Math Literacy Differentiated Session

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Math LiteracyDifferentiated Session

• Philippe Ernewein
• Literacy Specialist
• www.rememberit.org

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I was reading Time magazine

• As eye-popping as Barack Obama's second-quarter
  fund-raising total was--it raked in 31 million
  for his campaign for the 2008 Democratic
  nomination, beating even the much vaunted Clinton
  money machine by better than 10 million in funds
  for the primary race--what really has the
  political classes chattering is another figure
  Obama reported 258,000. That's the number of
  people his campaign says have already donated to
  him, and it amounts to more than a doubling of
  his fund-raising base in the past three months.
  "He's got a much more viral campaign than we do,"
  says an envious Hillary Clinton strategist, using
  a term for word-of-mouth advertising and
  marketing techniques. "He's got a real buzz about
  him (time.com, 7/5/07).

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DO NOW please answer

• What does the number 258,000 represent?
• How much money was donated if each contributor
  gave the same amount?
• Compare Mr. Obamas fundraising to Mrs.
  Clintons.
• Why is this information newsworthy?

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What Did You Write?
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Agenda

• DO NOW
• Introduction
• New Material
• One Project
• Stations with Kristi
• Re-group
• Check-out

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Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?

• The problem is that if language arts and
  English teachers are the only ones teaching
  reading, students arent going to learn how to
  read different types of texts (Tovani 25).

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Is math literacy?

• Having the minimum amount of knowledge for
  everyday purposes.
• Knowledge of the mechanics of mathematical skills
  the ability to apply them to everyday
  situations.
• My experience has shown me that math literacy
  is
• Not just someone who has lots of math knowledge,
  but is able to apply these skills to given
  situations and everyday experiences.

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What does literacy look like in a math class?

• Unit planning/backwards planning
• Incorporated integrated into the 5-step lesson
  plan
• Authentic, meaningful connections
• Math journal responses, graphic organizers,
  developing project ideas
• Multiple Intelligences Projects

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MI Projects

• Stairs Project slope, equation of a line
• Cookie Project multi-step equations, point of
  equilibrium, TOV
• Postcard Project estimating profit,
  price-setting, supply demand, equations
• Mural Project scale, ratios, proportions
• Business Proposal combination

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The Cookie Project

• You bring the cookies, Ill bring the milk!
• Goal To determine the expense of making cookies
  and decide on an appropriate selling price in an
  effort to make a profit.

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Basic Materials But not limited to the
following

• Cookie recipe ingredients
• TI-83
• Graphing paper
• Presentation folder

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Three Components

• Math calculations, solutions, mistakes
• Essay drafts, evidence of self-edits,
  conferences
• Presentation hand-outs, examples
• See calendar for specific deadlines

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Math Part Finances

• Cost Equation
• Calculate the cost of the ingredients in one
  batch of cookies
• Use page 182 as a guide
• Profit Equation
• Research a reasonable price for selling
  individual cookies
• Think about quality versus quantity
• Analyzing Data
• Create a table graph to model cost and profit
• Illustrate the point at which you would make
  profit
• Create a hand-out that shows this data   

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Written Part Mixing the Ingredients

• Write a report (at least 3 paragraphs) about your
  capitalistic cookie adventure.
• Keep the following questions in mind
• What decisions did you make concerning
  ingredients, labor, costs and pricing?
• How could you market this product outside the
  classroom?
• How and why do manufacturers prices differ from
  yours?
• Consult friends, family, and foes regarding
  price how much would they be willing to pay?

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PresentationMilk Cookies

• Presentation Day
• Business attire
• Hand-outs visuals
• Cookies for all students
• Write, solve graph equation
• Self-evaluation

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WARNING!

• Do not mix chocolate mint in your cookie
  recipe this will result in a major deduction of
  points.

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Stations

• 1. Math Literacy? PMI
• 2. Examples in textbooks
• 3. Project exemplars
• 4. Graphic Organizers
• 5. Storybook Example
• 6. Word Problem Attack

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Shape It

• Post-Reading/Activity Comprehension Strategy
• Heart something loved
• Square 4 concepts reviewed
• Triangle 3 new concepts learned
• Circle one sentence summary/bigger picture
  connection

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Connections

• Code the text
• Comprehension Strategies
• Informal writing
• Note-taking
• Blooms Taxonomy

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Check-out

• Homework?
• www.rememberit.org
• Journals to mailbox
• Names returned