Maths PD with Marie Hirst

Last week we had some fabulous professional development with Marie Hirst who showed us how we could make connections between numeracy and our Term 4 topic of Enterprise. Our session began with Marie showing a slide that asked us to discuss which option we would choose. This question was taken from the site wouldyourathermath.com. Each question encourages you to pick a path and justify your reasons why. I can't wait to introduce this challenge as I can see so many possibilities for my learners to use their number knowledge and strategies in both collaborative and independent situations.

Following on from this challenge we explored a selection of games that use money as a context for number. What I really liked about the follow up discussion was the sharing time when we shared the strategies we had used, and discussed some possible adaptations that could be made to meet the learning needs of a wider range of ability levels.

We spent the last part of the session carrying out the practical task of finding the real cost of owning a pet through exploring costs, spending and budgets. This was a collaborative task that required us to discuss, research, negotiate and strategise. This is definitely another idea I am looking forward to challenging my class. Click here to find more challenges like this on TKI.