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Growing up in a family of educators, I have always heard the term “writing across the curriculum” but I never understood what that actually meant. Does writing even have a place across the entire curriculum? As a preservice teacher, this has been something that interest me. I want to teach math, and if writing does have a place in mathematics, then how can I best incorporate it? Coming into this semester, I was genuinely excited about this class because honestly, I didn’t see the importance of literary in mathematics. However, here we are 15 weeks later, and I can say, with certainty, that there is a place for literacy within mathematics. When we think about mathematics, most people don’t think about literacy or literature. However, literary is embedded throughout mathematics. One huge piece of literacy is text, and we can see texts in a multitude of different way across mathematics. A text doesn’t have to be a book, poem, or article, in fact, in

Journal - Teachers and content area reading: Attitudes, beliefs and change Summary: This article addresses the big debate of whether of not reading should be taught across the content areas and both pre and in service teachers' attitudes toward this. Overall, this article describes the many benefits and need for teaching reading across the curriculum, while also using research to show how it is (or isn't) actually being implemented in classrooms and teachers' opinions on this highly debatable topic. Making Connections: While reading this article, I was able to make many different connections. One thing in particular that stood out was the differences between the pre service and in service teachers that the research pointed out. As a pre service teacher myself, I was able to really put myself in these shoes and think about how this will look in my future classroom. Another thing that stood out to me was the mention of having pre service teachers take a class to think

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The strategy that our lesson plan was based off of was Tweet toText. I was really excited to get to try out this strategy because I could 100% see it being successful in a middle school classroom. How we attacked the lesson was to give students a reading about the orders of operations and then they would solve a problem using a blank tweet. We used a blank paper tweet, but you would also have students post an actually tweet on their twitter. The cool thing about it is that they only get 280 characters, so they have to answer the question using only that. Overall I think our lesson played out pretty well. Some grows that we received were to be more organized and explain the assignment better. I definitely think we could have done a better job with explaining the directions, however it is sometimes hard to do this with four people. I think doing an assignment like this would definitely be easier when you are the only sole teacher and you have created a level of respect with your st

Finding different resources throughout this semester has been one of my favorite things to do. I have no doubt that having all of these resources at my disposal will come in very handy in the near future. The resource I found this week is linked here . Mathalicious is a website jam packed with lessons that relate to the common core standards. These lessons already have the standards listed and are ready for you to take and use in your own classroom. Not only are they easily accessible, but they are actually interesting. I remember when I was learning math, if I couldn't make a connection with what we were learning to something else in the world, then I had a hard time understanding and enjoying that particular thing. The lessons provided on Mathalicious relate to any and all things in the outside world. From xbox to hair growth to the beach to money, these lessons take something most kids are familiar with and use it to teach them math. By implementing these lessons that students c

Teaching, more specifically, teaching effectively can sometimes be a hard task. As teachers, it is our job incorporate different methods in order to best reach our students. Throughout our reading of Subject Matters, I have learned different ways to being literary into my future classroom. This chapter in particular talked about book clubs. Although the idea of a book club in class may first seem as if it could only be successful in a literature class, after reading this chapter, it is clear for me to see that, if implemented well, a book club can actually be very successful across the curriculum. I say “implemented well” because I do think there is room for it not to be successful in, for say, a math classroom. If the books used for the book clubs aren’t a great fit with the curriculum, we may lose student engagement as well as not covering what we had planned to cover. However, when done right, I think a book club can be quite beneficial. Something I really liked from Subject

Trouble River by Betsy Byers https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-River-Betsy-Byars/dp/0140342435 Summary: Trouble River  is a novel that takes place on an isolated prairie farm in the 1800s. When 12-year-old Dewey Martin frightens off one Indian trespasser, Dewey fears a raiding party will soon follow. His parents have gone to distant Hunter City to have a new baby, leaving behind Dewey, his grandmother, and his dog. The fastest means of escape is the small raft Dewey has built but does not know how to use. The three set off—with Grandma on her rocker—on Trouble River, a twisting and unpredictable route that offers its own challenges to safety. As they head for Hunter City, they cling to the hope that Dewey's parents have not encountered the raiders. The travelers fend off a pack of wolves and overcome raging rapids before reaching Hunter City, reuniting with Dewey's parents and new little sister.