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From the ORC CollectionMore Resources for Using Literacy Strategies in Mathematics and Science Learning
Here are some resources from the ORC collection related to this month's theme, Using Literacy Strategies in Mathematics and Science Learning.
Mathematics Teachers
Instructional Resources
The Mathematics Bookshelf identifies resources that contain illustrated books and teaching suggestions that can engage students in mathematics using literature. Here are three that are especially relevant to this month’s theme:
Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–10 Professional Commentary: Entries on the Ohio Resource Center Mathematics Bookshelf, the books One Grain of Rice and The King's Chessboard tell the same classic tale of the astounding effect of doubling a single grain of rice each day over a period of 30 days. In The King's Chessboard the protagonist is a wise man and the quantity of rice is analyzed in terms of weight....
Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–8 Professional Commentary: An entry on the Ohio Resource Center Mathematics Bookshelf, this picture book helps students imagine the height of a million students, the time it takes to count to a million, the volume of a million goldfish, and the area of a million dots for stars. For comparison, students are challenged to imagine a billion and then a trillion of each measure. The assumptions made in estimating each quantity are listed at the back of the book for easy reference. This book would work nicely in conjunction with these ORC-recommended lessons: Too Big or Too Small?, Count on Math: Making Your First Million, and How Can I Relate? (sw)
If You Hopped Like a Frog Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: An entry on the Ohio Resource Center Mathematics Bookshelf, this book uses the astounding capabilities of various animals to introduce the idea of ratio and motivate proportional reasoning in middle grades students. For example, "If you hopped like a frog, you could jump from home plate to first base in one mighty leap....
The Problem Corner presents problems that require careful reading. Get your feet wet with these two, which are right on topic:
Resource Type: Rich Problem, Inquiry, or Exploration Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: This problem, at first blush, looks like a fairly typical distance-rate-time problem and is a good one to pose after students have worked a few DRT problems. Drawing a diagram will help the students reason out the solution....
Resource Type: Rich Problem, Inquiry, or Exploration Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: A treasure map has bizarre directions that seem a little vague but, indeed, locate a treasure accurately. Students construct examples on a worksheet to help them form a conjecture as to what is going on....
Professional Readings
Unlocking the Mystery of Mathematics: Give Vocabulary Instruction a Chance Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics, English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This classroom vignette explores teaching vocabulary in the mathematics' classroom. Ohio teacher Bizzie Cors tackles reading comprehension and vocabulary instruction head-on in "Unlocking the Mystery of Mathematics: Give Vocabulary Instruction a Chance." She provides some excellent tips for engaging and motivating students with explicit strategies for vocabulary instruction.... Projects: Writing 6-12
A Case for Using Reading and Writing in a Mathematics Classroom Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics, English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this article, Sarah Kasten describes her experiences with incorporating reading and writing into mathematics curriculum. She explains that students receive a more complete education when different strategies of teaching mathematics are used as a part of instruction.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First
Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction is a book published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) that blends current research on language literacy with practitioner evidence of the unique challenges of transferring language skills to the mathematics classroom. Excerpts from the book are available at this website, including the Preface, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and related references and resources....
A Look at the OGT: Building Vocabulary in the Content Areas Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: "A Look at the OGT" in the October 2008 issue of "Adolescent Literacy In Perspective" reveals some good strategies for building vocabulary in the content areas. Ohio educator Carol Damian shares her insights and methods, sample OGT test questions and problems, and her experience with teaching tough vocabulary that commonly occurs in high-stakes' testing.... Projects: Writing 6-12
Reading and the Mathematics OGT Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics, English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: In this article, ORC Executive Director Peggy Kasten addresses how important being able to "read" mathematics problems is for being able to solve those problems. Kasten identifies two important ways of reading -- creating mental images and understanding -- as necessary components for being able to understand what a mathematics problem is asking....
Webcasts
Webcasts for Mathematics: A Look at the OGT
Strategies and Discussion Model for Item Analysis video
Vocabulary, Visualization, and Implications—Improving Student Achievement on Geometric Test Items (Webcast Article) Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This article was written as background information for viewers of the first in a series of three webcasts discussing issues related to the mathematics portion of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT). The first webcast, aired April 29, 2008, focused on analysis of student responses to geometry items on the OGT....
Increasing Student Success on Constructed-Response Items video
Adapting Literacy Strategies to Improve Student Performance on Constructed-Response Items (Webcast Article) Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This article was written as background information for viewers of the last in a series of three webcasts discussing issues related to the mathematics portion of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT). The third webcast, aired May 8, 2008, focused on student responses to constructed-response, or short-answer, items on the OGT....
Science Teachers
Professional Readings
A Look at the OGT: Considering Science Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science, English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: This column describes the science portion of the Ohio Graduation Test, examines some science items, and looks at instructional strategies that can be used to increase student achievement in science. ORC Science Content Specialist Terry Shiverdecker provides a thorough description of the test, including sample problems, then discusses what students will need to be able to do in order to solve those problems.... Projects: Writing 6-12
Make Science Reading Fun and Meaningful in Middle School! Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: In this article, middle school teacher Teresa Null explores teaching reading strategies in her science classroom by teaching units through scientific storylines. In small groups, students read aloud an assigned paragraph in order to share, respond to, and determine the meaning of the text.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First
Writing to Represent Scientific Knowledge—Thinking Beyond the OGT Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: The article written by Dr. Sarah Woodruff, the director of Ohio’s Evaluation and Assessment Center for Mathematics and Science Education, reports on the role of scientific discourse in science learning, discusses writing to represent learning, and offers strategies for representing-to-learn throughout the learning cycle....
Webcasts
Webcasts for Science Instructional Strategies: A Look at the OGT
Nonfiction Reading and Science Instruction video
Reading Science-Reading the OGT Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This article written by Carol Damian, Worthington Schools, discusses the importance of nonfiction reading in the science classroom, shares ways to support readers as they grapple with science vocabulary and expository text, and presents two graphic organizers that students can use to analyze questions and develop responses to OGT-like items. It is the feature article for a set of related materials that concentrate on science vocabulary acquisition, graphic organizers, differences between reading fiction and science content, teacher feedback on students' formative assessment, and a look at implications for the OGT....
Writing to Represent Scientific Knowledge
Writing to Represent Scientific Knowledge—Thinking Beyond the OGT Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: The article written by Dr. Sarah Woodruff, the director of Ohio’s Evaluation and Assessment Center for Mathematics and Science Education, reports on the role of scientific discourse in science learning, discusses writing to represent learning, and offers strategies for representing-to-learn throughout the learning cycle....
Mini-Collections
Managing Science Vocabulary
Incorporating Reading into Inquiry Lessons
Literacy Support Strategies & ORC Science Lessons
Writing to Represent Scientific Knowledge
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