Writing+Activities+are+not+Writing+Strategies

=Overview= The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics publishes three journals at three different academic levels and often provide writing ideas for math teachers. Here are a few journal article examples:

1. **Teaching Children Mathematics** > a. Parker, R., & Breyfogle, M. L. (2011). Learning to Write about Mathematics. //Teaching Children’s Mathematics//, //18//(2), 90 – 99. >

2. **Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School** > a. Liedtke, W. W., & Sales, J. (2001). Writing tasks that succeed. //Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School//, //6//(6), 350. > b. AspinwallL, J. S., & AspinwallL, L. (2003). TAKE TIME FOR ACTION: Investigating Mathematical Thinking Using Open Writing Prompts. //Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School//, //8//(7), 350 – 353. > c. Lynch, S. D., & Bolyard, J. J. (2012). Putting Mathematical Discourse in Writing. //Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School//, //17//(8), 486. > d. Mallia, J. A., Pawloski, D., & Daisey, P. (2012). The Write Stuff: Producing a How-to Book. //Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School//, //17//(6), 366. e. Haltiwanger, L., & Simpson, A. M. (2013). Beyond the Write Answer: Mathematical Connections. //Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School//, //18//(8), 492 – 498.

3. **Mathematics Teacher** > a. Barnes, J. A. (1999). Creative writing in trigonometry. //Mathematics Teacher [H.W. Wilson - EDUC]//, //92//(6), 498. > b. McIntosh, M. E., & Draper, R. J. (2001). Using Learning Logs in Mathematics: Writing to Learn. //The Mathematics Teacher//, //94//(7), 554 – 557. > c. Mason, R. T., & McFeetors, P. J. (2002). Interactive Writing in Mathematics Class: Getting Started. //The Mathematics Teacher//, //95//(7), 532 – 536. > d. Sanders, C. V. (2009). Exploring & Writing Geometry. //Mathematics Teacher//, //102//(6), 432. > e. Porter, R., Guarienti, K., Brydon, B., Robb, J., Royston, A., Painter, H., … Smith, M. H. (2010). Writing better lab reports: a teacher research project to improve the quality of students’ writing. The Science Teacher, 77(1), 43. >

These articles provide teachers with writing lesson ideas but they do not teach you how to teach kids how to write. You will read about those strategies in the next assignment. But for now, you will read one of these articles and share it's contents with your classmates.

Tasks
> a. Choose ONE of the articles listed above (do not choose the article from Teaching Children Mathematics) >> (i.) I am not giving you the article, you must use the Buffalo State Library's web site to retrieve the article >> (ii.) Since you are undergraduate students, I am going to assume that you know how to use the library web site - if you don't know how, contact me >> (i.) I have shared this presentation with you; it is in your google drive in the **Shared with Me** Section > c. media type="custom" key="28019693" > d. Use the //**About/Point Writing to Improve Comprehension Strategy**// with your article >> (i.) What is the About/Point Writing Strategy? - click here if you forgot - > e. Post your writing on the Google Slide you chose >> (ii.) Review slide 3 to see my example > f. Use a rubric to guide your writing >> (i.) rubric: >> (ii.) place the completed rubric in the dropbox folder you shared with me