http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery A learning journal for East Lothian Education\'s Maths Recovery team. Wed, 21 May 2008 20:05:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I met with a group of recently trained MR Tracker teachers I  started be asking them three questions: Q1: What did you learn from the assessment interviews? A: We can underestimate the ability of children It highlighted areas of difficulty and suggested why they were struggling Took a lot of time numbers across the decades are tricky It ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/05/12/mr-tracker-is-it-making-a-difference/ [slideshare 391066 session3-1210103275715557-8&w=425] http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/05/06/mr-tracker-implications-for-the-classroom/ At a recent MR Tracker session I shared some planning sheets. Here are the preferred formats: Forward Planner: Daily/weekly Planner: http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/05/06/planning-formats-2/ The Count Me in Too website is worth a look.  It is informative and offers practical advice for class teachers. Click logo to open link   Count Me In Too is a project operating across New South Wales, Australia. It is designed to assist teachers broaden their knowledge of how children learn mathematics ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/03/26/useful-website/  •Initially ‘roam the known' - Choose activities similar to the assessment  interview to start with •Plan daily - include 4-6 progression activities •Consider and hypothesise about the current ways of thinking based on an initial interview or early lessons (OBSERVATIONS) •Test your hypothesis by posing tasks and closely observe response •Modify your hypotheses if ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/03/18/guiding-principles-in-the-mr-tracker-approach/ I have finally managed to add example interviews for all assessment tasks. I hope that those people who have had MR Tracker training find them useful. Please let me know if more clips are required. Click here to go to this part of the site http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/03/13/mr-tracker-site-updated/ The Early Years Strategy Group (Active Learning) were invited to speak at the Head Teachers meeting. This was our PowerPoint for Numeracy: [slideshare 294039 numeracy-1204746101495437-5&w=425] http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/03/05/early-years-head-teachers-meeting/ I have been trying to think of ways to support MR Tracker training. My first step was providing sub pages to this blog with information about the progressions (Click on the MR Tracker tab at the top and then click on  the sub pages). A possible way of sharing ideas ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/02/27/supporting-mr-tracker-training/ I was invited to go to St Gabriel's and join P1 & teacher, Helen Maule, for their numeracy lesson today. What a fantastic experience. Helen was trained in MR Tracker in October and now uses the Maths Recovery techniques in her teaching. This is how she structured her lesson: Learning Intention - adding ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/02/24/sharing-good-practice-st-gabriels/ At Longniddry we roughly tracked a class of children and then considered possible ways of planning an effective numeracy lesson for all pupils.  The tracker made it very clear that the teacher could not use a differentiated lesson. She was required to deliver two separate lessons (Some children were working ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mathsrecovery/2008/02/24/using-learning-assistants-to-good-effect/