So, I have done a few posts in my facebook math group alluding to the fact that for a range of reasons I have had to alter the way I teach maths this year. In the past I would have launched quickly into agency and Professor would have managed the knowledge and strategy development. Unfortunately (or fortunately for my learning purposes) my class this year are on the whole developmentally lower than usual and their number sense is not what we would normally call a starting point. Let me explain firstly that this isn't deficit thinking, it is me acknowledging that the best approach for the class currently in front of me isn't the dramatic/imagined world I usually present. It wouldn't be the best use of my teaching time and developmentally they need maximum playing time...social and emotional needs must come first. Running parallel to this discovery has been my learning in structured literacy, which led to me thinking more about how we can ha...
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