BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN WRITING AND MATH

BY MELANEE WEBB

QUOTE

“The teacher is one who made two ideas grow where only one

grew before.”

Elbert Hubbard

???QUESTION???

ALTHOUGH WRITING AND MATH ARE TWO DIFFERENT, BUT ESSENTIAL SKILLS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TEACH BOTH SKILLS AT THE SAME TIME?

PURPOSE

TO EXPLAIN DIFFERENT WAYS TO

INCORPORATE WRITING SKILLS WITH MATH SKILLS.

KEY POINTS

DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF MIXING

WRITING AND MATH RELEVANT RESOURCES, INCLUDING

BOOKS AND ONLINE SOURCES

MATH/ WRITING ACTIVITIES

Draw a picture and label. Write a definition in your own words. Create examples of the skill/concept and

explain. Write about a real-life use of this math concept

or skill. Connect the concept/skill to concepts/skills you

already learned and use. Reflect on your understanding of this

concept/skill on a scale of 1-5 and explain. Create a K-W-L chart of what you already know,

what you want to know and what you have learned about the concept/skill.

POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF “SUBJECT MIXING”

Alternative to the traditional teaching method

Positive interdependence Promotive interaction Individual accountability Interpersonal and small - group

skills Group processing

PICTURE BOOKS

Neuschwander, Cindy – Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi

Bowen, Anne – The Great Math Tattle Battle

Singer, Marilyn – Let’s Build a Clubhouse Tang, Greg – Math for All Seasons Jenkins, Steve - Biggest, Strongest,

Fastest Remkiewircz, Frank - Arithme – Tickle Schieszka, Jon – Math Curse

POETRY AND ONLINE RESOURCES

Poetry ResourcesHolub, Joan – Riddle – iculous Math

Online Resourceswww.mathwire.comwww.cooperativelearningmath.com www.mentalmath.com

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