{"id":242,"date":"2014-08-09T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T01:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newblog.primefactorisation.com\/2014\/08\/09\/doing-maths-with-primary-teachers\/"},"modified":"2024-11-02T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T20:05:10","slug":"doing-maths-with-primary-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primefactorisation.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/09\/doing-maths-with-primary-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing maths with primary teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you get the chance, find a primary teacher and talk about maths.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine, a primary teacher in another school, asked for some help around fractions and decimals. So one night last week we spent an evening doing just that. It’s been a couple of years since I taught fractions to Year 7s, so I didn’t have many resources close to hand, but with a stack of plain paper, a handful of markers, scissors and glue, we were able to do a lot. I wish I had a photo of all the notes we made.<\/p>\n

So we did maths. And it was awesome. We covered a lot of different concepts in a short amount of time. But not only that, but every time I explained an idea, drew a picture or cut out strips of paper (there was a lot of that), I also explained why I would teach those concepts that way. Which meant I was going through the teaching-reflection cycle at an incredibly rapid rate. It’s not that I don’t reflect on my regular teaching (this blog is part of that), but the reflection is never as immediate as this.<\/p>\n

Given that I teach in a P-12 school, it’s fairly ridiculous that it’s taken this long for me to realise this is a good idea. But I’m trying to rectify that. I spent some time in the Year 4 classroom the other day which I’m hoping to do more regularly.<\/p>\n

One resource I think is essential to teaching fractions is “fraction strips” sheets. I used to have a better template which I can’t find, so here’s one I quickly threw together instead:<\/p>\n

Download<\/strong>: fraction strips.docx<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you get the chance, find a primary teacher and talk about maths. A friend of mine, a primary teacher in another school, asked for some help around fractions and decimals. So one night last week we spent an evening doing just that. It’s been a couple of years since I taught fractions to Year … <\/p>\n

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