It is essential for students to have a solid academic language in order to fully understand mathematics concepts. We have to keep in mind that all of our students are math language learners! One of components of academic language is Tier 3 vocabulary. It is necessary for our math language learners that teachers provide explicit vocabulary instruction. There are 9 steps that I have found that successful in mathematics vocabulary instruction. 1. There is a lot of Tier 3 vocabulary that is aligned to each mathematical concept. Teachers need to determine which concept specific vocabulary is the most important to focus on with students.
2. Our students come into our classrooms with previous learning & we should not assume that they come "as a blank slate". We need to know which concepts or standards are aligned with our upcoming instruction and then investigate what is the vocabulary they are already familiar with or already know. This vocabulary might be from a previously concept unit or previous grade level.
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