Literacy+in+Math

Writing to Learn - Writing Prompts...Great for adding a literacy component in your math classroom:[|W2Ls_Writing2Learn.pdf]

Costa's levels of questions: []

[|Freshman StudySkills-Textbook Handout1 period 2[1.doc]]

Reading Log: [|READING LOG from Tammy Mugel 10-2010.pdf]

An anticipation guide gives kids a chance to access prior knowledge AND preview a section of text (a chapter, passage, etc.) Below is an example of an anticipation guide written for a pre-calculus chapter. You will need to tweak it to fit your needs. My students like it better than a pre-test. [|PC_ Anticipation Guide Template.doc] (credit to Ashley Prada - my former student teacher)

The PAS strategy is a pre-reading strategy. The particular template below is used instead of having kids complete a pre-test. "P" stands for PREVIEW THE TEXT "A" stands for ACCESS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE "S" stands for SET THE PURPOSE The math vocabulary from the template is used to create a word wall. [|PAS Strategy.doc] (credit to my co-worker, Alli Bonger...who rocks!)

Did You Read??? Seth Berg The idea here is to give the students something interesting to read and make sure they read it. Working on nonfiction reading skills and discussing the issues raised by an essay would be nice, but we rarely have time for that and just reading an informative piece can go a long way. The strategy for my DYRs is to let the students prove to me that they did the reading. They don’t have to answer every question, and they don’t have to recall all the details perfectly, but they do have to demonstrate that they actually read the assignment. [|DYR-Head for Numbers.docx]