Chapter six gives several tools to help students hold their thinking to remember and reuse. I think it may be worth the time to show students how to mark up their textbook with sticky notes because they may seem overwhelmed at first when they are reading to learn the material. However, my favorite strategy in this chapter is show on page 82, the Quad-Entry Diary. I can see myself using this with many different topics in math. This seems to be a great way to get students to write things down on paper in an organized manner to help them remember what they have read about and/or discussed in class.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Tovani Chapters 5 and 6
I find myself relating so closely with the stories presented throughout chapter five. Sometimes it is quite difficult for me to think about how someone would think about a topic for the first time. For example, I had to teach the laws of exponents to my students two weeks ago, and it was a challenge to know how to explain this to them. I feel like this is a very elementary topic, but I have also been using these laws for many years now. The instructional focus guide sheet could help me determine what the main focus should be in assigning reading on topics in math. Not only should I be focusing on the main ideas of each topic, but I should also teach the students how to turn off their reciting voice and turn on their conversation voice. Reading a math textbook can be difficult because the text is so dense. I want to encourage my students to ask questions and work out the sample problems with the text so that they are really conversing with the author. Then, they can ask questions in class that help clarify and deepen their understanding of the material.
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Jake,
ReplyDeleteGreat response! I definitely agree with you that it can be very difficult to teach our students a subject that we are so familiar with yet they know nothing about. I also really enjoyed the instructional focus guide sheet because it is an excellent way for teachers to easily and effectively scaffold the information they want their students to know. This is a great resource for our math classrooms because I frequently find myself giving my students information that they don't even really need to know in the long run. Focusing on the main idea can definitely be beneficial for our students! Finally, I also believe that it is extremely that our students write down the information they will need later on so anything we can do to help is great!