Numeracy Goal

All students will demonstrate number sense and will meet essential learning goals in numeracy at each grade level by June.

‘Number sense’ refers to the ability to understand the value of a number and represent the number in different ways.

Ways We Will Support This Goal

Revisit essential learning outcomes to confirm common goals and language across grades. Revisiting curricular content continues to be important to address missed learning time due to the pandemic.

Daily calendar routines/ High Yield routines/ use of 100's charts

Counting by 5,10, 1-20 (forwards,backwards) and counting songs, incorporating movement

Partner work, math centers and math games

Use of SNAP math tool to improve number sense strategies

Monthly math challenge to support number sense for all learners

Use of other resources such as Tara West Math and Jump Math to support instruction

Math manipulatives to support visual representations

Mathletics integrated into schedules for grades 1-3

Assess often and intervene when needed using RTI model.

Student support within the classroom by Learning Support Workers.

How Will We Know?

Use of the SNAP Math tool (attached below) as both a formative and summative assessment tool for grades K-3.

Assessment of grade 3 students will include data from the District Numeracy Assessment performed in Fall and Spring which focuses specifically on number sense. This assessment uses the SNAP Math tool.

To share our progress toward our numeracy goal, we will share progress updates in our weekly newsletter.

SNAP Number Sense Practice

Numeracy Data

This year, the district is using the SNAP Math tool assessment to focus on number sense for grade three students.

‘Number sense’ refers to the ability to understand the value of a number and represent the number in different ways (using real-life examples, representing using math tiles, on a number line, etc). We know that strong number sense supports students’ achievement in all areas of math. In addition to other strategies to support numeracy, we continue to use SNAP Math tool as both a practice tool and an assessment tool. Data is collected in the Fall and again in the Spring.

From the 2021-22 year, we saw gains in all areas of number sense with big improvements in all areas except connecting and reflecting (connecting numbers to real-life examples). In this year’s Fall data, we noticed that students who had experience using the SNAP Math tool in grade 2 performed better in the beginning of grade three. To address students’ difficulty in applying number sense is real-life, we are introducing a real-life number sense challenge every month in the school for all children to participate in, in addition to focusing on connecting/reflecting in class. We are also starting to introduce the Math SNAP tool at earlier grades to increase student’s fluency and comfort with all the number sense concepts.

2022-23 NUMBER SENSE DATA FOR GRADE 3 STUDENTS


Communicating & Representing Can draw a picture to represent a number and explain it. Can expand a number.	56% of students are proficient in this area, with 20% developing these skills.	JUNE 2023 Will be updated in Spring
Understanding & Problem-solving Can create math equations to show understanding	16% of students are proficient in this area, with 28% developing these skills.	JUNE 2023 Will be updated in Spring
Connecting & Reflecting Can give real-life examples of a number There are 888 students at a large high school. There are four grades and over 200 students in each grade.	28% of students are proficient in this area, with 44% developing these skills.	JUNE 2023 Will be updated in Spring
Reasoning & Analyzing Can count above and below the number. Can show where the number would fit on a number line.	32% of students are proficient in this area, with 32% developing these skills.	JUNE 2023 Will be updated in Spring

2021-22 NUMBER SENSE DATA FOR GRADE 3 STUDENTS


Communicating & Representing Can draw a picture to represent a number and explain it. Can expand a number.	FALL 2021	JUNE 2022 By the end of the year, 78% of students were proficient in this area.
Understanding & Problem-solving Can create math equations to show understanding	FALL 2021	JUNE 2022 By the end of the year, 66% of students were proficient in this area.
Connecting & Reflecting Can give real-life examples of a number There are 888 students at a large high school. There are four grades and over 200 students in each grade.	FALL 2021	JUNE 2022 By the end of the year, 31% of students were proficient in this area.
Reasoning & Analyzing Can count above and below the number. Can show where the number would fit on a number line.	FALL 2021	JUNE 2022 By the end of the year, 69% of students were proficient in this area.

Previous Years' Data

In prior years, numeracy data at Mouse Mountain has pointed to the development of number sense skills by grade 3. Last year's data at the end of grade 3 mirrored previous (pre-Covid) data. Given that our grade 3 students started the year with only 36% meeting expectations and ended the year with 80% meeting expectations, we observed that students made significant gains in their learning when instruction was not interrupted. As well, the data supports a strong numeracy program at the school.

Number Sense Data for Grade 3 Students in 2020-2021

80% of students were meeting expectations at the end of grade 3.

36% of students were meeting expectations in the Fall of 2020 (beginning of grade 3, based on end of grade 2 expectations).