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Welcome to the Strathbogie and High Country Clusters Numeracy Wiki. Both Primary and Secondary numeracy teachers from these clusters have participated in the Common Curriculum Training for Numeracy throughout 2008. The purpose of the training was to give numeracy teachers the tools and skills to:
 * Assess all students number fluency skills through On Demand Adaptive Mathematics Assessment and Number Fluency Interviews.
 * Map each students Developmental Pathway for Counting, Numeration, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.
 * Differentiate lessons to accommodate for a wide range of numeracy development.
 * Map a classes Developmental Pathway to establish a class profile.
 * Intervention for numeracy improvement of all students through fluency routines.
 * Develop Targetted Mathematics Learning Plans for numeracy improvement.
 * Structure a numeracy lesson.
 * Work with colleagues to conduct a Lesson Study.

A positive aspect of this training was that it provided a mechanism for both Primary and Secondary teachers to work together to establish and plan common nummeracy goals and strategies. Secondary numeracy teachers, in particular, now have a better understanding of the developmental pathways of numeracy learning. The following pages contain the beginning of a library of fluency tasks. This will be an ongoing work in progress in 2009, as numeracy teachers develop tasks to be adapted in their classroom.

Michelle Bootes Numeracy Coordinator Euroa Secondary College