Building Mathematical Comprehension

by Laney Sammons

Apply familiar reading comprehension strategies and relevant research to mathematics instruction to aid in building students' comprehension in mathematics. This resource demonstrates how to facilitate student learning to build schema and make connections among concepts. In addition, it provides clear strategies to help students ask good questions, visualize mathematics, and synthesize their understanding. This resource is aligned to College and Career Readiness Standards.

About Shell Education
Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.

304 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2011

Reviews

[Karina]

Model your thinking. Teach strategies and vocabulary explicitly. Use read alouds.


I would recommend COMPREHENDING MATH by Arthur Hyde for a more detailed approach to using literacy strategies in a math classroom.

[Shelly]

I had lots of "of course!" moments reading this book. I will certainly be integrating it into my math lessons this year!