Things All Math Teachers Should Know About Vocabulary

1. Things All Math Teachers Should Know About Vocabulary Presented by: Julie Frawley, Math Collaborative Planner Jennifer Lake, Literacy Collaborative Planner St. Croix River Education District

2. Vocabulary Review • Anita Archer demonstrates vocabulary review in an 8th grade math class • http://explicitinstruction.org/?page_id=319 • Partner activity: active engagement and vocabulary http://explicitinstruction.org/?page_id=319

3. Components of Effective Vocabulary Instruction • An advance organizer • Consistent instructional process • Well-organized instruction • Time dedicated to important academic words • Visual representation of the words being taught • Written record Kinsella, http://www.scoe.org/docs/ah/AH_kinsella1.pdf

4. 4 Parts to Vocabulary Instruction • Introduce Word • Write word on board • Say word and have students repeat. • Introduce Meaning for word: Student Friendly Definition • The largest number that is possible is the maximum. So, in a group of numbers, the largest number is called the ___________.

5. 4 Parts to Vocabulary Instruction (cont.) • Provide Examples • The money you and four friends have in your pocket is as follows: $13, $20, $1, $5, $12. The maximum is $20. • The vertex of the parabola that opens downward is the maximum value of the function. • Check for Understanding • If you have a set of numbers, how would you find the maximum? • If you are looking at a graph how do you find a maximum value? • Tell your partner a time when you needed to determine a maximum.

6. Websites for student-friendly definitions and student reference • Icoach Math provides an extensive dictionary that includes examples and visuals. http://www.icoachmath.com/math_dictionary/Inverse_Variation.html • Study Geek provides tutorials and lessons a variety of math concepts and includes a math vocabulary section. http://www.studygeek.org/math_vocabulary/ • The McGraw-Hill eGlossary provides defintions sorted by grade level. Students can click on the speaker icon to have words and definitions read. http://www.glencoe.com/apps/eGlossary612/grade.php • A Maths Dictionary for Kids is an animated, interactive online math dictionary. http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

7. Hands-On Activities • Word Sort • Frayer

8. Word Sort • End or beginning of chapter • Teacher must stand back and allow students to brainstorm categories • How: • Provide word list • Have students look for what words have in common • Have students separate based on what they find in common • Have students label each group as a category • Remind students to have justifications for grouping • Have students share out Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Janet Allen, 2007

9. Frayer DefinitionCharacteristics A polygon with three sides Three sides Three angles Angles add up to 180 degrees Right, isosceles, scalene Obtuse, acute, equilateral Examples/models Non-examples Right Triangle TRIANGLE

10. Place the multiples of 2 & 3 into the Venn Diagram. Venn Diagrams MULTIPLE OF 2 • Algebra: • Number sets • Equation & expression • Graphs: • Linear & quadratic • Trig functions • Statistics: • Different graphic displays • Mean, median, mode • Geometry: • Polygons • Theorems & postulates • 2-d & 3-d • Number Sense • Multiples 2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16 6, 12, 18 3, 9, 15 MULTIPLE OF 3