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Teaching Math to Multilingual Students, Grades K-8

Positioning English Learners for Success
With case studies and activities that provide a solid foundation for teachers’ growth and exploration, this groundbreaking book will help teachers and teacher educators engage in meaningful, humanized mathematics instruction.

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  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781071810842
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Series: Corwin Mathematics Series
  • Year: 2021
  • Page Count: 248
  • Publication date: January 21, 2021
Price: $38.95
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Using strengths-based approaches to support development in mathematics

It’s time to re-imagine what’s possible and celebrate the brilliance multilingual learners bring to today’s classrooms. Innovative teaching strategies can position these learners as leaders in mathematics. Yet, as the number of multilingual learners in North American schools grows, many teachers have not had opportunities to gain the competencies required to teach these learners effectively, especially in disciplines such as mathematics. Multilingual learners—historically called English Language Learners—are expected to interpret the meaning of problems, analyze, make conjectures, evaluate their progress, and discuss and understand their own approaches and the approaches of their peers in mathematics classrooms. Thus, language plays a vital role in mathematics learning, and demonstrating these competencies in a second (or third) language is a challenging endeavor.

Based on best practices and the authors’ years of research, this guide offers practical approaches that equip grades K-8 teachers to draw on the strengths of multilingual learners, partner with their families, and position these learners for success. Readers will find:

A focus on multilingual students as leaders
A strength-based approach that draws on students’ life experiences and cultural backgrounds
An emphasis on maintaining high expectations for learners’ capacity for mastering rigorous content
Strategies for representing concepts in different formats
Stop and Think questions throughout and reflection questions at the end of each chapter
Try It! Implementation activities, student work examples, and classroom transcripts

With case studies and activities that provide a solid foundation for teachers’ growth and exploration, this groundbreaking book will help teachers and teacher educators engage in meaningful, humanized mathematics instruction.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Our Hope for Multilingual Learners

Teachers Who Inspire


Studying Teacher Practice


Interacting With Multilingual Learners and Their Families


Position Multilingual Learners as Classroom Leaders


What Research says About Positioning


Reflecting of Xiao Li's Experience


Reflecting on Nabil Abadi's Experience


Reflecting on José López’s Experience


Positioning Students as Experts


One Year Later

Reflecting on Why Positioning Matters

Recognize How Teachers Position Students


Positioning Multilingual Learners as Leaders


Explicitly Positioning Multilingual Learners as Leaders

Implicitly Positioning Multilingual Learners as Leaders

Strategies for Positioning Multilingual learners as Leaders

Thinking About Positioning in Your Practice


Facilitate Multilingual Learners' Participation in Mathematics Classroom

Reflecting on Your Experience with Participating


What Research Says About Student Participation


Factors That Influence the Participation of Multilingual Learners


Reflecting on Your Experiences with Fear

Overcoming Fear

Encountering Unknown Contexts

Examining Teaching Strategies That Influence Participation


Strategies for Facilitating Multilingual Learners’ Participation in Mathematics


Thinking About Participation in Your Practice


Facilitate Partnerships Between Multilingual Learners and Their Peers

Solving a Mathematics Problem with A Partner


Solving a Mathematics Problem with A Partner


Qualities of Partnerships


Strategies for Facilitating Partnerships


Establish Participation Norms With Students


Practice Compliments


Provide Concrete Resources


Pay Attention To Pairing


Monitor How Partners Work


Revisit Partnership Norms With Student

Thinking About Partnerships in Your Practice


Engage Multilingual Learners Through Culturally-Relevant Contexts

Reflecting on the Challenge of Contexts and Culture


What the Research Says About Contexts in Mathematics


Strategies for Engaging Multilingual Learners Through Culturally-Meaningful Contexts


Thinking about Contexts in your Practice


Reach Multilingual Learners with Visuals, Illustrations, and Gestures

What Research Says About Visuals and Gestures


Using Visuals Strategically


Examining Ms. Bristow’s Use of Visuals: Dividing Cookies

Examining Ms. Bristow’s Use of Visuals: Emphasizing the Meaning of ‘Loose’

Emphasizing Mathematical Connections

Reflecting on Your Use of Gestures


Using Gestures Strategically

Examining Ms. Bristow’s Use of Gestures: Obstacle Course


Examining Ms. Bristow’s Strategic Use of Visuals and Gestures: Columns and Rows


Thinking About Visuals and Gestures in Your Practice


Strategies for Using Visuals and Gestures


Analyze Mathematical Work of Multilingual Learners

Reflecting on Your Experiences


What Research Says About Analyzing Multilingual Learners’ Mathematical Work


What Research Says About Analyzing Multilingual Learners’ Mathematical Work

Analyzing Additional Student Work


Strategies for Discerning Between Mathematical and Language Issues


Examining Abigail’s Work

Examining Janessa’s Work

The Importance of Interviewing Multilingual Learners


Thinking About Analyzing Multilingual Learner’s Mathematical Work in Your Practice


Investigate Meanings to Enhance Multilingual Learners’ Language Development

The Importance of Academic Language for Multilingual Learners

What the Research Says About Academic Language


Distinguishing Between Multiple Meanings of Language


Introducing Specialized Mathematics Language


Amplified Use of Academic Language


Strategies for Enhance Multilingual Learners’ Language Development


Thinking About Academic Language in Your Practice


Use Your Discourse Strategically to Enhance Multilingual Learners’ Opportunity to Learn

Reflecting on Varieties of English that Influence Discourse


What Research Says About Discourse


Teacher Discourse


Connecting Academic Language to Mathematical Representations

Posing Questions to Engage Multilingual Learners

Posing Questions to Engage Multilingual Learners

Strategies for Promoting Classroom Discourse


Thinking About Your Discourse in Your Practice


Foster a Culture of Writing in the Mathematics Classroom

Reflecting on Your Experiences


What Research Says About Writing in Mathematics


Establishing a Need to Write in Mathematics


Establishing a Culture of Writing


Providing Feedback on Students’ Writing


Analyzing Students’ Writing


Strategies for Fostering a Culture of Writing in Your Mathematics Classroom


Reflecting on Mathematical Writing in Your Practice


Develop Writing in Mathematics for Multilingual Learners

Reflecting on Your Practice


Mathematical Genres of Writing


What the Research Says about Mathematical Genres


Identifying Mathematical Writing Genres


Strategies for Developing Writing in Mathematics for Multilingual Learners


Teaching Practices

Activities

Reflecting on Your Use of Mathematical Genres in Your Practice


Enhance Curriculum Materials for Multilingual Learners

Reflecting on Mathematics Curriculum


What Research Says About Curriculum Enhancement for Multilingual Learners


Strategies for Crafting Language to Better Support Multilingual Learners


Analyzing Curriculum Materials for Multilingual Learners


Research Recommendations for Enacting Mathematics Curriculum


Recognizing Different Mathematical Conventions and Representations


Thinking about Mathematical Conventions and Representations in your Practice


Thinking about Curriculum Enhancement in your Practice


Engage with Parents and Families of Multilingual Learners

Reflecting on Your Experiences


What the Research Says about Multilingual Parent and Family Engagement


Multicultural Parenting Styles


Cultural Values

Emphasizing the Value of Family in Your Classroom

Examining Teachers’ and Multilingual Parents’ Expectations

Reframing Multilingual Parental Engagement


Strategies for Facilitating Multilingual Family and Parent Engagement in Your Classroom


Reflecting on Family Engagement in Your Practice


Appendix A. Additional Resources

Appendix B. Selected Solutions

References

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