TedxTalks: "I don't do Math"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y44nqo11Fh0

This video is a TedxTalks that explains the importance of STEM literacy. Emily Calandrelli defines being STEM literacy as a "way of thinking" instead of being extremely scientifically smart. For example, going to the grocery store and knowing what are GMO's or what benefits organic products have are all STEM literacy. I personally like how she suggests that STEM literacy is a survival skill and that its important to pay attention because it affects our society and how the world is effected based on it. I think as future educators, particularly in the STEM subjects, its important to keep in mind the importance of STEM literacy and guide students in the directions of understanding STEM literacy and why it is needed in our society.

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FInal Synthesis: Importance of Literacy

Going into this course, literacy was always something I expected was the responsibility of an ELA teacher. As a potential math teacher, I never thought of implementing literacy into the classroom and disregarded the importance of it. I always just thought of numbers and teaching numbers, so to be honest, I assumed this class would be somewhat pointless. However, as we went along in the course and learned the different strategies and concepts, my opinion about literacy changed and I actually think it’s extremely important for all teachers, no matter what content area the instructor is teaching, to implement literacy strategies in the classrooms. It’s like hitting two birds with one stone because the literacy strategies that we learned in the course is beneficial to both the content and enhancing reading skills. So, why not try? There are definitely some strategies I would probably never use in a math class. One particular strategy would be book clubs. I honestly think book clubs a...

Reading Strategies Used in Math

Website: https://mathgeekmama.com/using-literacy-strategies-to-teach-math/ Math Geek Mama is a resource blog created by a fellow math teacher whose uploaded many strategies, tips, games, and etc. that would help other math teachers in the classroom. Bethany, the creator of this website, included many useful resources for all grade levels (k-12) and tried to make the website very user friendly, so it is very easy to navigate around the website. In particular, I linked to the page where she talks about literacy strategies that can be used to teach math and I feel like this connects to what we have been talking about in class, such as trying to make connections with the real world or using prior knowledge/schema when introducing math concepts. So, I thought this is a nice resource that gives ideas and explains strategies that can be applied in the future when teaching students. Word Count: 141

Interactive Reading Guide

https://www.amnh.org/explore/curriculum-collections/integrating-literacy-strategies-into-science-instruction/interactive-reading-guides/ This page shows a youtube video on how a teacher uses interactive reading guides in her 8th grade science class. It is a 5 minute video and she does a really good job in briefly explaining what it is, how it is used, and why it is useful students. She also provides the two worksheets she used for the assignment the students were working on in the video, so it gives a perfect example on how to use it. I think interactive readings is a great strategy to incorporate in class for students to engage in the reading and see if they understand it, and since this method gives a step-by-step instructions for students to follow, it is easy to implement in class. I think everyone should check it out and she how it is done! WORD COUNT: 136

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