L3Literacy, Libraries and Learning

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L3-Literacy, Libraries and Learning

• Integrating Mathematics Literature
• Developed By Dale Carothers, Mathematics
  Specialist,
• Capacity Development School Reform
  Accountability

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• Children will become confident doers of
  mathematics only if mathematics makes sense to
  them and if they believe in their ability to make
  sense of it.
• (Trafton Claus, 1994, p. 21)

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Targeted Focus

• The intent of todays presentation is to use
  childrens literature to integrate mathematics
  and literacy skills into the curriculum.
• The two subjects provide important connections to
  curriculum integration.
• Mathematics and literature connect real world
  experiences with critical thinking skills.

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What is Required to Meet the Needs of all
Students in Mathematics?

• Develop an understanding of the following
  mathematical concepts
• Problem Solving
• Number Sense
• Computation

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Marilyn Burns,2005

• The standard for mathematics should be the same
  as the standard for reading-bringing meaning to
  the printed symbols. In both situations, skills
  and understanding must go hand in hand. The
  challenge is how do we help students develop
  meaning and make sense of what they do?
• Discuss Marilyn Burns purpose in
  the statement above.

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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2004

• Students need to learn a new set of mathematics
  basics that enable them to compute fluently and
  to solve problems creatively and resourcefully.
  

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L3 Literacy, Libraries and Learning

• Reading and Math Fluency-Focusing on Student
  Achievement
• What skills are needed to achieve fluency in
  reading?
• What skills are needed to achieve fluency in
  mathematics?
• Can mathematics and literature fluency skills be
  similar?

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Reading Fluency Skills

• Provide activities that combine prior knowledge
  and experiences
• Relate real world experiences to curriculum
  subjects
• Develop oral language, listening and vocabulary
  skills
• Implement comprehension and decoding skills
• Allow for practice of skills and problem-solving
  skills

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Math Fluency Skills

• Provide activities that combine prior knowledge
  and experiences
• Relate real world experiences to curriculum
  subjects
• Develop oral language, listening and vocabulary
  skills
• Implement comprehension and decoding skills
• Allow for practice of skills and problem-solving
  skills

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Principles of Mathematics Literature Instruction

• The Five Mathematics Standards
• The Five Mathematics Processing Standards
• Mathematics-Literacy Instruction

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Mathematics Standards

• What We Teach in Mathematics
• Standard 1-Numbers and Operations
• Standard 2-Algebra
• Standard 3-Geometry
• Standard 4-Measurement
• Standard 5-DataAnalysis/Probability

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Mathematics Processing Standards

• How We Teach in Mathematics
• Standard 6-Problem Solving
• Standard 7-Reasoning and Proof
• Standard 8-Communication
• Standard 9-Connections
• Standard 10-Representation

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Why Connect Mathematics and Literature?

• Mathematics and literature bring order to the
  world around us
• Math and literature classify objects
• Math and literature emphasize problem solving
  skills
• Math and literature involve relationships and
  patterns

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Benefits of Math and Literature Integration

• The story provides structure for children to
  explore math concepts
• Math and literature are interrelated and not
  separate entities
• Literature provides the connection between the
  real world experience and the highly structured
  discipline of mathematics

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Structuring Mathematics Instruction

• Gather students and read book aloud
• Allow time for discussion of story
• Emphasize the math connections
• Engage students in the lesson
• Provide a follow-up activity/activities
• Use a variety of manipulatives for activities
• Integrate writing/problem solving skills with
  math journals
• Allow for a variety of student answers

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Mathematics Literature

• Ten Black Dots
• By,
• Donald Crews

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Ten Black DotsTargeted Reading Skills

• Explore prior knowledge and apply real world
  experiences
• Identify high frequency vocabulary
• Recognize rhyming words within storys context
• Model writing/journal activities

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Ten Black DotsTargeted Math Skills

• Sequential order/recognition numerals 1-10 (base
  10)
• Math vocabulary development
• Tens/ones (ten frames)
• Addition and subtraction facts
• Multiplication facts introduction
• Greater than/less than
• Even/odd numbers
• Number patterns, counting by tens

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Going Beyond Ten Black Dots

• Read the text aloud
• Draw a number line on chart paper sequenced from
  0 to 10
• Place the appropriate amount of sticky dots above
  the line to represent each counting number
• Count the number of sticky dots above each number

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Ten Black Dots Continued

• Create a foldable book similar to the one in the
  story
• Complete the sentence frames below on a separate
  sheet of paper
• We each needed _____ dots.
• I got my answer by ___________.
• The entire class needed _____ dots.
• I know that because ____________.

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Think-Pair-Share

• Find a partner from another group
• Count the number of dots together
• Explain how your books are similar and different
• In what ways can you revise current instructional
  strategies to incorporate more in-depth
  understanding and problem-solving into your
  mathematics curriculum?

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Show Me A 10-Frame Activity

• Show me 7 objects on the ten frame
• Show me 1 more, what is the number?
• Show me 2 less, what is the number?
• How many more to make 10?
• Using 2 ten frames, show me 13
• Show me 5 more, what is the number?
• Show me 6 less, what is the number?
• How can you make 20?
• How does the depth of knowledge in the Show
  Me activity compare to Ten Black Dots
  activities?

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Mathematics LiteraturePartner Book

• Domino Addition
• By,
• Lynette Long, Ph.D.

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The Curriculum Connection

• The literature selection creates the
  environment for students to use
• Mathematics skills
• Reading skills
• Writing skills
• Critical thinking skills

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Creating a Mathematics-Literature Based Lesson

• What elements should be included in a
  mathematics-literature based lesson plan?
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Connecting Math Standards to Literature
Instruction

• Apply Mathematics Standards to lesson instruction
• Create a mathematics-literature based lesson plan
• Implement math journal writing questions and
  prompts
• Design hands-on manipulative activities that
  reinforce the literature skills

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Making Real-World Connections

• Math vocabulary development-Word Walls
• Daily graphing activities
• Estimation (guessing) jar activities
• Math learning centers/games with manipulatives
• Integrating math and literature
• Using math journals

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Reflections

• Looking back at todays presentation, what
  mathematics background knowledge must children
  know in order to complete the activities?
• How will you utilize manipulatives to support
  conceptual depth and understanding in
  mathematics?
• What other math skills are related to todays
  presentation?
• In what ways will you revise your current
  instructional strategies to incorporate more
  in-depth understanding and critical thinking?
• How will you assess students understanding of
  the math skills and concepts?

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Wrap-up

• Given all that we have discussed and all that
  we experienced
• How will you develop in your students, the
  ability to understand numbers, to use numbers in
  flexible ways, to build a foundation of numeric
  relationships and to create real world
  connections?

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Mathematics Capacity Development Team
Michelle White, Mathematics Manager Michelle.white
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• Altoria Henley altoria.henley_at_palmbeach.k12.fl.us
• Sharon Martinez
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• Kim Pirtle
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• Carol Sheffield
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• Noel Elvir
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Shabana Ahmad-Farook farook_at_palmbeach.k12.fl.us
Bobbie Brooks brooksb_at_palmbeach.k12.fl.us Dale
Carothers carothers_at_palmbeach.k12.fl.us Cara
Hayden haydenc_at_palmbeach.k12.fl.us Carla
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