Aboriginal Students: Mathematics
Designing instruction to support our students' needs
Mission Statement
Content will honour heritage and tradition
Process will allow each student to examine, identify and appreciate his/her own metacogntion
Product will maximize learning styles and intelligences
Action Plan
2) Develop a relationship with 6 Nations Band (close to Guelph)
3) Use data from learning styles and multiple intelligences inventories
4) Build a relationship with parents
5) Build knowledge and awareness in class of all cultures and traditions
6) Use the 3 part lesson to allow for diverse thinking through open-ended problems
7) Keep real-life connections prominent in planning
8) Use Marian Small's model of not having an answer in mind when asking questions to authentically listen to examine and use student's own metacognitive process
9) Use this to foster confidence and pride in student's own thinking processes
9) Co-create strategies for organization and focus
10) Be mindful that graphic organizers, cooperative learning, project based learning and learning through service are particularly beneficial strategies
11) Develop my knowledge of the holistic approach