Reading Guides

Reading Guides

This activity, adapted from Barton and Heidema’s Teaching Reading In Mathematics (2009), helps to lead students through the process of solving a mathematical word problem. Using a written guide, students focus on thinking about the problem at three levels: first...
Reading Guides

Responsibility Pie Charts

This activity, adapted from Barton and Heidema’s Teaching Reading In Mathematics (2009), helps to lead students through the process of solving a mathematical word problem. Using a written guide, students focus on thinking about the problem at three levels: first...
Reading Guides

Three Types of Questions

This activity, adapted from Barton and Heidema’s Teaching Reading In Mathematics (2009), helps to lead students through the process of solving a mathematical word problem. Using a written guide, students focus on thinking about the problem at three levels: first...
Reading Guides

Town Hall Circle

Town Hall Circle In this activity, adapted from Facing History and Ourselves, students will participate in a structured discussion. The purpose of the town hall circle is to provide a space for students to share different perspectives. The activity can work with any...
Reading Guides

Save the Last Word

Save the Last Word In this activity, adapted from Short, Harste, & Burke’s Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers (1996), students will read a text and select five statements that they think are important to discuss. On index cards, the students will write...