Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Literacy in the Math Classroom

To wrap up our state assessments, I showed the movie "Madegascar".
Just as the characters of the movie go on an adventure, my 8th graders embarked on their own math adventure the first day they entered my classroom in August.
Students were to use a top hat diagram to gather supporting details on which character they most identified with,


And then using the CCS Literacy Standards for Technical Subjects, students wrote a comparison.


To help with writing concepts, I used these resources.
Transition words
Transitions
How to Write with Transitions
Conclusion Statements
How to Write a Conclusion

The rubric...


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