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Truth Tiles 2 was the opening activity in the workshop described in the next item. It was introduced briefly as a whole class investigation and then presented as a hands-on task for a pair of students, as in the eTask Pack. The next day we received this email:

Hi Doug,
It was lovely to meet you yesterday. I have used your tasks at a previous school and they always engaged students. I'm hoping to get them for my current school.
I gave the Truth Tiles 2 problem to my husband and my son this morning and it kept them busy for ages. I can't wait to use it in my classes!
Thanks again,
Linda Barnard

See Link List below for the Truth Tiles 2 cameo. This task has a companion Maths300 lesson with software.

Mmm, these teachers seem to be on task with their hands on hands-on tasks. Every task has a story to tell. A library of tasks is an anthology of practical stories to improve mathematics teaching and learning. We can run this workshop for your staff to introduce them to the eTask Pack, or use the pack yourself as an on-going source of professional development. It contains leader's notes and slides for your first workshop.

Maths300 is a professional development resource. Every Maths300 lesson is worth talking about. In this workshop the digit cards chose Lesson 002, Problem Dice. The teachers taught K-12 ... and they are talking. (See Maths300 in the Link List below.) Want to make Maths300 work for you? With a colleague: Research Reflect Collect Activate Discuss Repeat

We can run this workshop for your staff to introduce them to Maths300, but if you use this process you will be running your own workshop as close as possible to your source of professional learning - your kids.

In October the last 14 kits of 50 ready made hands-on tasks were available. In November there were only 8 left. Now there are none. The only leftovers are those shown on this list stuck up beside my desk. First in best dressed. $5.50 per task plus freight. Ring 03 9720 3295 or 0401 177 775 to ask about what's left on the Leftovers List or ordering. School orders need an order number and are paid on invoice. Overseas orders and private orders are paid in advance using credit card or EFT. Following 25 years of supporting mathematics education around the world, ready made hands-on tasks will never again be part of mathematics education. Thank goodness for the evolution of eTasks.

Would you like your Primary school to benefit from and contribute to a network of teachers engineering 'aha' moments in their classroom? Number sense can be enhanced beyond what is normally expected for the age.

Now is the right time to join and make the most of this classroom wisdom in 2018. Activities for all teachers K - 6. Working Mathematically with Infants is also available to members. It offers 60 weeks of planned, integrated number work - 10 weeks per semester - for 5 to 7 year olds.

See Calculating Changes in the Link List below.