I think that content literacy is the ability to speak about content using grade level vocabulary specific to the particular content. I pre-teach vocabulary for math class and then require students to use the math vocabulary in class discussion and when answering questions. I also am aware of vocabulary expectations in other content areas so I can make sure that if we are speaking about related areas, the vocabulary is what the students are learning.
This is the embedded instruction strategy and the therapeutic strategy because it is intense and on-going practice. I would change what I am doing by learning more of the grade level vocabulary and adding more.
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I work with 6-8 math and 6-8 ELA, but the most difficult time I have with connecting literacy is with 7th grade math and 7th grade other areas vocabulary. I spend a great deal of time on the number system, teaching vocabulary related to place value, computation, fractions, decimals, and geometric concepts. I can sometimes relate the geometry to historical figures (such as enlightenment-era thinkers) when students are reading about their discoveries and we are studying math related to those but it is more difficult with other terminology. Then, teaching vocabulary related to all of those concepts is difficult, especially with my exceptional students, because they need to hear, see, and touch to understand and reminders to begin to use the vocabulary themselves. I keep looking for more ways to incorporate the terms into their knowledge base and hope this badge and class can help me find some ways to intertwine all the vocabulary so that students practice and hear the same words from their teachers from class to class.
This is the embedded instruction strategy and the therapeutic strategy because it is intense and on-going practice. I would change what I am doing by learning more of the grade level vocabulary and adding more.
Review:
I work with 6-8 math and 6-8 ELA, but the most difficult time I have with connecting literacy is with 7th grade math and 7th grade other areas vocabulary. I spend a great deal of time on the number system, teaching vocabulary related to place value, computation, fractions, decimals, and geometric concepts. I can sometimes relate the geometry to historical figures (such as enlightenment-era thinkers) when students are reading about their discoveries and we are studying math related to those but it is more difficult with other terminology. Then, teaching vocabulary related to all of those concepts is difficult, especially with my exceptional students, because they need to hear, see, and touch to understand and reminders to begin to use the vocabulary themselves. I keep looking for more ways to incorporate the terms into their knowledge base and hope this badge and class can help me find some ways to intertwine all the vocabulary so that students practice and hear the same words from their teachers from class to class.