An educator since 1979, Tammy L. Jones has worked with students from first grade through college. Currently, Tammy is consulting with individual school districts in training teachers on strategies for making content accessible to all learners. Writing integrations as well as literacy connections are foundational in everything Tammy does. A variety of resources are offered for mathematics Pre-K through 12 as well as several that are interdisciplinary. Electronic trainings are also offered.
An educator since 1979, Tammy L. Jones has worked with students from first grade through college. Currently, Tammy is consulting with individual school districts in training teachers on strategies for making content accessible to all learners. Writing integrations as well as literacy connections are foundational in everything Tammy does. A variety of resources are offered for mathematics Pre-K through 12 as well as several that are interdisciplinary. Electronic trainings are also offered.
See how the use of a Mathematician's Notebook can change the way you teach as well as how your students learn.
The Mathematician's Notebook....
1. Becomes a dynamic place where language, data, and logical reasoning experiences operate jointly to form meaning for the student.
2. Helps students create an organized space for demonstrating their learning process.
3. Serves as a formative instructional tool as well as a portfolio of the students' learning experiences, which provides rich documentation for their thinking.
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students.
Contains over 80 pages with 37 assorted activities, A MUST HAVE book for all elementary teachers. Several activity sheets and blackline masters are included as well as tables identifying keywords, topics, and suggested manipulatives.
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Working toward functional fluency is a major goal of secondary mathematicians. As students progress through the six levels of Modular Math: Functions they will have opportunities to develop the definition for a function as well as to work with and understand the notation and symbolic representations for various functions. Technology will be incorporated as they investigate both linear functions and quadratic functions. Verbal, one-to-one, onto, and diagrammatic representations of functions will be studied as well as composition.
Modular Mathematics is an alternative for students and teachers who would like something different or something additional to support the building of function fluency in secondary mathematicians. This is not your usual collection of notes, thoughts, writing assignments or activities. A student journal template is provided as well as a concept exploration graphic organizer. There are six levels in the unit. Level 1: Introduction, Level 2: Graphs, Level 3: Verbal Descriptions; Linear Functions, Level 4: One-to-One Functions; Onto Functions, Level 5: Composition of Functions, and Level 6: Quadratics.
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A look at situations that are meaningful to students and that use inequalities. A look at the two concepts on which inequalities are based will be shared as well as a variety of applications using inequalities.
This packet offers 10 diverse opportunities for writing in mathematics with over 35 individual prompts for intermediate students. Writing in mathematics involves more than just putting word to paper. Words need to be carefully chosen to communicate ideas and concepts clearly. Writing involves all of the language of mathematics. Reading, vocabulary, notations and symbols, diagrams, charts, graphs, and metacognition all serve a role as students are engaged in writing in mathematics. Many and varied opportunities need to be provided for students to engage in original thought writing. And remember, just because a students can say something in words, it in no way shows that they can write those same thoughts. Those are two different skill sets.
Writing also provides opportunities for the verbal learner to excel as well as the creative learner. This beginning assortment of writing prompts can be adapted as needed for the course, topic, and level of the students. The important thing is to write! Just asking, “Why?”, “How did you think about that?”, “What could be another strategy used here?”, and “Is your conclusion reasonable?” requires students to engage in more than just procedural mathematics. On the back page is a sample of how journal prompt cards can be made for learning station facilitation or to print on labels for ELL/ESL and struggling learners and beginning writers.
The triangles and word cloud can be used as a note-taking guide, pre-assessment probe, or a formative assessment probe. Students study the triangles and the markings and using the colors of the triangles color the appropriate word(s), measurements, etc. in the word cloud. A page with multiple copies is provided for use in the Mathematician’s Notebook if desired.
This packet offers 8 diverse opportunities for writing in mathematics with over 35 individual prompts for primary students. Writing in mathematics involves more than just putting word to paper. Words need to be carefully chosen to communicate ideas and concepts clearly. Writing involves all of the language of mathematics. Reading, vocabulary, notations and symbols, diagrams, charts, graphs, and metacognition all serve a role as students are engaged in writing in mathematics. Many and varied opportunities need to be provided for students to engage in original thought writing. And remember, just because a students can say something in words, it in no way shows that they can write those same thoughts. Those are two different skill sets.
Writing also provides opportunities for the verbal learner to excel as well as the creative learner. This beginning assortment of writing prompts can be adapted as needed for the course, topic, and level of the students. The important thing is to write! Just asking, “Why?”, “How did you think about that?”, “What could be another strategy used here?”, and “Is your conclusion reasonable?” requires students to engage in more than just procedural mathematics. On the back page is a sample of how journal prompt cards can be made for learning station facilitation or to print on labels for ELL/ESL and struggling learners and beginning writers.
