By: Project Manager: Lynda Ferneyhough

Webmaster: Greg Clarke

Ontario Math Support

The Ontario Math Support website is a collection of webinars, lesson plans and lesson tools for teachers to use in planning their coding lessons in school. There are various lessons for grades one through eight, and a glossary and links to the curriculum. Each lesson plan has a detailed outline of curriculum expectations it satisfies, learning goals, success criteria and a link to the Scratch program that the lesson references.

Introduction to Ontario Math Support:

This resource would be very useful for teachers that have a basic understanding of code and math, such as a teacher like myself. If I was asked to teach math at the Intermediate level, and needed to incorporate coding lessons, then this would be a great resource as it’s directly related to curriculum expectations and walks teachers step by step through the execution of the lesson. I think one of the challenges of using other’s lesson plans is the importance of adapting the lesson plan to that teacher’s pedagogical style. I have found that when I put my own time and effort into planning the lesson, I really understand the content and am able to execute the lesson fairly well. I think a lesson that is not adapted to my style would be challenging to execute. I would recommend taking the ideas and the tools but adjusting the planning to suit the teacher and class more specifically, but it is a great start and example to base lessons off of.

Working Progress:

This resource could be used in any classroom from grade one to grade eight. The website is organized by grade level, but I focused my investigation at the grade seven and eight level, since I’m planning on specializing in intermediate/senior education. The grade seven level has lesson folders, rather than just lesson plans, which include step by step instructions on how to set up the code over several lessons to ensure that the larger concepts are being taught to students. The folders are connected to the math curriculum as a whole, and not just the coding element, including elements of financial literacy and spatial recognition. The grade eight level has one folder, and two lessons, which are connected to the Geometry portion of the curriculum.

To use this resource, a teacher needs to just click on the file to have access to the google folder or google doc, and make their own copy. As mentioned above, I would suggest going through the program code and the lesson as a whole and adapting it in places to that teacher’s pedagogical style. The teacher also must ensure that they’ve downloaded all of the photos and program attachments in order to have all the tools in the classroom.

Resource Information:

Tags: OAME/AFEMO Elementary Math Curriculum Resource Project
#OntarioMathSupport
@OAMEcounts
@afemo_on_ca

Costs: This resource is free.

URL link to resource: Coding Resources