Showing posts with label 6-8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 6-8. Show all posts

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Foldables Galore!!

Foldables Galore

Foldables are a great way to add visual features to students' notebooks and their reading and writing projects, as well as enhancing content area learning.
They provide a kinesthetic component and act as a learning or study aid for any subject matter.  Research shows a significant increase in the students’
attitude toward a discipline when foldables are used as an instructional strategy. (Casteel, Narkawicz, 2007)  Students who are more actively engaged in the work are more likely to retain what they have learned.


Ways to Use in the Classroom


Foldables can be a fun way to organize information.  They can be used as individual activities or attached within a journal or spiral notebook.  Placing many foldables together into one area, such as a file folder, is a good option for units of study or related content.  

I found some good examples of foldables that you can replicate in your classroom! Remember to check out the step by step file at the end of this post. :.) Happy teaching!


























Saturday, February 23, 2013

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class

      Here are some great resources for math classes!
 
     Addressing the reality that English Language Learners (ELLs) need additional support in classes where math instruction is in English, this lesson-based series gives teachers the essential tools for meeting math content goals and language development goals simultaneously. With a deep appreciation for the unique linguistic experiences and diverse cultural traditions that ELLs bring to a classroom, each model lesson takes teachers step-by-step through ways to actively involve ELLs in learning math. Teachers will get a wealth of strategies and activities for modifying their instruction to improve the success of ELLs, suggestions for determining the linguistic demands of math lessons, answers to frequently asked questions including multi-language and multi-level situations, and instant-use reproducibles. Contents cover geometry, number sense, data analysis, algebra, and word problems.

Books available on Amazon.com

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades K-2 by Rusty Bresser, Kathy Melanese and Christine Sphar (Jul 18, 2008)

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades K-2


Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades 3-5 by Rusty Bresser, Kathy Melanese and Christine Sphar (Jul 18, 2008)


Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades 3-5

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades 6-8 by Kathy Melanese, Luz Chung and Cheryl Forbes (Apr 15, 2011)

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades 6-8