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Sentence starters and frames help provide these opportunities and can be used to support student explanation, develop skills for peer critique, scaffold group or class dialogue, and be used to engage with mathematics vocabulary and math-specific word meanings in context.
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Sentence Starters Mathematicians Use. Van Der Werf 1. Learning Target: I can explain my thinking and respond to the mathematical thinking of others. All students will engage in discourse around mathematics each and every day. Discourse is a way of representing, thinking, talking, agreeing, and disagreeing; the way ideas are exchanged and what ...
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We all know that developing vocabulary in mathis important. Math is like another language. There are so many new terms and concepts that students need to learn. There are two types of vocabulary words, New Labels (for a known concept) and New Concepts (where the concept is new. The label may or may not be new.). Both of those types of vocabulary wo...
The other resource that helps students express their understanding is sentence frames. Sentence Frames give students a framework to use the new vocabulary they’re learning. The example above, There are _____ tens and ____ ones.is a perfect sentence frame when learning about place value or describing how a number can be broken apart. Sentence Frames...
What does this look like in practice? We’ve been working on geometry for the past couple of weeks. Students use the new vocabulary (names of the shapes) to describe the angles and sides of two-dimensional shapes. The sentence frame: ________ has ______ sides / angles. is perfect for students to express their understanding of a shape. New labelsmigh...
Think-Pair-Share. During a think-pair-share, the teacher poses a question or problem to the whole class. Students then take a few moments to think about their responses. Then they pair up with a partner and discuss the question together.
Mathematical Language Development and Access for English Learners. In a problem-based mathematics classroom, sense-making and language are interwoven. Mathematics classrooms are language-rich, and therefore language demanding learning environments for every student.
Mar 1, 2024 · How to start using sentence stems as a math lead. Firstly, math leads should understand what a sentence stem is and how they are used. Familiarize yourself with examples of sentence stems and consider how and when they can be used.
Feb 13, 2023 · Let’s talk about how to get littles talking about math with math talk sentence starters! First, What is Math Talk? Math talk is a term used when referring to the conversations and exploration teachers, parents, and students have about math using math terms.
