Overcoming Mathematics Anxiety in the Classroom: Symptoms, Causes, Challenges, and Strategies
Learn about symptoms, causes, and strategies to overcome mathematics anxiety, fostering a positive learning environment.
🌱 Closing the gap for Indigenous students
Strategies for practice As a primary school teacher, I create inclusive and positive learning environments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
⠼ Connecting representations of quantities
This is the third lesson in a sequence for Prep/Foundation year that I delivered on my first practical experience. This…
🔢 Connecting numerals and numbers and representation
The second lesson in a serious of lessons delivered to prep students during my first Professional Experience (PEx). The success…
⣿ Representing fractions – halves/quarters of a collection
This article extends on the previous two articles written on fractions. You can find those articles here and here. The…
🔢Counting from different starting points
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of detail that is added to a lesson plan for a university…
➗Introduction to fractions – whole, halves, equal parts / fairness
How do you teach a Year 2 student the beginning concept of fractions. The fraction process starts with developing fractional…
➗ Introduction to fractions – quarters and eighths
This article continues from my previous article which discusses the foundational conceptual thinking required for fractions. That thinking includes learner’s…
% Percentages and decimals summary
What do you need to know: Multiplication Division Then we need to put the decimal back. In this case, our…
.⬜️Decimals and rounding summary
To prepare for Lantite, you need to know the names of the place values!!! Especially those after the decimal place.…
🔑Lantite numeracy fractional thinking question explanation
Below is a worked through solution of a Lantite style question that has been asked of me. Question Year 5…
🔢Fractions summary notes
I used the following notes to ensure I’d covered the base content that I felt I needed for Lantite. These…
🔢Lantite numeracy preparation
Lantite = Literacy and Numeracy Test or Initial teacher Education Students conducted by ACER. To ensure a trained, skilled and…