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Writing in Mathematics Featured Topic: Writing in Math Class Teachers incorporate writing in math class to help students reflect on their learning, deepen their understanding of important concepts by explaining and providing examples of those concepts, and make important connections to real-life applications of the math they are learning. Teachers use the writing assignments to assess student understanding of important concepts, student proficiency in explaining and using those concepts and each student's attitude toward learning mathematics. Getting Started with Math Writing Often students who have difficulty writing in math class have less difficulty telling the teacher what they think. Think-Pair-Share: Some students are reluctant to write at first and benefit from practice sharing thoughts with a partner and hearing that partner put thoughts into words. The basic steps of Think-Pair-Share are: Question: Ask an open-ended question and tell students that they will think-pair-share the answer. Make a web.

PrometheanPlanet I don't know about your school district but my district is gearing up to adopt and implement the Common Core Standards (CCS). It is important to note that the CCS do not contain CONTENT standards for Science (or Social Studies). The National Academy of Science issued Science Frameworks in July 2010 and July 2011 and this document is being used as the basis for a new set of national content standards which are being called the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). A preliminary report is due in April 2012 with a final document by early 2013. While the CCS are primarily focused on Language Arts and Mathematics, CCS do impact science instruction because science is expected to provide practical application of ELA and Math skills. So science teachers have been given the task of developing lessons that meet the reading and writing standards for science (see p59-66 Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects)

Math and Literature -- A Match Made in the Classroom! If you are seeking a new way to add relevancy to your classroom math activities, the answer may be right in your school library! Literature is the ideal vehicle to help your students see the importance of numbers in their daily lives. Included: Author Marilyn Burns is one educator who says, "Math and literature together? Why not!" She shares her thoughts with Education World. "I've found throughout my teaching career that students are my best teachers, that the more I understand how children think and reason, the better I'm able to find ways to help them learn," author Marilyn Burns told Education World. In Books by Marilyn Burns, Burns uses traditional and original literature to address mathematical concepts. "Combining math and literature in classroom activities is a way for teachers to invite children into the world of math," stated Burns. An educator who began teaching secondary mathematics in 1962, Burns describes the start of her writing career as a "fluke."

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Solving the Math Curse: Reading and Writing Math Word Problems ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice This lesson uses the four modalities of reading (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) on a math word problem to bridge the gap between reading and math. back to top Crossword Puzzles: Students will use what they learn about solving word problems in this fun and interactive online tool. Biddle, M. (2007). Modeling is an important form of classroom support for literacy learning. Ward, R.A. (2005). Bresser, R. (2004).

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Content Area Literacy: Beyond the Language Arts Classroom : Teachers at Work Our youngest generation is a scarce and precious resource facing a human wave of global competition. This reality is changing the way teachers think of literacy, and more importantly, it is changing their classroom practice. Teachers across the entire curriculum spectrum are beginning to realize that they are responsible for producing learners who possess the literacy skills needed for the 21st Century. They are realizing that literacy is the ability to comprehend all sorts of text, and helping students accomplish the goal of comprehension requires more than asking them to open a book and read the chapter. This new, expanded definition of literacy includes the development of a set of interrelated skills that include reading, writing, speaking, viewing, listening, and questioning; all leading to the ability to critically assess and use information. Math teachers are developing their own classroom libraries.

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Reading in the Mathematics Classroom by Joan M. Kenney, Euthecia Hancewicz, Loretta Heuer, Diana Metsisto and Cynthia L. Tuttle To many teachers, mathematics is simply a matter of cueing up procedures for students, who then perform the appropriate calculations. Over and over, I hear teachers interpret problems for their students when asked what a question means or when a student says, “I don't know what to do.” This started me thinking about the mathematics teacher's role in helping students to interpret problems. Certainly teachers try to help students to read and interpret mathematics text and discuss problem-solving strategies with them. Unless mathematics teachers are generalists and have been trained in reading instruction, they don't see literacy as part of their skill set. Listening to teachers reword or interpret mathematics problems for their students has led me to start conversations with teachers about taking time to work specifically on reading and interpretation. Reading Requirements for Mathematics Text

Math Games - from Mangahigh Literacy + Math = Creative Connections in the Elementary Classroom Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Talking, Writing, and Reasoning: Making Thinking Visible with Math Journals Students explore how their problem-solving strategies work by writing in math journals as they work in small groups to solve a math puzzle with multiple solutions. Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Exploring Sets through Math-Related Book Pairs After reading two math-related books, students investigate their home and school environments to find examples of objects that come in sets and then create their own books on sets. Grades 1 – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Draw a Math Story: From the Concrete to the Symbolic Students create math stories by first drawing, then writing, and finally using math symbols to show addition or subtraction. Solving the Math Curse: Reading and Writing Math Word Problems Students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills add up as they decipher word problems and use what they’ve learned to solve a crossword puzzle.

Coloring Book Fun Integrating Writing and Mathematics The 2002 and 2007 reports of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) writing as ses sment (National Center for Education Statistics, 2008), administered to 8th and 12th graders, show an increase in writing scores. Applebee and Langer's (2006) analysis of NAEP data as well as other sources published during the decade preceding their review revealed that the more frequently students reported writing one or more paragraphs in science and social studies, the higher their writing achievement. The results, however, were lower in mathematics. That we see so few examples of the integration of writing and mathematics in educational literature seems surprising, considering that the mathematics education community has affirmed the importance of such integration for many years. Still, many teachers struggle to link writing and mathematics and honor the integrity of both disciplines at the same time. There are two levels of integration that teachers may use as a beginning point.

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