Facilitating Activities with Math Language Routines: Making Sense of Tasks (OUR Math K-5)

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, especially those who are in the process of learning English. In this 2-hour virtual activity planning workshop, participants explore the ways students can make sense of tasks using language and plan an activity using one of those routines or strategies.

Outcome

I integrate supports that enable all students to access key math concepts.

Specifications

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

Learning Experience

• Define making sense of tasks with language
• Explore Math Language Routines and strategies that create structure and support for students to make sense of tasks
• Build a plan to use a math language routine or strategy in an upcoming lesson or activity