Promoting Language Use in Math: Optimizing Output

Focus Area: Student-Centered Mathematics
Attendees:

Instructional Coaches, Teachers

Phase: Targeted Support

Available July 2024

Overview

Mathematical understanding and language develop interdependently for all students and with appropriate scaffolding and instructional supports, students become agents of their mathematical and linguistic sense-making. By incorporating specific language-supporting routines for math instruction, teachers can support the math and language learning of all students. This 2-hour virtual workshop focuses on the routines and strategies that enable students revise and improve the quality of their math communication.

Outcome

I create an environment that encourages students to communicate their mathematical thinking with each other.

Specifications

  • 2 hours
  • Participants will need a computer with access to Zoom, a camera, a microphone, and stable Internet connectivity

Learning Experience

  • Define optimizing output in mathematics
  • Explore Math Language Routines and strategies that create structure and support for students to revise the quality of their communication verbally, in writing, and visually
  • Build a plan to use a math language routine or strategy in an upcoming lesson or activity