This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Mathematics program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the processes that grade 2 students use and develop during mathematics inquiry), and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels outlined in the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum. It also provides strategies and visual resources for developing students’ mental math skills.
The resource includes:
- Mental Math Strategies
- Unit 1: Patterning and Algebra
- Unit 2: Data Management and Probability
- Unit 3: Measurement
- Unit 4: Geometry and Spatial Sense
- Unit 5: Number Concepts
- Unit 6: Number Operations
Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has
- materials lists
- activity descriptions
- questioning techniques
- problem-solving examples
- activity centre and extension ideas
- assessment suggestions
- activity sheets and visuals
Julie Lumax – :
Thank you so much for sending the Hands-On Mathematics guides. They look absolutely amazing! I can’t wait to start demonstrating various lessons!!!