Creating a Language-Rich Math Class
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-91629-6 (ISBN)
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You’ll learn strategies for introducing students to math language that gives meaning to the terms and symbols they use everyday; for building flexibility and precision in students’ use of math language; and for structuring activities to make them more language-rich.
Book Features:
Detailed directions for sample games and activities for immediate classroom use;
Investigations to Try and Questions for Reflection to assist in implementing these ideas into your practice;
Graphic organizer for helping students first understand, solve, and defend their solutions to word problems;
Blackline masters of game cards and puzzles (also available at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138916296/)
Sandra L. Atkins is committed to finding those ‘AHA moments’ when mathematical connections are made by teachers and students. She currently works with school districts across the United States through her company, Creating AHAs.
eResources
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Language? It’s Mathematics!
Chapter 1: What Are They Really Thinking? Determining the Meaning Kids Have for Terms
Chapter 2: Investigating Symbolic Decoding vs. Conceptual Language
Chapter 3: Understanding the Meaning of the Operations
Division
Partitive Division (Partitioning)
Quotitive Division (Quotitioning)
Multiplication
Equal Grouping Model
Array Model
Area Model
Scaling
Subtraction
Removal
Comparison
Difference as Distance
Addition
Joining
Part-Part-Total
Chapter 4: Tips for Creating a Language-Rich Math Class
Consider Sitting Down
Are you sure? How did you get your answer?
Don’t Be the Answer Key
Ask a question to help them change their mind
Think, Pair, Share—Tell me what your partner said
Have students use four representations (Concrete, Pictorial, Verbal, Symbolic) whenever possible
Conceptual Language versus Symbolic Decoding
Building and Using Language
Chapter 5: Purposefully Choose and Use Materials
Subitizing
Ten Frame Domino Match
Increasing the Cognitive Demand of the Experience
Combinations for Ten
Using materials to build conceptual understandings
Chapter 6: Changing the Order for Introducing Mathematical Language: Experience then Name
Experience First—A Look at Symmetry
Area Investigations
Chapter 7: Structuring Activities to Make Language-Rich
Tangram Communication Activity
Memory or Concentration Type Activities
Chapter 8: Building Precision and Flexibility in Using Mathematical Language
Chapter 9: Making Sense of Word Problems: Developing Independent Problem Solvers
Beware of Key Words
Building Independent Problem Solvers
Problem Solving Graphic Organizer
The Word Problem Solving Process
Sample Problem 1—Introducing the Process
Debriefing Problems—Sample Problem 2
Sample Problem 3—Don’t let your past interfere with the students’ problem solving
Conclusion: Giving students the Gift of Time
Blackline Masters
Ten Frame Dominos
Sample Concentration Game Cards
Tangram Piece Master
Sample Tangram Puzzles
Sample "I Have…Who Has?" Cards
Word Problem Graphic Organizer
Sample Word Problems
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.10.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 Tables, black and white; 106 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 295 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-91629-3 / 1138916293 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-91629-6 / 9781138916296 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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