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So Why Connected Mathematics? Aligns with high school resource, Core-Plus Supported by NCTM and NSF Has been awarded numerous awards, including from the US Dept of ED for “exemplary curriculum” Follows an investigative approach to mathematics to build conceptual understanding of math topics that leads to a rich and connected understanding of math Students are reading, writing, thinking, and talking in every class, every day – CIF is built in throughout

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Math Anxiety Read the article Text Rendering Protocol: Highlight a paragraph, sentence, and a word that sticks with you from this article – we will be sharing these out

Literacy How can we help students read math word problems when they can’t even read basic word problems? Key words are not the answer So what in the world is the answer?

Some Solutions Have explicit lessons on reading math word problems, could be whole lesson, warm-up, etc., not just at the end of the year Team teaching with English teacher Must teach them how to illustrate what is happening; how the vocabulary plays together and how we can represent that Organizers with vocab, mathematical definition, everyday language definition, and visual Partner rephrasing

More Solutions Practice rewording questions Read problems a few times before beginning to solve Highlight (determine goal) and rewording – they can use highlighter on EOG if they have been practicing using it in class Menu of Mathematical Strategies Others?

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