Special Project Grant: Math Resources

Submitted by: 

Dawn Farrant, Katherine Hyshka, Elizabeth Charach and Lori Wilkens

Highbury School

Louis Riel School Division

Thank You MAME!

This spring, our grade 3/4 team, has begun to explore ways to ensure that math concepts are presented to students in a visual, hands-on format, that is engaging and functional. This began with attending some Professional Development with Sarah Melo of MeloMath4 kids, who I was introduced to at MTS PD Day last October. Upon returning to school, our team realized we lacked the manipulatives needed to do this in our classrooms. With the MAME grant, we purchased money kits, class sets of learning clocks, measuring tapes, and different sorts of dice with different number configurations. With the money remaining, we also purchased some science manipulatives to help with our Grade 4 Light unit. These included concave and convex lens, prisms and a kaleidoscope set.