Is your district working on writing across the curriculum, and your not sure how to use that initiative in mathematics? Writing in mathematics can be used for the below purposes.
Purpose for writing in math:
Illustrate (and label) a Problem or Concept
Give Examples/Make Lists
Write a Word Problem
Predict/Estimate an Answer or Outcome
Describe/Define
Explain a Process
Compare/Contrast Concepts, Processes, or Solutions
Justify a Process or Solution
Reflect on Learning
Illustrate (and label) a Problem or Concept EXAMPLES:
- Draw more than 3 kites. Write the number to show how many are in your picture.
- Draw a picture to show 12 + 5 = 17
- Illustrate area and perimeter.
- Draw a picture to show the difference between 3 tens and three tenths.
- Show with pictures how to solve 3 ½ divided by ¾.
Give Examples/Make Lists:
- List numbers that are less than 1,000
- List things you could measure with a ruler.
- Give examples of times when you might need to know how to count money.
- List things that are packaged in a cylinder.
- Make a list of things about 5 cm long.
Predict/Estimate an Answer or Outcome:
- Predict how many paper clips will fit from one end to the other end of your desk. Why did you predict that number?
- Estimate the average (mean) age of children who are 9, 11, 12, 16, and 17. Explain your estimate.
- Predict the most frequently used letter of the alphabet. Explain your prediction.
Describe/Define:
- Describe how to find the area of a triangle.
- What is a pattern?
- What is surface area?
Explain a Process:
- Explain how to tell time.
- Imagine you are buying new carpeting for your room. Explain how you will figure out how much carpeting to buy.
Compare/Contrast Concepts, Processes, or Solutions:
- How are fractions and decimals alike? How are they different?
- Compare/contrast a square and a triangle.
- How are a penny and a nickel alike? How are the different?
Justify a Process or Solution:
- Would a dog be 2 feet tall or 20 feet tall? Justify your answer.
No comments:
Post a Comment