Students Need to Practice Math Vocabulary

 

3 Reasons to Start Practicing Math Vocabulary:

 

1. If you practice your Math Vocabulary, you will increase your Math reading comprehension.

       "Vocabulary is strongly correlated to reading comprehension" (Davis 1968; Fitzgerald and Graves 2005).

 

2. If you practice Math Vocabulary, your students content learning will increase.

       "Vocabulary is a predictor of students' comprehension and content area learning" (Espin and Foegen 1996).

 

3. If you practice Math Vocabulary, your students will act more positively towards learning new Math.

       "Lack of vocabulary knowledge can negatively affect learning content" (Fisher and Frey 2008).

 

 

 

How can you start implementing more vocabulary today?

 

A quick NO PREP solution is to try a WRITE the Room with MATH activity with your students. Practice and engage your students in Math Vocabulary. Students will enjoy reviewing and learning new Math concepts that will help their reading comprehension too.

  

 

      

One of the activities that always bring more depth, conceptualizing, and meaning to mathematics is any time spent on Math Vocabulary. It's important to learn and practice using Math Vocabulary in an appropriate way to extend the learning of Math concepts. These Write the Room With Math activities for March are a great way to get your students up and moving about the room with vocabulary.

 

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Keep working with your students vocabulary and your efforts will pay off in the long term!

 

Bibliography

Davis, Frederick B. 1968. “Research in Comprehension in Reading.” Reading Research Quarterly 3: 499-545. 1972. “Psychometric Research on Comprehension in Reading.” Reading Research Quarterly 7 (4): 628-78. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/747108

Espin, Christine A., and Anne Foegen. 1996. “Validity of General Outcome Measures for Predicting Secondary Students’ Performance on Content-Area Tasks.” Exceptional Children 62: 497-514.

Fisher, Douglas, and Nancy Frey. 2008. Word Wise and Content Rich, Grades7-12: Five Essential Steps to Teaching Academic Vocabulary. Portsmouth, NH:Heinemann.

Fitzgerald, Jill, and Michael F. Graves.2005. “Reading Supports for All.”Educational Leadership 62 (4):68-71.

 

Cheers to Math Vocab!

January WRITE THE ROOM with Math -5th Grade

Get students moving, talking, and writing Math Vocabulary in your classroom with this set of 5th Grade Math Vocabulary Sentences. The purpose of this resource is to help students with increasing their mathematics vocabulary. Students write the Math sentences on their paper with scaffolded practice. Students are provided a list of vocabulary words to use to complete the sentences. Students will be engaged and more confident practicing using math vocabulary. This NO PREP Write the Room vocabulary activity can be a success in your classroom too!     

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This activity is a great way to get your students actively ENGAGED in learning and processing Mathematical concepts for fifth grade. Laying the foundations of vocabulary is key for students to express thoughts and concepts about the Math they are learning. This activity is interactive, teacher facilitated, and NO PREP! Get your students practicing their vocabulary today with these Math sentences.

 

Also available is the GROWING bundle. This is a GROWING BUNDLE. What that means is….once you buy this Bundle any vocabulary monthly set added is FREE to you! The earlier you buy this Bundle, the more $$$ you will save! This Bundle will always be at least 25% OFF the original price of all total Vocabulary Monthly Sets. You will receive a notification when new Monthly Vocabulary Packet is added and you just simply click “download” again!

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Engage your students with vocabulary today!