This is our last bonus episode of the year and in it we will hear once again from each of our guests from this past season. During the season, we asked them to tell us what they learned or did while working online that they will continue to do as we move forward to more face to face interactions. We’ll here from Jason To, Lisa Anne Floyd, Carolyn Gingerich, Aleda Klassen, Cathy Chaput, Heather Theijsmeijer, Richard Duffy, Ruthie Sloan, Lisa Rossiter-Thornton and Anne Prevost ...

This is the third of three preview episodes for the OAME 2022 Virtual conference; OAME 2022 - A Golden Math Story. We are going to hear from the keynote and featured speakers again and this time we’ve asked them all the same question: What have you been doing online that you will continue to do as we move more face to face. We'll hear from featured speakers Dr. Andrew Allen, Howie Hua, Dr. Lisa Lunney Bordenm David Poras, Shelley Yearley, Vanessa Vakharia, Marian Small, Sunil Singh as well as...

Iain Brodie and Beyza Sezer forgo Coding in the classroom this month and interview Marylou Kestell and Kathy Kubota-Zarvinij who, among other things, are the longest serving editors of the Abacus journal. This is the full interview and the edited version is in the March Gazette Podcast Notes: Recorded Fall 2021 Iain has been an elementary school educator for 28 years, and is now into a second career, teaching in-service and preservice teachers. He teaches face-to-face at Ontario...

OAME and AFEMO have had teams of classroom teachers writing new lesson and assessment plans for Ontario teachers since the revised elementary curriculum was released in 2020. In this session, your hosts will provide an overview of how to support your students to meet the new Financial Literacy expectations, and we will walk you through some of the highlights of the resources that have been produced for these expectations. Since all resources are available in English and in French, presenters...

This is the second of three preview episodes for the OAME 2022 Virtual conference; OAME 2022 - A Golden Math Story. We are going to hear from the keynote and featured speakers from the last two days of the conference. In this episode we'll hear from featured speakers Howie Hua, David Poras, Marian Small and Sunil Singh as well as from our closing keynote speaker Matt Parker . More information about OAME 2022 can be found at oame2022.ca. Podcast: Listen above, or subscribe or...

This is the first of three preview episodes for the OAME 2022 Virtual conference; OAME 2022 - A Golden Math Story. We are going to hear from the keynote and featured speakers from the first two days of the conference. In this episode we'll hear from Dr. Cathy Bruce, Tara Flynn, ShelleyYearly, Vanessa Vakharia , Dr. Lisa Lunney Borden, Dr. Andrew Allen, and Peter Liljedahl. More information about OAME 2022 can be found at oame2022.ca. Podcast: Listen above, or subscribe or...

Given the recent surge of research and resources in spatial reasoning, this workshop will focus on digging deeper into looking at where to start and how to cultivate and assess spatial thinking in a K-3 classroom. Taking a hands-on approach, this workshop will include a range of invitations for learning that explore aspects of spatial thinking (such as symmetry, orienting, coding, composing/decomposing shapes etc.) as well as assessment tools to help guide thinking. Podcast...

As young learners, children spend years developing sense of number as well as the ability to count efficiently, as a foundation for higher operations. However when we introduce students to integers, we often jump right into operations without laying that same solid foundation with students' sense of negative numbers. This results in students often confusing the "rules" for adding and subtracting integers throughout the intermediate grades, and without the ability to judge the reasonableness...

This is our second companion podcast to the new Coding in the Classroom column of the OAME Gazette. It’s produced by Iain Brodie and Beyza Sezer and this month Iain interviews teacher Diane Tepylo. OAME members can see the full column in the December 2021 issue of the Gazette. Podcast Notes: Recorded Fall 2021 Iain has been an elementary school educator for 28 years, and is now into a second career, teaching in-service and preservice teachers. He teaches face-to-face at Ontario...

See your students through a new lens! Assessment in mathematics can be energizing and rewarding using practical and efficient strategies that provide maximal information in a minimal amount of time. This session will share current research on using diagnostic, formative and summative assessment and provide practical tips and strategies that you can implement easily and quickly - even when using games and stories! Classroom-tested ideas will support you in bringing all of your learners into...

We are trying "growth portfolios" throughout our Grade 9 courses as tools for students to reflect on their development as mathematicians. By prioritizing the mathematical processes and social and emotional learning, we hope to empower more resilient learners. We'll share how we are taking our gradeless classrooms to a different level by developing in our students the skills to monitor their own progress and reflect on their own growth. Podcast Notes: Recorded in Oct 2021. Carolyn...

Summary : Join Lisa Anne as she shares ideas and inspiration to help junior and intermediate (grades 4-8) teachers incorporate the Coding Skills from the new Ontario 1-8 Mathematics Curriculum (2020) into their practice. Sample applications and resources that incorporate multiple math strands will be highlighted. Podcast Notes: Recorded Sept 2021- Lisa Anne is currently on maternity leave but will be returning to the TVDSB as the gr 9-12 math learning coordinator and Tweets at...

