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Framing Math Vocabulary. MATH WORKS AHEAD. School Leadership Campus Instructional C oache s. Norms. Participate Be respectful Challenge your limits Monitor technology Make learning meaningful. Core Beliefs. Our main purpose is to improve student academic achievement.
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Framing Math Vocabulary MATH WORKS AHEAD School Leadership Campus Instructional Coaches
Norms • Participate • Be respectful • Challenge your limits • Monitor technology • Make learning meaningful
Core Beliefs • Our main purpose is to improve student academic achievement. • Effective instruction makes the most difference in student academic performance. • There is no excuse for poor quality instruction. • With our help, at risk students will achieve at the same rate as non-at risk students. • Staff members must have a commitment to children and a commitment to the pursuit of excellence. A ___________ (item) is like Core Belief #_____ because . . .
Purpose Lesson Objective Participants will learn how to effectively construct and utilize visual vocabulary word walls. Demonstration of Learning Participants can illustrate a word to visually represent the meaning and generate an interactive activity successfully.
How does vocabulary instruction impact your role as an Instructional Coach? Reflections 1 & 2
The language problems of students who enter school with poor or limited vocabularies only worsen over time. • Vocabulary knowledge is closely related to earning potential. Students’ lack of everyday and academic vocabulary ultimately translates into shallow interactions with print and the spoken word, fewer job opportunities, and less income. Lifelong Effects of Vocabulary Beck, McKeown, & Kucan (2002)
State Standard Rationale Math - K.14B, 1.12B, 2.13B, 3.15B, 4.15B and 5.15B • Relate everyday language to mathematical language and symbols.
Which tools are used to teach vocabulary?
Word Walls
Visual Vocabulary Display
Number and Operations Math Vocabulary Reporting Categories Grades K – 2nd Vocabulary Algebraic Reasoning Data Analysis Geometry and Measurement
Number Sense Math Vocabulary Reporting Categories Grades 3rd – 5th Patterns Graphs and Statistics Vocabulary Geometry Measurement
Visual Vocabulary Display Reporting category
Activity for Vocabulary • Select one math vocabulary word. • Use an index card to illustrate the meaning. • Place cards under appropriate reporting categories. • Be prepared to discuss words.
Interactive Activities • Clap, chant & write • Make a Sentence • Bag and Tag • Be Mind Reader • Flashlight Word
Demonstration of Learning Participants can illustrate a word to visually represent the meaning and generate an interactive activity successfully.
Closure and Reflections New knowledge is the most valuablecommodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become. Kurt Vonnegut