These middle school math practice activities for children provide excellent teaching resources for classroom and homeschool.
Click here to see sample pages. Developing communication skills in mathematics has become an important part of the school curriculum. Many standardized tests now require students to provide written explanations about how they solved various math problems. In Write About Math: The Test Connection, teachers and students are given all the tools they need to develop math writing skills.
Format: Soft Cover, 64 pages, 8 ½ x 11 inches
Publisher: Frank Schaffer Publications
Recommended grade: 6th
For teachers, this text holds strategies for engaging students in mathematical discussions, integrating the writing process with math activities, and assessing student work as well as instructional practices. For students, there are ample opportunities to solve math problems and to practice writing explanations about how the problems were solved.
To communicate their solutions, students are asked to write letters to classmates, explain and justify their approaches, compare and contrast different problem-solving strategies, and persuade others that their answers are correct. In addition, students are provided with a scoring rubric so that they can assess their own work. Write About Math: The Test Connection is the perfect solution for teaching your students how to communicate and write about math so they will be prepared for any standardized test.
Frank Schaffer Publications designed the activities in this book to cover essential skills found in standardized tests. Every activity is aligned to state and national standards and designed to improve performance. Through cooperative efforts with Align to Achieve, an independent, non-profit organization, the instructional contents of this book have been correlated to meet or exceed standards for each state as well as national standards. Click here to see a complete list of items available from Frank Schaffer Publications. |
