Building Math Comprehension Book Study Chapter 2

 I am linking up with Teacher Mom for Chapter 2 in this awesome book, Building Mathematical Comprehension. 

This chapter is about vocabulary. I enjoyed this chapter because I thoroughly believe that the children need to understand what they are learning and know what the terms mean in order to be successful and in order to be able to use this material in real world situations and in situations that are occurring outside of the classroom.

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I have always been a firm believer that vocabulary is essential for learning to take place. The students need to know what they are learning and be able to explain what they are learning. Vocabulary is a way in which their learning is enriched, becomes rigorous and relevant. 

Vocabulary walls, games, morning message, interactive notebooks, and videos are all great ways to teach all students vocabulary.

Here are some thoughts from this amazing book:

Here is a vocabulary page I use with my kids. We have math vocabulary journals. Enjoy and I hope it is as useful for you as it is for me! Click on the picture to download!

Now click on the math girl below to go see what some other educators had to say about Chapter 2!

Building Mathematical Comprehension Chapter 1

I am linking up with A Teacher Mom for her book study on the book, Building Mathematical Comprehension written by Laney Sammons.

Can I just say that I absolutely love every book written by Laney Sammons! She is amazing! Her Guided Math Model is awesome! I used that this year in my first grade classroom and how their math skills soared! So when I saw the opportunity to do another book study on one of her books, I jumped at the chance!

Comprehension skills in Math!? Many will look at you and say no there is not that is for reading only! But no, it is not!

Math like Reading needs to be understood in order for success. All good readers and all good mathematicians need to comprehend what they are learning. 

Chapter 1 was so informative and it was full of insightful information. I had to literally rewrite this post because it was so long at first! I basically summed it up as best as I could! Being a kindergarten teacher and now a first grade teacher, I always taught comprehension in Reading and focused on the fluency but it was not until this year when I was moved to First Grade where I focused only on Math and Science did I see the importance or the relationship of comprehension and Mathematics. 

Through focusing on those subjects only, provided me the opportunity to really delve deep into math and Laney Sammons helped me. Her insights into Math are insightful and informative. I can not wait to read and post about Chapter 2.

Click the inlinkz link up below to see what other educators thought about this chapter!