Writing is one of the parts of language that secondary mathematicians are still developing. For some students, ESL/ELL for example, what they know about mathematics may exceed their ability to communicate it through the written word. Students learn to write by writing. Writing needs to be original thought, not just copying something that someone else wrote. Therefore, it is imperative that opportunities are provided often for students to engage in writing about mathematics.
As the teacher, providing an environment that is rich in mathematical language is a priority. Students’ writing should make sense and be complete. This will develop over time for secondary mathematicians as they have more opportunities to write about their experiences. Writing About offers a collaborative opportunity for small groups of students to work individually first to write about a concept and then to come together and putting their individual work into a paragraph about the topic. A word cloud is given as a prompt for words and ideas.
Facilitation notes are provided as well as student activity sheet. This is a good activity for struggling students and ESL/ELL who may need some support in writing. Expressions, integers, equations & inequalities, geometry, the Real Number System, ratios and proportions, probability, and statistics are included.
This resource is good for students with Dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies. We'd like to hear about your experience with our resources. Just give it a star rating then tell us what you think, simple as that!
Do trade books have a place in today’s mathematics classroom? Yes! Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, make mathematics come alive and have meaning, and can help to differentiate instruction as well as support ELL/ESL students. Present mathematics in a way that will make mathematics more accessible and understandable for students at all levels.
This resource contains seven suggested activities and "The King's Chessboard" activity to engage students AS YOU READ, for students to experience BEING A MATHEMATICIAN, and provide authentic OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITING. The suggested activities can be adapted for a large or small group, centers, learning stations and for intervention.
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Venn diagrams offer a way to look at relationships between logical sets or mathematical sets. The circles are the sets, the elements are listed in their respective circles, and if there is an overlap, that region signifies the intersection of the sets. Venns can also be nested, when sets are subsets of each other.
A variety of Venns have been provided. There are basic, two circle that are configured to be folded and used in The Mathematicians’ Notebook or Journey’s Notebook. There are also three circle Venns and sorting ovals for nested Venns. A Venn mat on legal paper for work with manipulatives is also provided.
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The number 1 plays an integral role in mathematics. Students should be able to discuss 1 as an exponent, 1 as a coefficient, 1 in terms of rational expressions, one as the identity element for multiplication, and various other aspects of one as their mathematical background allows. Students with more advanced mathematical backs=grounds can even discuss the Pythagoreans identity.
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The number 1 serves several vital roles in mathematics. It is the identity element for multiplication. Creating fractions equivalent to one is another important concept for students to understand.
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For day six younger mathematicians will be looking at multiple representations for the number 6. Facilitation notes and suggestions for differentiation are provided.
This activity is also good for students with dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies.
The number four is the next number for the 12 Days of Christmas. For secondary students a brief introduction to and investigation of 4th degree polynomials will be shared. An investigation that is adaptable for students with varying prior mathematical experiences is given. Student recording pages provided.
The number three is the next number for the 12 Days of Christmas. Students from kindergarten through high school work with the number three in one of the most representative of formats – the triangle. The focus for today is triangular numbers. Triangular numbers are polygonal numbers where the number of vertexes in a figure formed by a certain polygon is three.
The number four is the next number for the 12 Days of Christmas. Beginning and younger mathematicians need many opportunities to communicate about the mathematics they are studying. Writing is often one challenge for younger mathematicians as well as developing problem solving skills. There are several tasks to choose from based upon the individual needs of your students. Task cards have been provided to facilitate differentiation and multiple uses.
Day seven provides an opportunity for secondary students to look at one of the classic problems in mathematics: The Seven Bridges of Königsberg.
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For the seventh day students will be investigating patterns. If you think this activity is too challenging for your students to do with paper and pencil, they can use a calculator as a tool of investigation. Or head over to the K3 activity and check it out – it is all about calendar math.
Students will investigate patterns that occur when dividing by 7. The investigation is framed in working with fractions whose denominators are 7. Most people are familiar with the patterns formed by dividing by 9 but have not had much experience with the dividing by 7.
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Day 7 provides the opportunity for younger mathematicians to investigate patterns on the calendar. There are a series of tasks that can be posed. The current December 2015 calendar is used but this activity can be easily adapted for any calendar month. There is also a place for the children to create their own riddles that can be saved and used later for centers and learning stations.
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The number four is the next number for the 12 Days of Christmas. Beginning and younger mathematicians need many opportunities to communicate about the mathematics they are studying. Writing is often one challenge for younger mathematicians as well as developing problem solving skills. There are several tasks to choose from based upon the individual needs of your students. Task cards have been provided to facilitate differentiation and multiple uses.