Professional+Development

The following content was originally presented as live webinars with teachers in the project and was re-purposed for sharing with all Alberta teachers.

#1: Making Home-School Numeracy Connections
toc This presentation describes the importance of making home-school connections to strengthen mathematics learning and numeracy development for all students.
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#2: Making Literacy-Math Connections
This presentation highlights the research that identifies stories as an important way to enhance students' understanding of math concepts and includes criteria for selecting literature that will align with mathematical processes that students are learning. Download: ||   ||   ||
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#3: Real Life Math Connections
This presentation discusses the importance of connecting mathematics skills with real life experiences for students with significant disabilities in the classroom. Research, effective practices, and classroom examples are included in this presentation. Download: [|Video]: The Importance of creating opportunities for students to explore and understand text. ||  || media type="custom" key="22748054"
 * [[image:abnumeracyforall/real life.JPG width="379" height="298"]] ||  || Presentation #3: Real Life Math Connections for Students with Significant Disabilities (9:14 minutes)

#4: Five Terrific Numeracy Resources
This presentation highlights five resources that teachers can use in new and engaging ways. Download the following item: || media type="custom" key="24142230"
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#5: Numeracy for All: A community of Practice for Junior/Senior High Teachers of Students with Significant Disabilities
This presentation is the introduction for Junior and Senior high teachers. Click on the image below for a pdf of the session.

#6: Meaning-filled Activities
This presentation highlights the characteristics of meaning-filled activities to create tasks that will engage students and develop their mathematical understanding in engaging, purposeful activities. Click on the image below for a pdf of the webinar.