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Understanding Literacy and Numeracy
•What does it mean to be literate?
•What does it mean to be numerate? © Jupiterimages/Photos.com
Our Alberta students need many ways to discover the world and make sense of it
by acquiring, connecting, creating and communicating
meaning in a variety of contexts throughout daily life.
Curriculum Development Prototyping Guide (August 2013) – page 11 Guide du prototypage pour l’élaboration du curriculum (Aout 2013) – page 12
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Language Arts is a subject that…
• focuses on the language and its forms and functions.
• explicitly teaches students to develop and apply strategies for comprehending, expressing, composing and responding in a variety of contexts.
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WHAT IS LITERACY?
• Literacy is interacting with and making meaning of your world.
• Literacy is learned, applied and developed through a variety of experiences in and beyond the classroom walls.
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Literacy is•the ability to acquire, connect, create and communicate meaning in a wide variety of contexts.
Language Arts is•the study of language learning, and•the knowledge, skills and attitudes of how language works.
What is the Relationship Between Language Arts and Literacy?
• maintain a blog• collaborate virtually in
real time (videoconference, Yammer, GoogleDocs, Skype, Twitter)
• design an app• create, produce and
share video• use e-portfolios
(LinkedIn)• instant
messaging/texting• Wikipedia
• maintain a blog• collaborate virtually in
real time (videoconference, Yammer, GoogleDocs, Skype, Twitter)
• design an app• create, produce and
share video• use e-portfolios
(LinkedIn)• instant
messaging/texting• Wikipedia
• write a speech• present a report• read a letter • write a resume• talk on the phone• collaborate face to face• teleconferencing • encyclopedia/dictionary
• write a speech• present a report• read a letter • write a resume• talk on the phone• collaborate face to face• teleconferencing • encyclopedia/dictionary
The Evolution of Numeracy
Numeracy is the confidence and habits of mind to engage with, critically assess, reflect upon and apply quantitative and spatial information when making judgments and decisions or taking action in all aspects of daily living.
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Numeracy •Generally requires quantitative or spatial information in everyday situations or contexts that have a tendency to be complex or less defined •Understanding develops horizontally
Mathematics•Often requires procedural knowledge and understanding applied to more defined or life-like problems •Understanding develops vertically
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Mathematics is its own discipline.• numbers and mathematical
concepts are objects of study
Numeracy contains some math skills/understandings are required to be numerate.
Numeracy is cross-curricular because it must have a context in or outside of a school setting.
• numbers are used to describe or label
• dependent on multiple factors• requires more than one literacy• influenced by society or culture.
Numeracy is employed in every aspect of being an engaged thinker and ethical citizen with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Higher level Mathematics is required in post-secondary education as well as in a variety of professions, occupations and research.
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Greg and his family are helping their friends move from Edmonton to Calgary, a distance of 300 km. They are using his father’s truck to transport the furniture. If they travel at a speed of 100 km per hour, how long will it take to return to Edmonton?
Answer: __________________________
Looking at a Problem from the Perspective of Numeracy
Greg and his family are helping their friends move from Edmonton to Calgary, a distance of 300 km. They are using his father’s truck to transport the furniture. If they travel at a speed of 100 km per hour, how long will it take to return to Edmonton?
• How long will it take to unload the furniture?
• Will they stop to eat?• Will they need to stop
for gas?
What answers would be
reasonable?
Monthly Plan Price
Talk Text Internet Video & Picture Messaging
$25/month 100 local minutes(Unlimited after 6pm)
0 0 0
$30/month 200 local minutes(Unlimited after 6pm)
Unlimited 0 Unlimited
$55/month 1000 Canada-wide long distance
Unlimited 500 MBOverages: $15/1GB
Unlimited
$70/month Unlimited Canada-wide long distance
Unlimited 250 MBOverages: $15/300MB
Unlimited
$85/month
(+ $55/extra line)
Unlimited Canada-wide long distance
Unlimited 3 GB (shared)Overages: $15/1GB
Unlimited
Consider the Following Quantitative Information
Which cell phone plan would work best for you?Curriculum Development Prototyping Guide (August 2013) – pages 29 - 31 Guide du prototypage pour l’élaboration du curriculum (Aout 2013) – pages 36 - 37
The Lack of Pirates is Causing Global Warming
Being Numerate Matters
http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/literacy.aspx
Watch video and record literacy and numeracy activities
What New Ideas Can You Add to Your
Understanding of Literacy
and Numeracy?
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Literacy and Numeracy Are Essential for Developing Engaged Thinkers and Ethical Citizens With an
Entrepreneurial Spirit
I want to be prepared for
further education.
I want to think critically when I read statistics in the media.
I want to know what is
happening in the environment and
how I can take care of it.
As a citizen, I want to make
informed decisions.
I want to be confident, creative
and take risks in my career or
business.
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Draft Literacy and Numeracy Benchmarks are:
•expectations and behaviours at developmentally appropriate age groups;•inclusive;•applied in diverse contexts and for a variety of purposes;•the responsibility of all educators; and•lifelong processes.
Curriculum Development Prototyping Guide (August 2013) – page 11 Guide du prototypage pour l’élaboration du curriculum (Aout 2013) – page 12
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Draft Benchmark Components
Awareness
Knowledge and
Understanding
Strategies
• Understanding the roles literacy and numeracy play in attaining insight and learning
• Identifying oneself as literate and numerate
• Essential concepts, skills and social or cultural experiences that are foundational building blocks
• A set of deliberate actions, procedures or processes applied in a learning situation to perform a task requiring literacy or numeracy
Curriculum Development Prototyping Guide (August 2013) – pages 24 - 31 Guide du prototypage pour l’élaboration du curriculum (Aout 2013) – pages 30 - 37
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Component
Organizing Element Benchmark
Curriculum Development Prototyping Guide (August 2013)–pages 24-31 Guide du prototypage pour l’élaboration du curriculum (Aout 2013)–pages 30-37
How Will the Draft Benchmarks Be Used?
Curriculum must provide clear evidence of literacy and numeracy within and across subject/discipline areas.
(Standard 9)
Student Learning Achievement (SLAs)
Curriculum Development Prototyping Guide (August 2013) – page 16 Guide du prototypage pour l’élaboration du curriculum (Aout 2013) – page 20
• provided with the 3 components and 8 elements
• given some benchmarks to guide your thinking
• arrange the missing benchmarks in the appropriate places
• keep track of your thinking/strategies for selecting
What catches your eye about the Numeracy Benchmarks?
What was confusing/overwhelming? What was exciting
What is the key message? What thoughts became clearer?
How could you apply why you have learned in your position?
Group by colour (groups of 3) Individually read the selected section of the
literacy benchmark Individually use sticky notes and record –key
ideas, a phrase a sentence that would represent am important idea or concept
As a group place your sticky notes by category in the center of the table
What themes, big ideas emerge
Form groups of 3 –one from every colour (yellow, pink, green)
Share your key themes, ideas
Pause to reflect from your focus group conversations
Quiet reflection Walk about Respond to the
questions Respond to each
other’s responses
I determine how being literate/numerate enables me and others to create and express meaning.
I use my literacy/numeracy skills to represent what I know, what I am able to do and what I need to learn.
Form groups of 3. Each person reads one section
1. What is Metacognition2. Metacognition and Automaticity3. Metacognition and the Classroom
Teach each other
Why do we want our students to develop the personal habit of metacognition and awareness?
I connect and select background knowledge and personal experiences to develop new understandings
Quick Write
Prepare an elevator speech
Make your pitch with your colleagues