I have always advocated strong early elementary reading programs with tutoring and strong summer programs tomkeep children at or above grade level K-4.
People do not understand that math is a language just like French, Germa, Spanish. If children are not fluent in Academic English they have a hard time understanding math nouns, pronouns, adjectives, modifiers, etc.
Bravo to those striving for excellence in the classes they teach. I am also an advocate for Dr. Gardners multiple intelligences styles of learning and teaching! If one shoe doesnt fit try another and another until the student and teacher are on the same page going in the same direction. The teacher that demands all students fit in the same groove destroy a chlilds love of learning in elementary school, they rarely get it back. Children thus affected struggle through life and have tragic ends in many cases.
Our schools and children deserve the very best, but in many instances we only get what we pay for and promote those who make us comfortable and toe the line. A sad discourse for American Education.
We can fix this! Let us truly embrace MAGA! The quicker the DS is destroyed the sooner we can raise a generation of great Americans who truly can make the whole world sing!
Winning Bigly! WWG1WGA!
Beautifully stated, Billy. KUDOS!
Agreed.
Yes, sir.
That is exactly what I tell my students at the beginning of each year: Mathematics is a language, and I am going to help you learn to translate from English to Math and back.
Numerous times throughout the year, I correct grammar, tie-in Social Studies or Science, and the students tell me, “But you’re our math teacher.” I respond by telling them that I am their teacher who just happens to teach math class.
I am an advocate/facilitator of Gardner’s multiple intelligences learning styles. One of my favorite student projects was where a student illustrated the algorithm for dividing fractions using wood-burning. Another is the video a student created illustrating the Archimedes’ mirror to burn Roman ships. I still have those projects, which I share each year with the new-kids-on-the-block. There are others I have kept, but I will not elaborate anymore as alas it is buenos noches time.