🌍Embracing diversity: Nurturing inclusive learning environments 🌈
Teaching Diverse Learners: Unleashing the Power of Variability 🌟 As a preservice teacher, you have a unique opportunity to engage…
⠼ 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…
➗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…
🌈 Mottos to live by
If you are a parent at home, your learner will probably ‘have a go’ if you ask them a question…
💪 The power of yet: Dweck’s growth mindset
There are many inspirational figures in the field of education and child and adolescent development. Carol Dweck is one of…