PYP Math & ICT Coordinator
Believing that the planner is a living illustration of an ongoing collaboration to facilitate transdisciplinary thinking and learning (Learning and Teaching, IB), this post aims to share a Grade 5 Math planner about teaching different types of numbers. The template used is the one already shared on my blog “How to develop a math planner […]
Reformation of the Math planner has started a year ago. In my previous post, “It’s Time to Make Connections…” I wrote about our planning process, and I intended to share a complete planner, including a unit web. However, the enhancements in the PYP altered our thoughts by presenting an explicit focus on agency, voice, choice, […]
This article shares examples of how classroom routines could be one of the effective tools to foster learners’ agency and raise their voice and choice while learning mathematics. To read this article, visit the Sharing PYP Blog.
Procedural fluency is one of the five strands of mathematical proficiency: conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, and productive disposition, and it is defined as the skill in carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently, and appropriately. Knowing that these strands are interwoven and interdependent, the question is how to develop a balanced curriculum […]
What makes a “Good Math planner?” is a debatable question that tickles the minds of PYP teachers. We all agree that a ‘good’ Math planning can be as varied in scope, structure, content, and delivery as the degree of difference between teachers’ competencies, students’ abilities, and classrooms’ environments. However, there is certainly no such approach […]
The exponent of a number shows how many times to multiply it; It is repeated multiplication. In Grade 5, students are introduced to exponents while writing big numbers in expanded form. At this level, they are required to use whole number exponents to denote powers of 10, use the new terminology (base, power, squared, and […]