What If Your Abcs Were Your 123s? - Building Connections Between Literacy and Numeracy

Informationen zum Autor Leslie Minton is currently a mathematics consultant for Math Matters 2, Portland, Maine. She is currently providing individualized mathematics professional development to area schools and districts PK-8, as well as, teaching Math Methods courses at the University of Southern Maine. Previously, Leslie was a Project Director for the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, Augusta, Maine. She provided technical assistance to schools as well as designed a professional development course and diagnostic materials designed to support numeracy understanding. She is a fellow of the second cohort group of Governor’s Academy for Science and Mathematics Educators. She has taught regular and special education for grades 4-12. Leslie receive her B.S. in elementary and special education from the University of Maine at Farmington and her M.Ed in curriculum, instruction and assessment from Walden University. Currently she is completing a M.Ed program, Educational Design and Media Technology, Full Sail University. Klappentext Includes teaching scenarios modeling the crossover of literacy and math strategies, and provides techniques to strengthen students' grasp of foundational concepts and advance their skills in reasoning and problem solving. Zusammenfassung Includes teaching scenarios modeling the crossover of literacy and math strategies, and provides techniques to strengthen students' grasp of foundational concepts and advance their skills in reasoning and problem solving. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Preface Acknowledgments 1. What If? 2. What Do Good Readers and Mathematicians Look Like? 3. What Does Understanding Look Like? 4. How Do Students Apply Their Understanding of Numbers? 5. How Do Teachers Connect Ideas to Practice? Resources

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Minton, Leslie G. Minton
• Assisted by: Leslie G. Minton (Editor), Minton Leslie G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2007
• EAN: 9781412936484
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-3648-4
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Educational: English language & literacy, Educational: Mathematics & numeracy, Primary and middle schools, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, Educational: First / native language, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General