The Math Guy

A Math(s) teacher from Yorkshire, now working in Ontario and always learning about how students best learn Math(s).

Friday, November 2, 2012

Reasoning and Proving Grade 3 Style

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I had the most enjoyable hour with a group of Grade 3 students the other day. I had them reasoning and proving using their number sense with...
Friday, October 26, 2012

The Great Divide

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Here's a question we gave recently to a Grade 6 class: Three classes are collecting cans for the Thanksgiving food drive. Class A coll...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Grade 6 Constructing Shapes

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Some interesting things arose out of a geometry lesson in a Grade 6 class. We wanted to get the kids to construct some shapes using differen...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

How Misconceptions Begin

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This is how a group of students began their work in response to the question 'Do you know anyone who has lived 1000 days?' As they a...

Geometry Centres

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I took part in a really engaging geometry lesson in a Grade 1/2 split this week. Five centres have been set up and the students work pretty...
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