This Grade 7 Mathematics teacher resource is designed to support educators in implementing the Newfoundland and Labrador Mathematics Curriculum in a meaningful, engaging, and student-centered way. It provides comprehensive guidance for planning, instruction, and assessment, with a focus on developing students’ conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and mathematical reasoning.
The resource is organized around key strands including number, patterns and relations, shape and space, and statistics and probability. It emphasizes problem-solving, communication, connections, and reasoning as essential mathematical processes, encouraging students to explore ideas, justify their thinking, and apply mathematics in real-world contexts.
Teachers are supported with a variety of instructional strategies, including inquiry-based learning, use of manipulatives and visual models, and opportunities for collaborative learning. Differentiation strategies are embedded to address diverse learner needs, along with assessment tools that promote ongoing formative evaluation and student growth.
Aligned with provincial priorities, this resource fosters mathematical confidence, perseverance, and a positive disposition toward learning mathematics, helping students build the skills necessary for success in future studies and everyday life.
- Teacher: Trudy Porter
