Moving+Math+in+the+Write+Direction

=Overview= > "A previous survey of primary grade teachers (Cutler & Graham, 2008) revealed that the most common writing assignments involved narrative writing **(stories, personal narratives, and poems)**, letter writing, completing worksheets, and responding to material read" (Gilbert & Graham, 2010, p. 497, emphasis mine).

> "In a survey of high school teachers (Kiuhara, Graham & Hawken, 2009), the most common writing activities were writing short answer responses, responding to material read, completing worksheets, summarizing material read, writing journal entries, and making lists" (Gilbert et al,, 2010, p. 497 - 498).

If you were to read the rest of the article, //Teaching Writing to Elementary Students in Grades 4–6: A National Survey//, you would not find any specific mentions of writing in math. In fact, the only inference to writing in this subject area can be found in Table #3, on p. 504 of that study. One can assume that when the authors alluded to //__**Writing in the content areas**__//, they included math. Based on your experiences as a teacher, student-teacher and student, how do you think children wrote, if at all, during math class?

On this wikipage, I have provided you with information that you may or may not use to construct knowledge. This information trail will enable you to: > 1. use a specific method for assessing student learning before during and after instruction to check student understanding > 2. explain why a particular learning method increases student mathematical proficiency > 3. provide specific feedback to improve student outcomes

Tasks
1. Choose this following trail of learning > b. Presentation Trail using Google Slides

2. Follow a rubric to guide your learning > a. the rubric is called __//**Moving Math in the Write Direction**//__ and it has been shared with you