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2. make the mathematical focus clear to the children || 4. choose tasks that engage children and maintain involvement || 7. make connections to mathematical ideas from previous lessons or experiences || 9. choose from a variety of individual and group structures and teacher roles within the major part of the lesson || 11. hold back from telling children everything 12. encourage children to explain their mathematical thinking/ideas 13. encourage children to listen and evaluate others’ mathematical thinking/ideas, and help with methods and understanding 14. listen attentively to individual children 15. build on children’s mathematical ideas and strategies || 17. promote and value effort, persistence and concentration || 21. use a variety of assessment methods 22. modifying planning as a result of assessment || 24. are confident in their own knowledge of mathematics at the level they are teaching 25. show pride and pleasure in individuals’ success ||
 * || **// Effective teachers of P-2 mathematics . . . //** ||
 * Mathematical focus || 1. focus on important mathematical ideas
 * Features of tasks || 3. structure purposeful tasks that enable different possibilities, strategies and products to emerge
 * Materials, tools and representations || 5. use a range of materials/representations/contexts for the same concept ||
 * Adaptions/ connections/ links || 6. use teachable moments as they occur
 * Organisational style(s), teaching approaches || 8. engage and focus children’s mathematical thinking through an introductory, whole group activity
 * Learning community and classroom interaction || 10. use a range of question types to probe and challenge children’s thinking and reasoning
 * Expectations || 16. have high but realistic mathematical expectations of all children
 * Reflection || 18. draw out key mathematical ideas during and/or towards the end of the lesson 19. after the lesson, reflect on children’s responses and learning, together with activities and lesson content ||
 * Assessment methods || 20. collect data by observation and/or listening to children, taking notes as appropriate
 * Personal attributes of the teacher || 23. believe that mathematics learning can and should be enjoyable
 * Ideas and resources from Matt Skoss

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