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Maths is Literacy, Too!

Maths is Literacy, Too!. Using Literacy Strategies to Create a Rigorous Primary Grades Maths Class Dee Moodley , Grade 1 and 2 Maths Teacher, Spark Ferndale Primary School Bailey Thomson, Director of Development and Leadership , eAdvance. Do Now.

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Maths is Literacy, Too!

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  1. Maths is Literacy, Too! Using Literacy Strategies to Create a Rigorous Primary Grades MathsClass Dee Moodley, Grade 1 and 2 Maths Teacher, Spark Ferndale Primary School Bailey Thomson, Director of Development and Leadership , eAdvance

  2. Do Now Think of a child you have taught or currently teach who does not experience success in maths. Why? What tools do you need today to ensure that they will achieve from now on?

  3. Agenda • Do Now (3 min.) • Introductions, Agenda, and Purpose (5 min.) • Graffiti Walk and Share-Out (10 min.) • The Problem (10 min.) • Literacy Strategies for Maths (20 min.) • “Make and Take” Time (35 min.) • Workshop Survey (7 min.)

  4. Graffiti Walk • Engagement: How have you successfully engaged students in your maths class? • Challenges: What challenges do you find in engaging students in maths? • Maths Biography: What was your personal experience with maths? How does it influence how you teach maths?

  5. The Problem Percentage of South African Students Who Speak English as First Language: 9.6% Percentage of National Maths Curriculum Provided in English Only: 100% Quality of Maths and Science Education: 143 of 144 Education Meets the Needs of the Economy: 140 of 144 World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report

  6. Maths is an academic language unto itself that requires explicit instruction. There is a direct connection between mastery of scholarly mathematical language and success in the maths classroom.

  7. Rigor in a maths classroom consists of a combination of academic language and mathematical content mastery. Great maths teachers uphold high linguistic expectations for their students, in order to support their content mastery.

  8. Literacy Strategies for Maths Introduction to New Material Academic Vocabulary Motivation and Investment

  9. Introduction to New Material • Maths Read Aloud Books and Narrative Input Charts • “Format Matters” • Four Corner Problems/QUAC Academic Vocabulary • Cognitive Content Dictionary • Word Wall • Maths Journal Motivation and Investment • Super Mathematician Awards

  10. “Make and Take” What can you implement tomorrow? What can you implement next week? What can you implement next unit? And how can we help?

  11. “Math is more than numbers and equations. It is a metaphor for knowledge of the deepest kind.” Jay-Z, American Rapper, Decoded

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