Math Proceses

Mathematical Processes are expectations that students need to learn and apply as they work to achieve the expectations outlined within the five strands - Number Sense & Numeration, Geometry & Spatial Sense, Patterning & Algebra, Data Management and Measurement.  They can be seen as the processes through which students acquire and apply mathematical knowledge and skills.

At the start of the school year, its best to model each process through a problem solving activity over the course of the first 20 days.  Through teacher led examples and opportunities for shared exploration, students will come to recognize each process and its overall importance to their acquisition of concepts, knowledge and skills.

The Mathematical Processes are:

1. Problem solving - students are given numerous opportunities to connect mathematical ideas and to develop conceptual understanding. 
2. Reasoning and proving -developing ideas, making mathematical conjectures, and justifying results. 
3. Reflecting-reflect on and monitor their own thought processes.
4. Selecting tools & Computational strategies-use of strategies, technology and manipulative's
5. Connecting-how concepts and skills from one strand of mathematics are related to those from another – will help them to grasp general mathematical principles.
6. Representing-model situations using concrete materials, pictures, diagrams, graphs, tables, numbers, words, and symbols.  
7. Communicating-expressing mathematical ideas and understanding orally, visually, and in writing, using numbers, symbols, pictures, graphs, diagrams, and words.

TIPS4RM - Targeted Implementation and Planning Supports
http://www.edugains.ca/resources/LearningMaterials/MathProcesses/MathProcessessPackage.pdf

Posters for Mathematical Processes
http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/math/curriculum/postersmathprocesses.html