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Welcome to the wiki supporting the Maths planning day for grade 7 and 8 teachers at Narre Warren South P-12 College.

The wiki is organised by Dimension (see navigation bar). Please use this wiki to gather and share resources during our morning session.

By clicking on the relevant dimension you will find links to VELS, Maths 300, digilearn resources and a wealth of other information.



__**Resources**__ What makes a good maths teacher? Teaching Techniques Good Teaching Practice Numeracy Links- activities linked to progression points/common misunderstandings

__**Links**__ Maths Domain Page http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/teachingresources/maths/default.htm Maths VELS Standards http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/discipline/mathematics/index.html Maths Progression Points http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/ppoint/maths/index.html [|The Mathematics Developmental Continuum P-10] provides evidence based indicators of progress, linked to powerful teaching strategies, aligned to the progression points and the standards for the Mathematics domain of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. [|Learning and teaching support] - contains links to web sites, online resources and tools that provide learning and teaching support for teachers. University of Plymouth maths resources http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/resources/PDFLaTeX/mathaid.html Library of portable, interactive, web based support packages to help students learn various mathematical ideas and techniques and to support classroom teaching. These packages also introduce the mathematical ideas and their rules. [|**Maths300**] Supports the delivery of **mathematics** education K-12 with lesson plans, about one third of which include specially written software. (login 318839, password nwscmaths) [|DigiLearn] - is the new way teachers can access and download The Learning Federation’s learning objects and digital resources. Teachers are now able to search online by keyword or browse by Domain to discover hundreds of different digital learning resources. //(Use Edumail username & password to login)// [|Get Smart] //**Copacabana** Public School Get Smart Interactive Activities// [|Ask Dr Math - Frequently Asked Questions] (http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq) - Students can access the answers to frequently asked question about mathematics, ranging from topics like "What is Pascal's triangle?", "How do I name a polygon?" and "What is the order of operations?"
 * Mathletics** http://www.mathletics.com.au/
 * Fractions and Decimals actvities** [[file:fracdecactivities.pdf]]
 * Maths Dictionary for Kids** http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html