Authentic Opportunities for Writing about Math in Early Childhood av Tammy L. (TLJ Consulting Group LLC USA) Jones, Leslie A. (Leslie Texas Consulting

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<p>Teach students to write about math so they can improve their conceptual understanding in authentic ways. This resource offers hands-on strategies you can use to help students in grades PreK-2 discuss and articulate mathematical ideas, use correct vocabulary, and compose mathematical arguments.</p><p>Part One discusses the importance of emphasizing language to make students¿ thinking visible and to sharpen communication skills, while attending to precision. Part Two provides a plethora of writing prompts and activities: visual prompts; compare and contrast; The Answer Is; topical questions; Writing About; journal prompts; poetry; cubing and thinking dots; RAFT; question quilts; and Always, Sometimes, Never. Each activity is accompanied by a clear overview plus a variety of examples. Part Three offers crosswalks of writing strategies and math topics to help you plan, as well as a sample anchor task and lesson plan to demonstrate how the strategies can be integrated.</p><p>Throughout e