Opposites Attract: Teaching Reading Skills in the Math Classroom Aiken County Public School District January 15, 2016 LEADERS IN LITERACY CONFERENCE
Joe Powell LEADERS IN LITERACY CONFERENCE
Objective Develop a shared view of what constitutes teaching “literacy in a math course. Experience strategies for teaching literacy in math courses.
Essential Question How can we improve students literacy while at the same time improving their math skills?
Activator What Grade Level Is It?
Level 3 In your job as a cashier, a customer gives you a $20 bill to pay for a can of coffee that costs $3.84. How much change should you give back?
And the Answer Is… Level 3 In your job as a cashier, a customer gives you a $20 bill to pay for a can of coffee that costs $3.84. How much change should you give back? 5.6 Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level
What grade level is it? Level 4 Over the last 5 days, you made the following numbers of sales calls: 8, 7, 9, 5, and 7. On the average, how many calls did you make each day?
And the answer is… Level 4 Over the last 5 days, you made the following numbers of sales calls: 8, 7, 9, 5, and 7. On the average, how many calls did you make each day? 4.7 Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level
What grade level is it? Level 5 Quik Call charges 18¢ per minute for long-distance calls. Econo Phone totals your phone usage each month and rounds the number of minutes up to the nearest 15 minutes. It then charges $7.90 per hour of phone usage, dividing this charge into 15-minute segments if you used less than a full hour. If your office makes 5 hours 3 minutes worth of calls this month using the company with the lower price, how much will these calls cost?
And the answer is… Level 5 Quik Call charges 18¢ per minute for long-distance calls. Econo Phone totals your phone usage each month and rounds the number of minutes up to the nearest 15 minutes. It then charges $7.90 per hour of phone usage, dividing this charge into 15-minute segments if you used less than a full hour. If your office makes 5 hours 3 minutes worth of calls this month using the company with the lower price, how much will these calls cost? 8.5 Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level
What grade level is it? Level 6 You are preparing to tile the floor of a rectangular room that is 15½ feet by 18½ feet in size. The tiles you plan to use are square, measuring 12 inches on each side, and are sold in boxes that contain enough tile to cover 25 square feet. How many boxes of tiles must you order to complete the job?
And the answer is… Level 6 You are preparing to tile the floor of a rectangular room that is 15½ feet by 18½ feet in size. The tiles you plan to use are square, measuring 12 inches on each side, and are sold in boxes that contain enough tile to cover 25 square feet. How many boxes of tiles must you order to complete the job?
What grade is it? Level 6 You are preparing to tile the floor of a rectangular room that is 15½ feet by 18½ feet in size. The tiles you plan to use are square, measuring 12 inches on each side, and are sold in boxes that contain enough tile to cover 25 square feet. How many boxes of tiles must you order to complete the job? 8.3 Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level
What grade is it? Level 7 The farm where you just started working has a vertical cylindrical oil tank that is 2.5 feet across on the inside. The depth of the oil in the tank is 2 feet. If 1 cubic foot of space holds 7.48 gallons, about how many gallons of oil are left in the tank?
And the answer is… Level 7 The farm where you just started working has a vertical cylindrical oil tank that is 2.5 feet across on the inside. The depth of the oil in the tank is 2 feet. If 1 cubic foot of space holds 7.48 gallons, about how many gallons of oil are left in the tank? 7.2 Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level
Background How do words challenge students in math?
Background How do words challenge students in math? unfamiliar general vocabulary sentence structure and syntax content vocabulary words and numbers visual displays
Background How do words challenge students in math? unfamiliar general vocabulary sentence structure and syntax visual displays Our focus for today.
Challenge: Unfamiliar vocabulary What unfamiliar terms may confuse or distract a student? Level 3 The fraternity house you manage has 6,270 square feet of lot space. City ordinance allows one student for every 330 square feet of lot space. How many students can live in this house?
Challenge Unfamiliar vocabulary Level 3 The fraternity house you manage has 6,270 square feet of lot space. City ordinance allows one student for every 330 square feet of lot space. How many students can live in this house?
