Content Area Literacy in the Mathematics
Classroom
This link is for a journal article that includes strategies that can be adapted to help build students’ literacy skills in the mathematics classroom and help them communicate mathematically. The article lists 6 strategies that teachers can incorporate to help their students. One strategy is, The Frayer Model, which helps to build academic vocabulary. Another is to encourage authentic question generation through the Q-matrix, which is a grid in which students develop questions on different cognitive levels. There are also multiple different ways that we can use visual supports such as pictures, charts, and graphic organizers. There is an example of how to incorporate a think-aloud to guide mathematical thinking. And the sixth and final strategy is to have students write to learn or demonstrate their acquisition of mathematical knowledge.
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Very good resource! I think it could be very useful to math teachers especially since the importance of reading and reading skills are often overlooked in a math classroom. I think a lot of students might experience confusion with math terms since a lot of them look familiar, so this resource could help. Word count 53
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