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The idea of taking a "big idea" and breaking it down (chunking) is something I feel is important. The focus for many in math is on the answer, but the process is as important, if not more important, overall. The ability for students to understand and share the "how" and the "why" is important . . . especially in the real world. Students struggle with math vocabulary and comprehension of strategies, so I agree that there needs to be a concerted effort on reading and literacy strategies.
ReplyDeleteChunking can be a useful way to break down story problems.
DeleteI think some of our students especially need to have things "chunked" or "broken down" to understand the concepts more clearly.
DeleteThe video showed the importance of reading closely and writing carefully. As a math teacher it is important to encourage students to read problems carefully and try to determine what information they know and what information they need to find. Once they have read the problem closely they should be able to explain how they are planning to solve the problem by writing their explanation carefully.
ReplyDeleteI, too, noted the "Read closely. Write carefully." emphasis. I think this could be our district tagline ;)
DeleteI liked how this lesson was guided but allowed the students the freedom to think and determine their own answers while still being led to a common conclusion. Spreading out this lesson and focusing on a single piece of writing was much more involved than I suspected and yet maintained an interest for students. For math concepts it will need to be presented in a manner that will both be guided, such as this was, but yet draw on students' knowledge and ability to demonstrate that previous knowledge and then utilize it with review and "new" learning to problem solve.
ReplyDeleteIt was noted by our group that technology is playing a noticable role in our learning this material!!
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ReplyDeleteHaving students read and reread will help them gain a deeper understanding of the material and will allow them to use that knowledge to analyze other problems.
ReplyDeleteWeak response SHelly!
DeleteAt least I closely read the entire directions before posting Anonymous....I mean Kieron!
DeleteThe video showed us the importance of not only reading but how to discuss the readings in different classes. The video talked about being able to take the big ideas and being able to break them down to have discussions.
ReplyDeleteMy students don't know how to read a math book. I ask them to read the night before every lesson, but I don't ever hold them accountable for it. I suppose we need to spend some time in class modeling how to read so they can do it on their own. There are plenty of examples, but students don't see how the examples relate to the problems they are working on because they don't read closely.
ReplyDeleteBy posing problems that require students to not only calculate, but also to evaluate their calculations through justifying the process by which they arrived at their solution, will create and demonstrate deeper understanding.
ReplyDeleteI think justify will be a term that will be greatly used on our new tests.
DeleteThe idea is to be able to spend more time on each topic and find a greater amount of understanding. This is going to require students to not only be able to solve problems but then be able to explain it clearly. Students are going to have to be able to explain the why the works not just except that it does. We are going to have to help students write mathematically and be able to explain the theory behind it.
ReplyDeleteExplaining how to work a problem out in words instead of just showing work might will be a change for math classes, but will be using those reading and writing skills!
DeleteThis video discussed taking a piece of informational text and slowly taking it apart piece by piece. This could be applied to more involved story problems where students need to determine what information is given and what information is needed to solve the problem. Reading skills will important to fully answer questions, like those 2&4 point on the OAA.
ReplyDeleteI really agree with that last statement!
DeleteRight now most of our students struggle more with what a question is asking then how to do the math in the problem. We need to focus more on reading skills so the students know what math concept they need to use to solve the problem. Students will need to focus on explaining their answers more which will help in applying their math to real world problem solving activities.
ReplyDeleteReading and understanding math questions will be key. This is were the reading skills will be useful.
DeleteIn theory, I am excited to be able to take the time to allow students to gain a deeper understanding of the curriculum. In theory...what will motivate students to want to gain a better understanding of the curriculum?
ReplyDeleteGood question. Especially when you are covering the same thing for such a long time.
DeleteI think that it is vital to use reading strategies when doing math, especially word problems. Teaching students to pull out the important information and deciding what to do with the information has a lot to do with reading (finding main ideas and details) and pulling information together to really comprehend. It will be great to reinforce the skills from reading in math so the kids can see that it is needed in all aspects of life.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Michelle, it is important to teach our students to pull out important information and decide what to do with that information.
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