Strategy – Pre-teaching bolt alternator bracket wrench
Strategy – Pre-teaching bolt alternator bracket wrench
Strategy – Pre-teaching You are repairing an engine and need to loosen a bolt that fastens the alternator bracket to the engine. You tried a 3/4-inch wrench, which was too large, and a 5/8-inch wrench, which was too small. Which of the following wrenches is between these two sizes? A.5/16 - inch B.3/8 - inch C.9/16 - inch D.11/16 - inch E.7/8 - inch
Your Turn The Zippy Lube business where you work printed coupons offering $8.00 off any oil change this month. An oil change costs $19.95 and a new oil filter costs $4.95. A customer comes in with a coupon and has you change the oil and filter. Before adding the tax, how much should you charge the customer? 1.Work with a partner 2.Develop a plan for pre-teaching any relevant information
Challenge: Sentence Structure Sentences become longer and more complex as the question level increases.
Challenge: Sentence Structure Level 3 The fraternity house you manage has 6,270 square feet of lot space. City ordinance allows one student for every 330 square feet of lot space. How many students can live in this house? Level 4 You are repairing an engine and need to loosen a bolt that fastens the alternator bracket to the engine. You tried a 3/4-inch wrench, which was too large, and a 5/8-inch wrench, which was too small. Which of the following wrenches is between these two sizes?
Strategy: Shared Reading Shared Reading for Math -Teacher sets a purpose for reading -Students are able to follow along with the text/problem -Teacher models internal thought process of a successful reader -Students have an opportunity to discuss the text/problem
Strategy: Shared Reading Shared Reading for Math -Teacher sets a purpose for reading -Students are able to follow along with the text/problem -Teacher models internal thought process of a successful reader -Students have an opportunity to discuss the text/problem
Strategy: Shared Reading You work for a landscaper that has a customer needing to seed an area of land 80 feet by 40 feet in size. 80 by 40 feet sounds like length times width.
Strategy: Shared Reading You work for a landscaper that has a customer needing to seed an area of land 80 feet by 40 feet in size. The garden center has 5-pound bags of grass seed. Each bag of seed can cover 25 square yards of land. The coverage is in square yards, but the area is measured in feet.
Strategy: Shared Reading You work for a landscaper that has a customer needing to seed an area of land 80 feet by 40 feet in size. The garden center has 5-pound bags of grass seed. Each bag of seed can cover 25 square yards of land. Based on your calculations, how many bags of grass seed do you need to cover the lot? I think I need to figure out the lot’s size and how much seed to use.
Your Turn A refrigeration system at your company uses temperature sensors fixed to read Celsius (°C) values, but the system operators in your control room understand only the Fahrenheit scale. You have been asked to make a Fahrenheit (°F) label for the high temperature alarm, which is set to ring whenever the system temperature rises above –10°C. What Fahrenheit value should you write on the label? 1.Read the passage silently to yourself. 2.Plan how you would model a successful reader’s internal through process.
Challenge: Visual Representations Pictured below is a piece of steel with six holes drilled in it. As inspector for your machine shop, it is your duty to check the part. TYP is short for “typical”, and it means all holes are 1 and 3/8 inches from the center of one hole to the next. What is dimension A?
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Why is it modified?
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Why is it modified? It uses a picture, graph, chart, or table as the primary text.
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Solution: Modified Shared Reading Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Challenge: Visual Representations Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Challenge: Visual Representations Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Challenge: Visual Representations Typical The space between the two vertical lines is 1 and 3/8 of an inch
Final Task: Your Turn Again Find one or two participants with whom you can work. Make sure your “group” has a copy of the utility pole problem. Plan a quick lesson that incorporates the literacy strategies from today’s presentation. Prepare to share your ideas with the whole group.
Summarizer: How Did I Do? Objective: Experience strategies for teaching literacy in math courses. Essential Questions: How can we improve students literacy while at the same time improving their math skills?