Teacher Resource Grades 4 & 5

Each video deals with one concept. Sometimes this can be learned in one lesson but often will need to be stretched out over a few lessons, depending on your students. You will find lesson plans with each video AND differentiated tasks and other resources that you can use with your students. Lastly, there is a comment section where you can share your successes and questions with others as a way to collaborate on a larger scale and to support each other as we move towards teaching math with more meaning.

Each concept has:

- At least one video modeling how to use manipulatives and/or pictorial models

- Specific language to help make math more meaningful and understandable

- Lesson plan to go along with each video

- Resources that show you the types of questions, worksheets, and activities that you can use with your students

- Comment section to share with others and to seek advice (Nikki moderates this to support all members who are taking the courses)

- Connections to big ideas and to related concepts

Some teachers need to watch parts of the video a few times if the concept is one they’ve never seen before. You can also use these lessons and tasks as part of teaching using collaborative math teams if that is your approach (to find out about using collaborative math teams click here).

Feel inspired, knowing you are better meeting the needs of your students as our lessons help you to differentiate your lessons. This course focuses on the number concepts that have traditionally been taught very abstractly with rules to be memorized and instead teaches the actual concept in a visual, meaningful way. Here’s an example: we are taught when multiplying decimals to just ignore the decimal, multiply and skip the decimal back in. Where is the understanding of place value? Where is the meaning and understanding behind this rule? Why does it work? Teaching using Educating Now’s Teacher Resource will help you answer all these questions.

Benefits for teachers:

-less preparation for lessons (we’ve done that for you)

-pedagogically sound and curriculum aligned lessons and tasks at hand (including the competencies)

-more ability to formatively assess and therefore alter instruction to better meet students’ needs

-less time spent marking tons of practice sheets and more time allowing learning to happen

-feel inspired by the end of the lesson when you see how engaged students are

-you will likely gain a much stronger conceptual understanding for yourself

- you will learn new ways of thinking mathematically too!

Benefits for students:

-develop strong skills such as problem solving, analyzing, communication, collaboration, critical and creative thinking

-learn math in a way that is engaging, understandable and accessible to all students

-develop strong conceptual understanding of number and algebra concepts

-see the many patterns and connections in mathematics

-effectively use models to communicate about and solve mathematical problems

-apply mathematical knowledge to novel situations

-develop confidence and a positive affinity towards math

Each lesson plan includes:

Learning Goals

• necessary for students to know your expectations and why they are doing the tasks they have been assigned
• necessary for students to self-assess how well they are reaching the goals

Accessing Prior Knowledge

• prepare students for new learning by ensuring they have prerequisite skills
• help students to see the connections in mathematics

Processing

• students are given problem solving tasks designed to help them develop conceptual understanding of the given topic
• students use models, communication, problem solving and mathematical reasoning skills to work together to construct new learning

Transforming

• students transform their new learning into more permanent learning by applying and practicing the concepts
• students write to explain their understanding of the concept and the procedures

Reflection

• students reflect on their learning goals, on their learning experiences and/or do some self-assessments at the end of each lesson
• metacognition is an extremely valuable (and often forgotten) aspect of learning and the goals and reflection sections allows for this every lesson