What's New in Math Education?

Focus on mental math
Building fluency with math facts (different strategies)
Relationships between numbers and operations
Coding in Algebra
Financial Literacy added!
- Ranges from coin names/values - compound interest, long-term financial planning
“Spiral” approach to number sense
- Number sense plays an important role in each of the strands!

Learning Facts

There are basic facts that students must know before they solve for other facts. These are considered the foundational facts. Foundational facts should be learned through understanding number relationships and meaningful practice. Some examples of teaching number relationships include discussion around dot talks, Rekenreks, 5-or 10-frames, etc. These then can lead students to learning + or - 0, 1, 2. Students need to know their 10 pairs (all the pairs of numbers 0-10 that make ten). This is a crucial foundation for students to master.

Kindergarten to Grade 8

Operations & Fact Fluency Targets

Mental Math Strategies:

Check out this link to for a list of a few strategies you may see your child use when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.

Numeracy Strategies

Check out this link to learn how knowing your doubles helps with addition questions or removing 10 can help with subtraction.

Supporting Your child's Math Learning at Home

Include daily math experiences at home and in your community. Check out the link for ideas to make math part of your day to day routine!

Helping Your Child Through Meaningful Games

Why math games?

To practice concepts or facts in a way that is engaging for kids - playing games is FUN!
To apply math knowledge to different contexts - knowing the math helps you to win!
To practice communicating math thinking.
To practice proving an answer and judging the reasonableness or logic of an answer.
To connect math concepts to real-life materials and situations.
To build conceptual understanding over memorization.
Playing with math provides an opportunity to reinforce a growth mindset
Games allow us an opportunity to spend time together and to connect