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Reading in Math
The article, “Using Transactional Reading Strategies to Support Sense-Making and Discussion in Mathematics Classrooms” describes a study that focused on the importance of reading in mathematics to promote problem-solving, discussion, and conceptual understanding (Borasi, Siegel, and Fonzi 1998). Reading in the mathematics classroom has been limited to traditional textbooks and word problems. The article argues …
Religious Literacy in a Secular Classroom
In the Article, “Religious Literacies in a Secular Literacy Classroom,” Skerrett conducts a research study on the diverse religious literacies of students in a general education classroom. Skerrett’s primary research question was how can a literacy teacher and her diverse students engage in Christian religious literacies and what are the outcomes? Skerrett observed and interacted …
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How to Teach Fractions
When I look back on my education in mathematics, there is one concept that stands out to me as being the most difficult. From the time I was in first grade until I was a senior in AP Statistics, I could never wrap my brain around fractions! This semester, my peers and I are specifically …
Writing Across Disciplines
In my second blog post, I discussed how disciplinary literacy can be effectively implemented into a social studies or science classroom. Since my content area is in English Language arts, I set out to find an article that could provide me with similar insight. In, “Disciplinary Literacy in English Language Arts,” Peter Smagorinsky describes how …
Disciplinary Literacy in Elementary School
During last week’s class, some of my peers brought up the concern that disciplinary literacy would be difficult to implement into a fourth grade classroom. This led to interesting discussion and many questions. My initial response was that any student of any age or grade would be able to participate in disciplinary literacy. My argument …
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In the Classroom
When I first started reading about disciplinary literacy, it was hard to imagine tangible ways it could be incorporated into the classroom. It was difficult for me to make connections to the concept and my own learning/teaching experiences. The article, “But What Does it Look Like?” demonstrated how disciplinary literacy was effectively implemented into a …
Disciplinary Literacy
As an educator, it is important to explore the differences between content, content area, and disciplinary literacy in order to learn how to prepare students for a wide range of understanding. Content, simply put, is what a text is about. It is the idea of what an author is trying to communicate. Content area is …
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