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Literacy Strategies for Math

Building Numeracy through Literacy

Activating Prior Knowledge

& Writing Prompts to Inform Instruction

Monica Lang

Princess Anne High School

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Starter Words:

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Make a connection…

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Make a connection…

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Make a connection…

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R.A.F.T.

Role of the Writer: Who are you? ...What are you?...

Audience: To Whom are you writing?...

Format: What form with the writing be in?... a greeting card,

letter, email, memo, text, tweet, poem, classified ad

Topic: What are you writing about?

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Tell Me Something you KNOW to be true about…

(APK… Accessing Prior Knowledge)

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Reflect & Explain… Discussion Prompt Prompt

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Visible Thinking & Learning…

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Visible Thinking & Learning…

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What’s the Story? …Solving Practical Problems Problems Problems

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What’s the Gist?... Unit One-Pager

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Sentence Starters…

Create a R.A.F.T.

Reflect & Explain Discussion Prompt

What’s the Story? …Solving Practical Problems

Tell Me Something you KNOW to be true about…

(APK… Accessing Prior Knowledge)

Make a connection