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Elementary School Publication - The Abacus
K-12 Mathematics Publication - The Gazette
Note: Although the Gazette was at one point focused solely on seconday school mathematics, in recent years its focus has shifted to include articles and features for the elementary school teachers as well as the secondary teacher.
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View Table of Contents / Download the Centennial Edition of the Gazette
(Spring 1991 - 100 years of Mathematics Associations in Ontario)
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(Spring 2012 - celebrating 40 years of the OAME)

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NOTE: The Gazette Archive has now been updated and now holds all issues of the Ontario Mathematics Gazette from its inception in 1962.
The Abacus Archive now includes all copies of the Abacus that were published alongside the Gazette. The Tables of Contents for the Gazette are complete. The Tables of Contents for the Abacus back-issues are still being updated.
Electronic versions of the Gazette and Abacus are available to all current OAME Members by logging into the Members Only section, and clicking on the Gazette Archive.

Current Issue: Volume 59 # 2 - December 2020
Gazette Table of Contents

Up Front

Editor's Report / Timothy Sibbald
President's Message / Judy Mendaglio

Regular Features

Blast from the Past! W.W. Sayer / Jeff Irvine
Technology Corner: Menu Math / Mary Bourassa
What's the Problem? Rearranging Recrtangles / Shawn Godin
Reflections on Solving Equations: Inverse Operations and Square Roots / Jérôme Proulx
Mb4T (Mathematics by and for Teachers): Bringing Data Science into the Elementary Classroom / Jennifer Holm
Mathematical Snapshots: Apple for the Teacher / Ron Lancaster
Linking Literacy and Math: Going Beyond Surface Level When Problem-Solving (Part Two) / David Costello
In the Middle: Representing and Reinforcing Mathematical Processes Amid Uncertainty / Carly Ziniuk
Fields Institute MathEd Forum Report / Angelica Mendaglio
Elementary Math Matters: If Math Were an Animal / Lynda Colgan
Interview with Dr. Rochelle Gutiérrez / Ann Arden and Idil Abdulkadir
OAME/NCTM Report: SEL from an NCTM Perspective / Jacqueline Hill

Special Features

Letter to the Editor / Fred Ferneyhough
Introducing a New Member of the OAME/AOEM Family!!
OCMA News / Maria Sairoglou
The New Social-Emotional Learning Strand in Elementary Mathematics - Part One / Jeff Irvine
NCTM Virtual Leadership Report / Jacqueline Hill
Our Strength is People / Bill Morrison
Discovering the New (2020) Math Strand: "Social-Emotional Learning Skills and the Mathematical Processes" / Renee Billiau
OMCA Goes Virtual! / Heather Theijsmeijer

Abacus Table of Contents

Abacus Activities

Abacus Editor Greetings / Mary Lou Kestell and Kathy Kubota-Zarivnij
Designing Practice Tasks - Mathematics Content Focus
- Conceptual Understanding
- Procedural Fluency
QUICK IMAGES, MATH PUZZLES and GAMES MAT
- Fraction Equivalence and Multiplier
Representing and Comparing Fractions as Division of a Whole, Set and Measure
- Quick Images, Math Brain Teasers and Games Mat
- Quick Images - Pattern Blocks, Squares and Cubes
- Math Puzzles - Fraction Number Path Puzzles
- Math Games - Cards, Dice, Interlocking Cubes, Number Line Balance and Square Tiles

Sample Articles from The Abacus
Issue	Date	Article (Click to download)
Vol 49 - i2	: Dec 2010	Let's Do Math: Tile Problems (with bansho plan)
Vol 49 - i1	: Sep 2010	Abacus Editor Greetings / Mary Lou Kestell & Kathy Kubota-Zarivnij
Vol 48 - i4	: Jun 2010	Links to Literature - The Carpet Boy's Gift / Wangan's Trees of Peace
Vol 48 - i3	: Mar 2010	Let's Do Math - Fun Fair Crispy Quads Problem
Vol 48 - i2	: Dec 2009	LINKS TO MANIPULATIVES - Pattern Blocks
Vol 48 - i1	: Sep 2009	RESEARCH SUMMARY: Representations of Fractions
Vol 43 - i2	: Dec 2004	Coordinate Patterns
Vol 43 - i1	: Sep 2004	Points of Departure: The Hundreds Board

Sample Articles from The Gazette
Issue	Date	Article (Click to download)
Vol 51 - i4	: Jun 2013	Linking Representations Using Geogebra / Geoffrey Roulet / Jill Lazarus
Vol 51 - i4	: Jun 2013	Communication in a Blended Math-Talk Community: Extending the Boundaries of Classroom Collaboration / Geoffrey Roulet / Jill Lazarus
Vol 49 - i3	: Mar 2011	Technology Corner - Exponential and Logarithmic Models / Mary Bourassa
Vol 49 - i3	: Mar 2011	Hey It's Elementary - The Elephant in the Room / Lynda Colgan
Vol 49 - i3	: Mar 2011	Math in the Media / Tim Sibbald
Vol 49 - i3	: Mar 2011	Mathematics Improvement Process: A Principal's Perspective / Doug Duff
Vol 49 - i2	: Dec 2010	What's the Problem? Getting to the Root of the Problem / Shawn Godin
Vol 49 - i2	: Dec 2010	In the Middle - From Start to End: Maximizing Instructional Time in the Intermediate Classroom / Caroline Rosenbloom / Jung-Choi Perkins
Vol 49 - i2	: Dec 2010	Supporting Algebraic Thinking: Prioritizing Visual Representations / Ruth Beatty
Vol 49 - i2	: Dec 2010	Billy and the SMART Board(tm) / William Lundy
Vol 43 - i2	: Dec 2004	Hey, It's Elementary... The Context Conundrum / Lynda Colgan
Vol 43 - i2	: Dec 2004	Computer Algebra Systems and the Ontario Curriculum / Tom Steinke, Kevin Spry, Fred Ferneyhough
Vol 43 - i1	: Sep 2004	Assessment Corner: Assessing Mathematical Processes - A Complex Process / Chris Suurtamm
Vol 43 - i1	: Sep 2004	Put on Your ''Mathematical Glasses'': Connecting The Simpsons(R) and Mathematics / Louis Lim

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