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Materials:
• Poster Board
• Markers
• Notes from unit that provide definitions
• Cell phones to look-up real-life application

Purpose:
Word Walls in a mathematics classroom provide the opportunity to color the learning environment with definitions and visual representations of the vocabulary the students have learned throughout the unit as a review for a test.

Procedures:
• Ask the students to get their binders with previous notes and materials.
• Provide the students with a list of vocabulary that has been covered in the past unit and assign each student a word.
• Students will then look up the definition, provide an example, and draw a picture to represent the vocabulary word, using the small piece of poster board to write on.
• These words will then be presented in the front of class on the overhead for every to see and review.

Application:
Vocabulary review for exam and creating a representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Word Map - Worksheet

Purpose:

Procedures:
• Hand out the Word Map Worksheet.
• Ask the students to brainstorm what they think a new math vocabulary word means.
• Ask the students to use their phones to look up the definition, application, and representation of the word.
• Hold a class discussion to talk about the students' discoveries.

Application:
Building understanding of new vocabulary words in mathematics.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Paper Cut-outs of Geometric Shapes
• Placemat - labeled with commonalities between geometric shapes
• Class Notes - Worksheet

Purpose:
Concept Sort sets up the students to create arguments and reasoning to why a geometric shape may be categorized in a specific column versus the other before getting the notes (answers). They can use their inferences to come up with conclusions and draw on previous knowledge.

Procedures:
• Create groups of 3-4 for the students to work in.
• Hand out the shapes and placemats to the students, then ask them to look at the shapes and the different categories and based on their previous knowledge, group the geometric shapes.
• The teacher should walk around and facilitate to keep the reasonings on the students flowing in the right direction.
• Bring the class together to discuss their groupings and the various properties of each geometric shape.
• Use the Notes Worksheet to summarize the properties.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Vocabulary Worksheet

Purpose:
• Students learn about how to seek the word and it's meaning in different ways that create a unique and informal connection.

Procedures:
• My vocabulary worksheet would ask the students to search for the unit's vocabulary in a word search and then take the words found and match them below with their definition.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Laptop
• Earphones

Purpose:
• To provide the students with a means of listening to the lesson and relating it to what is written to create an all-around more connective understanding of the material.

Procedures:
•Pre-record the lesson and allow the student to follow what is being said with the class notes or allow them to take their own notes to follow later with the provided recording.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Book
• Reading Guide Worksheet

Purpose:
• To allow the students to build their comprehension of a concept through reading and working out a problem on a worksheet that leads them through steps of understanding.

Procedures:
• For a math class I would ask the students to read through an activity that opens the door to a new concept. Throughout the activity the students will be asked to answer short questions and problems that will help them with their critical thinking and ability to think through the idea of the concept and how it connects to previous and future knowledge.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Half-sheet with less than 10 problems

Purpose:
• Quiz the student's understanding of the material they've just learned and to recognize where the students may need more practice or another review if they really did not understand.

Procedures:
• Wait till the students have had an opportunity to take class notes and practice an idea or concept. At the end of the class or the end of the week, ask the students to complete the Exit Ticket.
• Teacher then takes the opportunity to look into the Exit Tickets and what they say about the students' understanding.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Class Notes
• Practice Sheet

Purpose:
• Allow the students to explain in their own words their methods for solving a problem or the idea behind the current concept and how they see this reflected in day-to-day life.

Procedures:
• Walk through the class notes, then follow their newfound knowledge with a practice sheet that allows the students to apply what they have learned.
• Hold a facilitated discussion on what the students have learned, how they applied what they learned to the practice problems, and how they could see the material reflected in everyday life or what it could relate to in future mathematics.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Packet with four sections

Purpose:
• Diction is a strategy that asks students to write down with someone else has spoken and interpret what was said in their won words.

Procedures:
• For my activity, there will be four stations in which students are responsible for finding and figuring out their stations method of solving a problem. They are to write the steps and then solve the given problems using their solving strategy.
• Then the students in each group will be responsible for going up to the board and share their information in which the other students from the other groups will be responsible for copying it down in their own ways of understanding, making sure to get the examples.
• Teacher will be responsible for facilitating the idea of each station and cover any missed parts of the concept.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets

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Materials:
• Multiplication Tables Quiz

Purpose:
• Revision allows students to go back and think about their methods of solving a problem and consider what they know versus what they need to review.

Procedures:
• The students take a multiplication quiz.
• They are then partnered with the person next to them to check their right and wrong answers.
• They then are given time to discuss the different ways in which each of them got their answers and revise their answers based on trying these different methods.

Application:
Application and Representation.

Reference:
ReadingRockets