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Write! Math
Explain What You Know
Having students explain what they know about a topic is useful at the beginning of a new chapter or topic to create interest and focus thinking. It is useful at the end of a chapter to summarize and1
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Having students explain what they know about a topic is useful at the beginning of a new chapter or topic to create interest and focus thinking. It is useful at the end of a chapter to summarize and evaluate what has been learned. In this activity, students brainstorm what they know about the topic, sort and categorize their knowledge, then write what they know.
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How I Feel About It
Students have different feelings about different math topics. Some will love long division and hate graphing. Some will find addition easy and subtraction difficult. It is helpful to have students ex1
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Students have different feelings about different math topics. Some will love long division and hate graphing. Some will find addition easy and subtraction difficult. It is helpful to have students explore how they feel about the topic and why they feel as they do. In this activity, students share with partners how they feel about the topic, then write a brief reflection on the topic.
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It's Easy If
Students approach mathematics differently. Some students will create acronyms to remember the steps to solve the problem, some will use their fingers and toes to count, some will draw diagrams, and o1
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Students approach mathematics differently. Some students will create acronyms to remember the steps to solve the problem, some will use their fingers and toes to count, some will draw diagrams, and others will visualize the problem. In this activity, students write about their approach to solving the problem. Students share their techniques with teammates to give others insight into various learning strategies.
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Habits of Mind
Help students analyze their own study habits and learn about the study habits of others as well. In this activity, students reflect on and write about their study habits, and share their habits with1
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Help students analyze their own study habits and learn about the study habits of others as well. In this activity, students reflect on and write about their study habits, and share their habits with classmates.
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Share Yesterday's Class
Review, anticipatory set, warm-up, getting focused: whatever you call it, five minutes of writing about yesterday’s math learning is a great way to start math and to help students build understanding1
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Review, anticipatory set, warm-up, getting focused: whatever you call it, five minutes of writing about yesterday’s math learning is a great way to start math and to help students build understanding of facts, ideas and vocabulary about the previous day’s work. In this activity, students discuss and write about what they learned the prior day.
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Job Interviews
Many jobs require high levels of mathematical skills. Have students explore career opportunities and make the connection between math and the real world with this writing activity. In this activity,1
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Many jobs require high levels of mathematical skills. Have students explore career opportunities and make the connection between math and the real world with this writing activity. In this activity, students interview a person with a math-related career and share their interviews with classmates.
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Translate the Language of Math
Math has its own symbolic language. In this activity, each student is assigned a different formula to translate into English and to teach to teammates. If it’s true that you never really know somethi1
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Math has its own symbolic language. In this activity, each student is assigned a different formula to translate into English and to teach to teammates. If it’s true that you never really know something until you teach (explain) it, then this assignment give students an opportunity to really learn about the language of math.
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Classify Your Numbers
We use numbers as symbols to represent a wide range of things like temperature (80°F), time (12:48pm), percents (40%), degrees (45°), fractions (3/8). In this activity, teams brainstorm various types1
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We use numbers as symbols to represent a wide range of things like temperature (80°F), time (12:48pm), percents (40%), degrees (45°), fractions (3/8). In this activity, teams brainstorm various types of numbers. Students work together to classify the numbers, then independently write about their number classification system.
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Math Book Report
The library is loaded with math books. There are math text books, books on teaching math, math literature books and more. Have students explore the rich world of mathematical writing. In this activit1
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The library is loaded with math books. There are math text books, books on teaching math, math literature books and more. Have students explore the rich world of mathematical writing. In this activity, students read or review a math book, write a book report, then share their findings with teammates.
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Prioritize the Problems
Is protecting a species of fish as important as protecting a watershed? Is eliminating acid rain as important as preserving farmland? Is protecting the rainforest as important as auto emission standa1
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Is protecting a species of fish as important as protecting a watershed? Is eliminating acid rain as important as preserving farmland? Is protecting the rainforest as important as auto emission standards? Which issue is the most crucial? In this activity, students brainstorm environment issues, prioritize them, then write a description and justification of their prioritization systems.