Math Vocabulary

1. Provide students with a purpose for listening/reading: listen for and list words related to math
2.. Teacher does a read aloud using a math picture book related to the topic being introduced, taught, or reviewed. Several examples of books are listed below (the Sir Cumference book work well)

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: A Math Adventure (Sir Cumference) by Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan (Paperback - April 2001)

Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter (Math Adventures) by Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander; Wayne Geehan

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan

Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan

3. Class works together to generate a list of words encountered from book(s) read. Programs like Inspiration, Kidspiration, and bubble.com can be used for this.

4. Students choose a certain number of words to focus on (or words can be assigned by teacher) and then uses a variety of internet websites to find definitions and examples for those words.

5. Students use the newly discovered information and create a "Math Vocabulary" powerpoint presentation. Students can add text, pictures, and animation to the slides they create to help them remember what these words mean.

6. These "Math Vocabulary" powerpoint presentations can be an ongoing project for students to add more information to when new topics are introduced and/or other math books are read. These presentations can also be used to help students review the math vocabulary words, especially before a big test.

7. Student powerpoints can be changed to image files using things like voicethread.com or photostory3 and then uploaded to classroom websites for other students to also use for review. Students can learn from each other.

8. This project/powerpoint presentation can be assessed using a teacher (and student?) created rubric that asses both content and technology skills.