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Okay, so I really appreciate the tools that are starting to fill my tool box with these chapters. Having a tool box of different activity ideas will help to start our classes with valuable activities. In math I think that it will be especially important to have prereading activities because of the complex vocabulary that can be involved. It also helps, because math builds upon itself, to review and check the understanding of the known concepts that are needed for the material.
I think that it would be really cool to use the dramatic role-play activity. This activity would get the students moving around and it would get the students to think of different ways of visualizing the material. At times math can be really dependent on the 2D, paper visual, but to bring math off the paper and to have them express this in a brand new way, I think would help the students to see that there are actual connection in the world to math. It would also be an activity to help them to learn how to be social with one another while getting them up an out of their seats.
Geez if I had had that handy graph I might have done much better in Trigonometry!
ReplyDeleteAlex, since you're the math whiz, I was wondering if any of these reading strategies really stood out to you (aside from dramatic roleplay)? Did you see something that you particularly liked or would like to try?
Me too! I like the think-pair-share and post its. Post it's are my life in some courses!
DeleteHi Alex,
ReplyDeleteI think implementing these strategies with math would be very beneficial to students. I personally despise math, but maybe it was because I never actually did anything with the information. My experience with math has been similar to your description up top, dependent on the 2D and paper visual.
I think if you implement some of the strategies from D&Z in your classroom, it will be that much more engaging. I don't know about you, but I particularly liked the vocabulary tree for math that was depicted on page 152. I see that you liked the dramatic role play, I am interested in how or what topic you would use during a role-play activity. Also, how would you accommodate those students that just won't participate? What if they refuse to play a role?
Just some things to consider... Like you, I am thankful for the collection of tools we are building!
The role playing will have to come after I have done some other activities to be able to gain their trust and comfort with me. The role playing will be uncomfortable for everyone in the beginning, but I think if I demonstrate it to them first, showing them that I can make a fool out of myself with it, I think I can't get everone. But just in case I should come up with another thing for people to do, but I don't know yet.
DeleteI do like the word tree as well, and I think it is a great way to classify things and to demonstrate the connection between everything.
Thank you!!!