I am a BIG fan of spending time “Talking” about maths with my students, especially when revisiting or introducing a new math concept. In this blog post we’ll share with you why you should be too, and the math vocabulary Resources you need to get your started!
A quick 5 minute brainstorm of math words and the meaning saves a whole world of confusion and helps the kids feel knowledgable about maths BEFORE they’ve even solved a math problem! So learning math words and building math vocabulary is a ‘MUST’ in all my math lessons!
Did you know that there’s a ton of research to support the importance of good math vocabulary and achievement levels?
Yep! Researchers have found that spending time on building math vocabulary will have a huge impact on student achievement.
Studies by Swan & Dunstan; Hirsh & Nation found:
- vocabulary is connected with reading comprehension and is predictor of students’ comprehension
- Students need to know 90-95% of the words in a text before they can comprehend that text
- Vocabulary need to be explicitly taught first
- Students from low socio economic areas need greater support
- Teaching math vocabulary can help raise student achievement levels
- Students with high vocabularies are better at mathematical reasoning
So it’s pretty clear that including math vocabulary activities is a winner!
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