Strategies

I plan to use the following strategies in my instruction:
 * At the beginning of each class I would like to complete a reading warmup. The reading warmups will allow the students an opportunity to settle down in class as well as see the connection of math outside of the classroom. They will also be used to promote interest in reading.


 * SQRQCQ (Survey, Question, Reread, Question, Compute, Question) I will use to help students understand how to solve word problems
 * This strategy is the framework for solving mathematical word problems
 * It provides students with a system/structure
 * Eliminates extra details
 * < **S** ||< **Survey** ||< //Survey// the question to get the essence of the problem. The first reading is for general understanding; Skim to the main idea of the problem ||
 * < **Q** ||< **Question** ||< //Question// what the problem is asking. Restate the question using your own words; Ask the question that is stated in the problem ||
 * < **R** ||< **Reread** ||< //Reread// the problem to locate details and eliminate unnecessary info, if applicable; Identify the info and details provided ||
 * < **Q** ||< **Question** ||< //Question// the problem again. What operations are necessary to solve the problem? Ask what operation needs to be performed ||
 * < **C** ||< **Compute** ||< //Compute// the answer; solve the problem ||
 * < **Q** ||< **Question** ||< //Question// again. Does answer make sense? Does it answer the question posed in the problem? ||


 * QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) I will use to help students answer questions. It provides a way for students to approach text and answering questions.
 * This strategy describes four questions
 * Right there (answer in text, words usually match a sentence in text)
 * Think and Search (answer in text, answer compiled through several sentences)
 * Author and You (answer in your head, consider what author told you and what you know)
 * On your own (answer in your head, opinion)
 * based on three categories of question classification
 * text explicit- answer is directly in text
 * text implicit- answer is implied
 * script implicit-answer reequires text and prior knowledge


 * Journal Entries
 * After the lesson that day, I will have students write in complete and thorough sentences about what they learned that day and what they did not understand. I will also have them work a problem associated with the lesson and/or for the next day's lesson. This benefits the students and I. I am able to see what they understand or do not understand about the lesson. It also gives the one's who do not like to speak up in class show me what they know before the test. For my benefit, it lets me know what I need to focus on more or less.


 * [|Voice Thread]
 * VoiceThread allows students to create an online Think Aloud. Think Alouds help students think how they make meaning. In my mathematics class I will have the students create VoiceThreads as they work through the definition of various concepts such as a square. They would say a "square" Then give an description of the square. I could also have them compare two different shapes or create a VoiceThread as they work through a math problem.