Conference synopsis 20240805 - Flipbook - Page 58
SESSION C: Thursday, 2pm-3pm
C01 OUR GO-TO TASKS AND FAVOURITE
HANDS-ON MATERIALS- PRIMARY GRADES
2-6
Subthemes: Curriculum, Wellbeing
Russell McCartney and Christian Terlich, Inverloch
Primary School
(Year 3 to Year 6)
Spotlighting students’ thinking and progressions.
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Using formative assessment.
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Tracking the progress and development of students,
knowing their next point of learning.
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How coaching has assisted in refining their practice.
Key takeaways:
Packed full of quality tasks you can easily use in your
classroom the very next day! This hands-on workshop will
provide you with new and engaging ways to use common
classroom materials to develop students’ enjoyment of
mathematics. During this session, we will demonstrate
a variety of ‘low floor - high ceiling’ tasks that are easily
accessible to all students. You will have the chance to
explore hands on materials which help build conceptual
understanding, allowing you to teach your students in a
meaningful and rewarding way.
1. Planning for challenging tasks.
Key takeaways:
Subtheme: Curriculum
1. Strategies to engage students.
Donna McNeight, Wendouree Primary School
(F to Year 6)
2. Using ‘low floor - high ceiling’ tasks to manage
differentiation.
3. Doing some enjoyable mathematics.
C02 CHALLENGING TASKS WITH
FOUNDATION STUDENTS
Subtheme: Pedagogy
Lana Harris, Macalie Vlah and Melissa Paola, Essendon
North Primary School
(F to Year 2)
Often teachers and leaders leave Foundation students and
teachers to themselves and declare that some pedagogical
practices need not apply to them. But let’s face it, most 5and 6-year-olds can run rings around us with their inquisitive
nature and persistence to find the answers to something.
The staff at Essendon North Primary School have been on a
journey to build their Foundation students growth mindset,
persistence, questioning, productive disposition all through
challenging tasks. The teachers will share their experience and
application of:
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The planning process: Teamwork, anticipating,
developing a trajectory of learning, prioritising playbased learning, exploring key vocabulary
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2. Challenging task selection.
3. Building intrinsic motivation through challenging tasks.
CANCELLED C03 ENGAGING STUDENTS
IN FRACTIONS AND ASSESSING WITH
REASONING BOARDS
Come and explore how to engage students in fractions!
Fractions is that topic that is more than colouring in a half!
What resources can you use? How do you assess what the
students have learnt? Come and experience the process!
Explore the pretest, explore the activities and see the posttest! In this session hear about a research unit about fractions
where the students were pretested then absorbed in a range
of activities and post tested. You will see how work samples
can be used as assessment through a reasoning board and
hands on activities. See the growth achieved and how it
relates to the Victorian Curriculum. This a great opportunity
to see the activities that you can take back to your classroom
and how hands on experiences can be a catalyst for high
growth.
Key takeaways:
1. How a work sample can be assessed to show growth.
2. The importance of hand on experiences to support success
in fractions.
3. How a reasoning board can be used as a form of
assessment.
