: Reflections on PAM conference 2019
Missed MANSW’s Primary And Middle years K-8 conference on Saturday? Here are some reflections of the day.
Taking your time with quick images
Sometimes the best way to get faster is to slow down. This is exactly what we as teachers should be doing to improve students’ mathematical fluency.
It’s time to think about why we write
The joy of writing; writing is more than just work for achieving an outcome.
Involving students in creating and representing mathematics
Representing student thinking needs to happen in-situ and needs to be negotiated with the students.
Representation and Response
‘Swapped at Birth’: an art exhibition which was part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
The importance of teaching not telling
If learning is an active process, what does that mean for me as the teacher and what is my role in the classroom?
Teaching and learning: from the script to pedagogy
Our work in literacy does not have to have our students tied to a desk, involved in tedious or mind-numbingly repetition and practice.
Maths inspiring English
How can we utilise mathematics teaching strategies in English? This blog explores flipping Number Talks to Letter Talks and other strategy sharing ideas.
New year, new ideas, new perspectives
2019 – new year, new ideas, new perspectives. There will be some retreads and updates of oldies but goodies in everyone’s practice. And we can predict there will be a comeback for some of the repeatedly discredited same old same olds. There are ideas and mantras that keep turning up like uninvited guests. They have…
What will my students like? Ask them!
Over the summer break there have been a number of teachers asking each other for advice regarding setting up rooms, what concepts or books to focus on, or discussing what themes might interest their new class of students. These questions are all valid and show that teachers are keen to hook students into learning from…