This resource is structured around the ESSENTIALS OF MATH INSTRUCTION:

The top menu provides a single verb, bearing in mind that many Indigenous languages are verb-based. You will also find that most graphic representations in this resource are circular, further connecting to Indigenous ways of understanding the world in that the concepts in mathematics are interwoven and not linear. Nor are they to be considered in isolation but all things in the realm of mathematics and mathematics instruction are interrelated and connected.

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• Hovering over that menu button will bring you to a drop down menu with the full title and description of that section.
• Clicking on the drop down will bring you to a more detailed summary.
• Hovering over these menu items will give you a further menu tab to the right which will provide specific detailed content.
• Those items are listed below for your reference as a clickable (interactive) site map. Clicking on the titles will guide you to that section of this resource.
• Establishing a Mathematically Rich and Safe Environment
• This section contains the following subsections:
• Learning and Classroom Environment

• Nurturing Positive Relationships
• Physical Environment
• Fostering a Mathematically Rich Classroom
• Math Tools and Resources
• Math Manipulatives
• Indigenous Ways of Knowing Connection to Establishing a Rich and Safe Environment
• Supporting Families; and
• Supporting Indigenous Families
• Honouring Indigenous Ways of Knowing
• While Indigenous connections are made in every section, you will find a full resource supporting Indigenous content and mathematizing. This section deals with several considerations including:
• Cultural Affirmation and School Climate
• Shared Decision-Making
• Curriculum Actualization
• Lifelong Learning
• Elder Protocol
• Tobacco Offering
• Theresa’s Story: Benefits of Interacting with Elders and Knowledge Keepers
• Practising Holistic Assessment
• This section contains the following subsections:
• Assessment OF, AS, and FOR Learning
• Using the Triangulation of Data
• Spaced Practice
• Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) Math Data Collection
• Math Screeners
• Indigenous Ways of Knowing Connection to Practising Holistic Assessment
• Culturally Valid Assessment
• Responding with Effective Instructional Practices
• This section contains the following subsections:
• Curriculum Connections
• Learning Stages and Scope Sequence
• Instructional Approaches
• Pedagogical Models in a Mathematics Context
• Mathematicians Workshop
• Vocabulary and the Language of Math
• Differentiation and Responsive Pedagogy;
• Intervention
• Tiered Intervention in Math
• The Role of Technology; and
• Indigenous Ways of Knowing Connection to Responding with Effective Instructional Practices
• Developing Number Sense
• Instructional Approaches in Number Sense, (along with resources and support for elementary, middle and high school mathematics); including
• Comparing
• Composing and Decomposing
• Estimating
• Visualizing
• Representing
• Other Instructional Approaches
• Indigenous Ways of Knowing Connection to Developing Number Sense.

• Integrating Relevant Research
• This section contains the following subsections:
• Bibliography
• Additional research for your consideration

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