2021 Re-Release. Starting the Year. What Classrooms need.

Due to popular demand we are re-releasing the episodes from 2020 that look at starting the year in Mathematics. We'll be back very soon with fresh, exciting episodes for the new year. In the first Mathstalk series of the year, the team looks at starting the year in Mathematics. From setting up your classroom with resources, planning and delivering the best Maths lessons you can, to our favourite games, warmups and fun routines. In today's episode, host Marcus Garrett talks to Cass Lowry (primary) and Leanne McMahon (secondary) about what Maths Classrooms need. They discuss must-have manipulatives in both primary and secondary classrooms and also look at On-line resources and Text books. Related Links: Classroom Resources Counting Charts Bead Strings Cuisenaire Rods Pattern Blocks Decimats Linear Arithmetic Blocks (LAB) [External link] Decimats: Helping students make sense of decimal place value (Anne Roche) [Article] Deciwire: An inexpensive alternative for constructing linear representations of decimals (Jenny Young-Loveridge & Judith Mills) [Article]