Weaving Math and Language Arts Literacy
The article above is from the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) itself. This article describes a five-step process founded by The Algebra Project (AP). This five-step process is very useful for math teachers who are struggling to make the connection between mathematics and language arts. This five-step process uses a shared experience as its base and allows students to build upon it through communication, pictures, and common vocabulary. Step 5 is titled Symbolic Representation and is seen to be the hardest for math teachers to complete. This step allows students to stray away from the one, set language of math and use their common vocabulary when explaining their thinking.
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Kaylie Herbert
Hey Kaylie! I really liked the idea of the five-step process to help students. I especially liked that step one was to make a math concept relate to a shared experience from the students. Making new ideas connect to old ones really helps students get engaged and make them care about what they're learning. I remember taking calculus and having a hard time grasping some of the concepts because I couldn't relate to them. Great post! (76)
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