Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades 3-5

✍ Scribed by Rusty Bresser, Kathy Melanese, Christine Sphar

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 226
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Addressing the reality that English Language Learners (ELLs) need additional support in classes where math instruction is in English, this lesson-based series gives teachers the essential tools for meeting math content goals and language development goals simultaneously. With a deep appreciation for the unique linguistic experiences and diverse cultural traditions that ELLs bring to a classroom, each model lesson takes teachers step-by-step through ways to actively involve ELLs in learning math. Teachers will get a wealth of strategies and activities for modifying their instruction to improve the success of ELLs, suggestions for determining the linguistic demands of math lessons, answers to frequently asked questions including multi-language and multi-level situations, and instant-use reproducibles. Contents cover geometry, number sense, data analysis, algebra, and word problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1 Teaching Math to English Language Learners......Page 14
2 Identifying and Describing Polygons: A Geometry Lesson......Page 31
3 Build a Shape, Part 1: A Geometry Lesson......Page 50
4 Build a Shape, Part 2: A Geometry Lesson......Page 63
5 Roll Two Dice: A Probability Lesson......Page 71
6 Building Iguanas with Pattern Blocks: An Algebra Lesson......Page 94
7 Round Things: A Measurement Lesson......Page 118
8 Helping English Language Learners Make Sense of Math
Word Problems......Page 143
9 Writing and Solving Multiplication and Division Word Problems......Page 151
10 How to Modify Math Lessons to Support English
Language Learners......Page 176
11 Frequently Asked Questions......Page 195
Appendix: Multiple-Meaning Words in Mathematics......Page 204
Blackline Masters......Page 206
References......Page 214
Index......Page 218