Often Occasional Teachers are called to teach a class which may not be in an area of curricular specialty. This is the section in which you will find those subject specific supports which will help you shine!
Resources by subject
Geometry and Spatial Sense Guide to Effective Instruction K-3 (2005)
This document is one of the curriculum-specific companion guides to the Guide to Effective Instruction in Mathematics, Kindergarten to Grade 6, published by the Ministry of Education. The curriculum companion guides are aimed at assisting teachers in helping students to achieve the curriculum expectations. Each volume focuses on the big ideas in a particular strand. In addition to providing an overview of the big ideas the Guide also includes learning activities for each grade. There are also blackline masters that accompany the activities.
Geometry and Spatial Sense Guide to Effective Instruction K-3
Early Math Strategy (2003)
This “Report of the Expert Panel on Math” published by the Ministry of Education, builds on the 1999 “Early Years Study” which pointed out the importance of learning in the early years. The report outlines the key components of an effective math program in kindergarten to grade three by discussing best practices and strategies for successful program implementation.
Data Management & Probability Guide to Effective Instruction K-3 (2007)
This document is one of the curriculum-specific companion guides to the Guide to Effective Instruction in Mathematics, Kindergarten to Grade 6, published by the Ministry of Education. The curriculum companion guides are aimed at assisting teachers in helping students to achieve the curriculum expectations. Each volume focuses on the big ideas in a particular strand. In addition to providing an overview of the big ideas the Guide also includes learning activities for each grade. There are also blackline masters that accompany the activities.
Data Management & Probability Guide to Effective Instruction K-3
Measurement Guide to Effective Instruction K-3
This document is one of the curriculum-specific companion guides to the Guide to Effective Instruction in Mathematics, Kindergarten to Grade 6, published by the Ministry of Education. The curriculum companion guides are aimed at assisting teachers in helping students to achieve the curriculum expectations. Each volume focuses on the big ideas in a particular strand. In addition to providing an overview of the big ideas the Guide also includes learning activities for each grade. There are also blackline masters that accompany the activities.
Math Exemplars Grade 1 (2002)
This teacher resource, published by the Ministry of Education, provides samples of student work that have been assessed based on rubrics which were developed using the four-level provincial achievement chart as a guide. Each task in the exemplar focuses on one strand from the curriculum.
Kindergarten, Counting and Representation
In this lesson students learn to count quantities up to 10; and connect pictorial representations (dot sets) and symbolic representations (numerals)
The dot and number cards required for the lesson can be found at the following link: Dot Cards and Number Cards – Kindergarten
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Kindergarten, Number Relationships
In this lesson students learn to decompose a number into two parts and to describe part-part-whole relationships.
Kindergarten, Operational Sense
Students use interlocking cubes to learn to: count quantities up to ten; find two numbers that combine to make ten; and add using concrete materials.
Kindergarten, Quantity
In this lesson students use tiles and cubes to: estimate quantities; count sets of objects; group sets of objects into tens; and compare quantities using the terms more, less, and equal.
Grade 1, Counting and Representation
In this lesson students count by fives, recognize and describe skip-counting patterns; represent skip counting graphically, concretely, and symbolically; and use skip counting to solve problems.
The hundreds chart for the lesson can be found at this link: Hundreds Chart – Grade 1
The Home Connections handout can be found at this link: Home Connections – Grade 1
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