Building Mathematical Comprehension

  • Building Mathematical Comprehension {Chapter 5}

    Many times throughout this book, I had major AHA! moments when relating reading comprehension strategies to mathematics.  This chapter, however, was the exception.  I find that my students constantly struggle with completing word problems because they have a hard time “seeing” what is happening in the problem at hand.  Despite knowing that they struggle, I […]

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  • 5 Strategies to Help Your Students Generate Questions

    Yesterday, I shared my weekly post in the Building Mathematical Comprehension book study.  As I said in that post, this chapter is so long and full of great ideas.  So full, that I had to break it up into two posts.  Today’s post is all about the strategies that Sammons suggests to help your students […]

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  • Building Mathematical Comprehension {Chapter 4}

    Welcome back to this excellent book study hosted by A Teacher Mom!  I am seriously loving working my way through this book.  I can’t help but think as I read each chapter that I should have made these connections myself.  Since I didn’t, I’m so thankful that I am participating in this book study.  I […]

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  • Building Mathematical Comprehension {Chapter 3}

    What do you think of when you hear the term Making Connections?  For me, it always makes me think of reading and the process of making text connections to self, other texts, and the world.  After reading this chapter from Building Mathematical Comprehension, I am falling deeper in love with the concept of bringing reading […]

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  • Building Mathematical Comprehension {Chapter 1}

    I am so excited to begin reading the book Building Mathematical  Comprehension by Laney Sammons.  I have owned this book for over a year but have been so swamped with working on school related things that I haven’t had a chance to just sit down and read!  Right now, I’m blogging from a beautiful cabin […]

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