tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post3049413409734385721..comments2024-03-06T22:39:11.472-08:00Comments on cheesemonkey wonders: Reading aloud in math class — it's a developmental thingcheesemonkeysfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-43667638687630219432013-10-12T10:23:33.045-07:002013-10-12T10:23:33.045-07:00Students think they are reading when they are just...Students think they are reading when they are just skimming. I'm on our school's SIP committee and yesterday we rolled out to the staff our plans to incorporate 7 reading strategies across the curriculum. Each month the staff is being asked to incorporate the "strategy of the month" by first preparing and conducting a think-aloud then following it up with students practicing that skill. We'll collect "data" (their annotations) to determine to what extent they are implementing the strategy, then consider ways for students to improve the use that strategy. <br /><br />Our first strategy is monitoring--which could be thought of as a form of persevering. I might introduce the monitoring think aloud using a section from the textbook on product exponent rules--a concept we recently completed. Then the students practice monitoring using a photocopied section of the quotient exponent rules. I'm excited about it because I haven't done a very good job of teaching students how to read in math. <br /><br />Your post is very timely for me.Mary Doomshttp://teacherleaders.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-19616843641603825982013-10-06T23:15:43.267-07:002013-10-06T23:15:43.267-07:00I found your blog as part of the MTBoS. I 've ...I found your blog as part of the MTBoS. I 've taught multiple subjects and multiple grade levels and now teach only math to 7th and 8th graders. I like your views regarding reading in the math class. Students need to wrestle with the language of the problems before they can struggle with the content. Just last week as I was having students read inequalities to me as we were graphing, they couldn't read the symbol > or < It was going to be impossible to graph the solutions if they didn't understand the word behind the symbol.<br />Thanks for your post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-65106787145454907392013-10-06T22:32:52.195-07:002013-10-06T22:32:52.195-07:00I start the same way I would with an English class...I start the same way I would with an English class or a writing class. Somebody does some reading and then I guide them through an inquiry into the text. I usually grab onto a vocabulary word in the text first, asking, What does that mean? Does anybody know? <br /><br />If somebody knows, then great. If nobody knows, then somebody has to look it up (using whatever we've got at hand — hard copy dictionary or dictionary.com. I repeat key phrases several times as we discuss this, reinforcing whatever great things kids say. Sometimes I'll do Think-Pair-Share first in response to "What does that mean?" or I'll have them write down two possible meanings and one totally ridiculous meaning (just to get the juices flowing).<br /><br />When it's time to move on, I'll restate what I now understand the passage to mean, based on the shared understanding of the group.<br /><br />This is a very old, but very effective method of modeling close reading and textual analysis by way of modeling. It's different from "lecture" in that I am revealing and inviting students into my own reading process. <br /><br />Eventually, students start doing this for themselves and in their table groups.<br /><br />I think the biggest thing kids need to understand about this is that EVERYBODY has to slow down and interrogate the text when we are reading something challenging. Speed-readers miss too much!<br /><br />Hope that is helpful. Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />- Elizabeth (@cheesemonkeysf)cheesemonkeysfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-92155962735058420392013-10-06T22:25:56.414-07:002013-10-06T22:25:56.414-07:00This is brilliant! I am definitely going to use th...This is brilliant! I am definitely going to use this too in our proportions unit. Thanks for commenting and sharing these ideas!cheesemonkeysfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-11973977933733052232013-10-06T22:25:15.479-07:002013-10-06T22:25:15.479-07:00I only take volunteers, because the point of this ...I only take volunteers, because the point of this is to improve our collective receptivity to reading and listening. Those who listen are also actively contributing! Plus they are receiving modeling in how others deal with reading aloud, making mistakes, and not experiencing the end of the world as a result. My goal is to normalize reading out loud as an activity, not to shame anybody.<br /><br />- Elizabeth (@cheesemonkeysf)cheesemonkeysfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-63429056978846796192013-10-06T22:00:52.978-07:002013-10-06T22:00:52.978-07:00Hi, I'm posting for the MTBoS challenge (but a...Hi, I'm posting for the MTBoS challenge (but also because this post is interesting to me!) I teach all English learners, so we do some reading out loud already, I'm curious what you actually do to teach response and analysis (as opposed to just getting a kid to drone out the words). Could you give an example?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-45611936145621252722013-10-06T21:25:34.089-07:002013-10-06T21:25:34.089-07:00This is such a true and necessary post. Kids get i...This is such a true and necessary post. Kids get into math class and either sigh in relief because there's no reading or cringe because all we're doing is problems. Thank you for sharing!stevens009https://www.blogger.com/profile/02110579407392732955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-85126049313365035862013-10-06T20:49:42.264-07:002013-10-06T20:49:42.264-07:00Tuesday my student teacher is reading "If I W...Tuesday my student teacher is reading "If I Were One Inch Tall" (or something close to that title) by Shel Silverstein to start our Proportions unit (thank you Fawn Nguyen). The next day they'll write their poems and read them to their groups on Thursday & Friday as warm ups. I think lots more of reading is needed too! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342366268871521998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-78363533941467687902013-10-06T20:09:49.607-07:002013-10-06T20:09:49.607-07:00So many of my students have talked about the panic...So many of my students have talked about the panic of reading aloud ... do you take volunteers, or go methodically, or random calling? Wondering what you do for those who struggle or are embarrassed. Especially because I can totally see the value in doing this in a content class!John Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212162438307044259noreply@blogger.com