Summary : This is our first companion podcast to the new Coding in the Classroom column of the OAME Gazette. Hosts Iain Brodie and Beyza Sezer interview teacher-librarian Pekka Reinio. OAME members can see the full column in the September 2021 issue of the Gazette. Podcast Notes: Recorded Spring 2021 Links mentioned in the podcast include the Makecode Arcade and Pekka's YouTube Channel. Iain has been an elementary school educator for 28 years, and is now into a second career,...

Summary : This session will highlight several concrete pedagogical practices for developing more equitable learning spaces in a new destreamed environment using Rochelle Gutierrez's four dimensions of equitable math education. As politics of power and privilege are inextricably connected to policy shifts that address equity, this session will also touch upon those dynamics as they relate to math programming and suggest possible responses. This session will be geared towards math leaders...

Summary : This is the last of three bonus episodes with some of the featured and keynote speakers from the OAME2021 virtual conference in May. In the previous two episodes we heard a little about each of them and a brief preview of each of their sessions. On this episode we asked them to talk about what they thought was working well with online learning. We'll hear from Robert Q. Berry, Kyle Pearce, Chris Suurtamm, Gail Burrill, Marian Small, Graham Fletcher, Lisa Lunney Borden, Ron...

Summary : In this episode we hear from some of the OAME 2021 featured and keynote speakers. This year the OAME conference is virtual again but the lineup of speakers is great. On this episode we'll hear from featured speakers Graham Fletcher, Jon Orr, Kyle Pearce and Lisa Lunney Borden as well as keynote speaker Robert Q. Berry. We'll hear a bit about who they are and brief descriptions about their sessions. Next week we'll hear from all of the guests from these preview episodes one more...

Summary : In this episode we hear from some of the OAME 2021 featured and keynote speakers. This year the OAME conference is virtual again but the line up of speakers is great. On this episode we'll hear from featured speakers Ron Lancaster, Chris Suurtamm, Gail Burrill and Marian Small as well as keynote speaker Dan Meyer. We'll hear a bit about who they are and brief descriptions about their sessions. Next week we'll hear from more of our featured and keynote speakers Podcast...

Summary : Due to unforeseen circumstances, our episode with Ruthie Sloan this month has to be cancelled. Stay tuned for some bonus episodes dealing with OAME 2021 instead. Podcast notes: Recorded Jan 2021

Summary : Explore a fractions learning trajectory (with assessments to guide instruction) emerging from 8 years of research in Ontario K-12 classrooms, focused on unit fractions as the key to understanding. Podcast notes: Recorded Dec 2020, Tara is a researcher and Tweets at @TaraCFlynn. Shelley is a secondary teacher in Huntsville and Tweets at @ShelleyYearley. The Fractions Learning Pathway can be found at https://fractionslearningpathways.ca/ and an example of the fraction...

Summary : Problem solving lies at the heart of mathematics. In this session, we will talk about and solve some problems that are accessible across a wide variety of levels and have lots of extensions. We will also talk about teaching problem solving in a systematic way and look at some problem solving resources. Come prepared to do some math!. Podcast notes: Recorded Nov 2020, Ian is the Director of the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing More info...

Summary : This session begins with sharing videos depicting a growing population of particles that motivate a problem and discussion about exponential growth with students. In this problem, students are given the "law of growth" and are asked whether it is exponential, and if so, to find its equation. We include a discussion with participants about how this activity might be facilitated in a grade 11 or 12 classroom. Podcast notes: Recorded Oct 2020, Chris Suurtamm is faculty at...

Summary : Participants will work in groups on a shared problem solving activity for a balanced mathematics program. The mathematical content will involve factoring numbers, fractions, proof and patterning. Podcast notes: Recorded Sept. 2020. Ron is a professor at OISE. His NCTM Webinar is Oct 15th, Details https://www.nctm.org/online-learning/Webinars/list?status=live . More info and to find out how to register for Ron's webinar on Oct 14th, 2020, can be found at...

Summary : With funding from a TLLP grant, a team of Mathematics and Special Education teachers have worked together throughout this year to better understand how to support our students with learning disabilities. Our team met monthly, developed learning profiles, collected data, analyzed psychological assessments, visited mathematics classrooms, and explored various supports for students. At this session, we will share our journey as these teachers worked to better understand the strengths...

Summary : In this episode we hear from all of the OAME 2020 featured speakers once more. This time just briefly as they all answer the same question: Is there anything that you believed to be true when you started your career, that you no longer believe? Each gave their particular spin on that question and there was a nice mix of answers (many of which had nothing to do with mathematics. From Thursday's slate of sessions we’ll hear from Mary Bourassa, Dan Meyer, Ian VanderBurgh, Marian Small...

Summary : In this episode we hear from the featured speakers from Friday's slate of sessions at OAME 2020 in Oshawa. We’ll hear a brief preview from Kamau Bobb speaking about what modern citizenship looks like, Richard Van Camp speaking about the the importance of teaching with story, Fawn Nguyen speaking about problem solving and, keynote speaker George Couros talking about our digital footprints. For more info about OAME 2020, check out their website oame2020.ca ...