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December 2011
Special Bulletin
In this month's News you will find:
 Trading in Tasks Suspended
And Now For The Good News
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- Trading in Tasks Suspended
| Due to complications concerning ownership of Mathematics Task Centre cards we have decided to suspend trading in Mathematics Task Centre tasks from Friday December 9th. Orders received on or before Friday will be honoured. |
Most readers will be familiar with our passion for mathematics education and our enthusiasm for supporting teachers, so will realise that this is not a decision we have taken lightly.
In all ways, mathematics tasks in the past and present owe their existence and wisdom of practice entirely to the work of hundreds of known and unknown teachers. Our delivery of mathematics tasks is conscious of, respectful of and encouraging of this fact.
We regret any inconvenience this suspension of trade in tasks might cause teachers and schools.
- And Now For The Good News
- Through PD from MC Doug. Williams continues to offer professional development services grounded in:
Working like a mathematician and the teaching craft that fascinates, captivates and absorbs learners in that process.
These services are available at all year levels and can address all curriculum areas.
See Link List below.
- Calculating Changes continues to offer extensive support to primary teachers interested in enhancing children's number sense by engineering 'aha' moments in the classroom. 99 threaded activities to support this objective have been collected by members and 35 of these are available through the Free Tour. Professional development is available to support engineering 'aha' moments in number.
See Link List below.
- Professional development in Working Mathematically with Infants (5 - 7 year olds) is becoming more popular, and can be supported by the Working Mathematically with Infants kit.
See Link List below.
- Poly Plug, the classroom friendly resource with multiple uses in both primary and secondary schools is still available.
See Link List below.
- Professor Morris Puzzles, Sphinx, Tricubes, Trisquares, Rotagrams, Pentagon Triangles, Pyramid Puzzle, 3d Geoshapes, wooden cubes and a broad range of other materials to support learning to work like a mathematician are still available from our Distribution Centre. In fact, some of these are unique to Mathematics Centre.
See Link List below.
and our web site remains the space where your classroom successes can be shared with colleagues through our Research & Stories section.
Keep smiling,
Doug.
Link List
- Did you miss November News?
If so you missed information about:
- Poly Plug back in stock
- Professional Development 2012
- 5 Square Assessment
- Iceberg Information about two Task of the Month
(Tasks 139, 140)
- ...and more...
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Did You Know?
- You can find tasks coded by Year Level and Curriculum Strand in the Task Centre Catalogue (PDF file).
- The Activities link of Calculating Changes offers Content Finder & Year Level Finder tools.
- Our Site Map acts as a Table of Contents to help you find what you need in Mathematics Centre.
- You can search for lessons by Year Level, Curriculum Strand, Lesson Features & Keyword at Maths300.
- You can connect Tasks to their Maths300 companion lesson using Tasks & Maths300 (a PDF file).
- All these links, and more, appear in Working with Mathematics Centre (a PDF file).
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