6.    SYNTHESIZING INFORMATION: 

 

          In today’s world, being able to understand, comprehend, analyze and apply mathematics is important for junior high students. 

          Math is a subject where reading is extremely important where you, as  the reader, interacts with the text, uses prior knowledge and experiences to make connections, generate hypotheses, and make sense of what is being read (Teaching Reading in Mathematics,   2000).

         “Reading mathematics” means that you as that reader can make sense of anything that you read on a page.  In math, reading can be found on any worksheet, spreadsheet, overhead transparency, a computer screen, or the one most of you use everyday in class — the math textbook (these may be heavy books but they contain valuable information!).  So basically, anything you use to learn and apply your math skills needs to be read carefully (Teaching Reading in Mathematics, 2000). 

         Being able to read math involves several strategies, you all have learned in your Reading class.  These strategies have many connections to your Math class as well.   The best thing about math is that the writing is brief and to the point.  BUT… one of the worst things is that every word counts no matter how simple the word can be. If you miss something during that reading, you may have missed out on something big.

           There are links to the SIX READING STRATEGIES.  Each link will reintroduce you to each strategy and show you how to apply it to your math class.  Hopefully, these pages will provide you with valuable information and help you be able to learn and apply math better than you could before. 

The SIX READING STRATEGIES you have learned in your Reading classes are:

 

1.  MAKING CONNECTIONS:   

you can review and remember things you have  

learned in other classes or in your previous 

experiences

 

2.   QUESTIONING:  

3.   VISUALIZATION: 

you will be able to understand the problem because you                                           can picture it in your head

4.    MAKING INFERENCES:

 you will be able to make predictions about the    problems and process you should go through to get the answer

5.    DETERMINING IMPORTANCE: 

you want to find out in the what is important about what you are reading

you are putting together what you have  

learned before and what you are learning

now to make an AHA!

Woodrow Wilson Junior High

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