My thoughts on Literacy are quite clear. As I've alluded in a previous post, It is my opinion that literacy is like a key that opens all future doors to success. And the younger a student is exposed to reading and writing the better. Even if literacy is being learned in the later grades it still isn't impossible. Those students just need to work harder and be provided more opportunities.
I've been struggling with how to include reading and writing opportunities in my chosen profession of math teacher. But I have an idea...
In my Introduction to the Foundations of Geometry class at UNCG I was assigned a presentation. We were charged with reading a technical document about a math concept and create a presentation about it. The PowerPoint presentation is below.
This project easily brought literacy into the math classroom. Ironically, I did my project on a document about math in literature. I can see how this assignment can be altered to provide a good opportunity in the classroom. Find a list of age appropriate math papers or books. Working in groups or individually, have the students choose one and read it. Create a presentation on the item and present the topic to the classroom. This project would provide opportunities for reading, writing, speaking and listening thus providing an excellent chance to practice literacy in a math classroom.
