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Literacy Strategies for Math Classrooms

This document describes four strategies to enhance literacy in mathematics classrooms: 1) Mathematics word walls display key vocabulary to aid comprehension and discussions; 2) Process logs provide a graphic organizer to break down word problems into steps using academic and everyday language; 3) SQRQCQ is a "secret" method to survey, question, read, question, compute, and check solutions for word problems; 4) Frayer models use a graphic organizer to define vocabulary terms and provide examples and non-examples to build mathematics vocabulary knowledge.

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Literacy Strategies for Math Classrooms

This document describes four strategies to enhance literacy in mathematics classrooms: 1) Mathematics word walls display key vocabulary to aid comprehension and discussions; 2) Process logs provide a graphic organizer to break down word problems into steps using academic and everyday language; 3) SQRQCQ is a "secret" method to survey, question, read, question, compute, and check solutions for word problems; 4) Frayer models use a graphic organizer to define vocabulary terms and provide examples and non-examples to build mathematics vocabulary knowledge.

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Enhancing Literacy Instruction in the Mathematics Classroom

Strategy
Name
Mathematics
Word Walls

Process Logs

SQRQCQ

Frayer Models

Description

Citation

One wall of the mathematics classroom will be


dedicated to the academic mathematical language
that students must understand and use to develop
sound mathematical habits of mind. Having access
to mathematical vocabulary will increase the quality
of students conversations about mathematics as
well as aid comprehension of word problems.
This graphic organizer encourages students to
break down word problems into manageable steps
using both academic and everyday language. The
worksheets prompts guide students in problemsolving. Students will be provided with Process Logs
at all times and may choose to utilize them as
needed.
This acts as a secret to solving math word
problems. The students survey the problem rather
quickly to get a general idea or understanding of it.
Then they come up with questions what they
believe the problem is asking for. The third step is
to reread the problem to identify facts, relevant
information, and details they will need to solve it.
Now another question is formulated that focuses on
what mathematical operation(s) to apply. Finally the
students actually compute the answer solving
the problem. The question to be asked at this point
involves the accuracy of the answer: Is it correct?
Does the answer make sense?
The Frayer Model is a strategy that uses a graphic
organizer for vocabulary building. This technique
requires students to define the target vocabulary

Heidema, C. (2009). Reading and


writing to learn in mathematics:
Strategies to improve problem solving.
Adolescent Literacy in Perspective.

Heidema, C. (2009). Reading and


writing to learn in mathematics:
Strategies to improve problem solving.
Adolescent Literacy in Perspective.

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n /strategies/strat_sqrqcq.pdf

Faye Bruun, Joan M. Diaz, & Valerie J.


Dykes. (2015). The Language of
Mathematics. Teaching Children

words or concepts and apply this information by


generating examples and non-examples. This
information is placed on a chart that is divided into
four sections to provide a visual representation for
students. This will help students increase their
mathematics vocabulary knowledge.

Mathematics, 21(9), 530536.

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