This slideshare presentation is the second portion of a two part series. It reviews four comprehension strategies used in math (making connections, visualizing, predicting, and inferring) and then adds asking questions and synthesis. Arthur Hyde's book "Comprehending Math" is the foundation for this presentation.

1. MATH
It Should Really
Just Make Sense!
Integrating Comprehension Strategies into
Mathematics Instruction-Part 2
April 2013 Grantsburg School District
Billie Rengo-Literacy Coach

2. COMPREHENSION (REVIEW)
 Comprehension difficulties
exist both in reading and
in math.
 Students might appear to
understand mathematical
operations.
 Memorization vs.
understanding
 All of our comprehension
strategies we use in
reading can explicitly be
taught in math (Hyde, 2008) (Sammons, 2010)
 Result? Deeper
understanding!

3. IDENTIFY THE STRATEGY!

4. What are the
benefits to
doing
anticipation
guides?

5. What are these students doing?
What is a potential
drawback of this
strategy in math?

6. K (What do I know?) W (What do I want to C (Are there any
find out?) special conditions?)
(Hyde, 2008)

7. What strategy is this?

8. WHAT IS THIS STRATEGY?
37, 47, 57, ___, ___, 87, ___, ___
____ + ____=____

9. PREDICTING IN PROBABILITY…
 Scenario:
 Divide the class up into groups of 3-4
students
 Each student has a role (supplier, grabber,
recorder, and reporter) Image credit: mathcoachblog.wordpress.com
 Each group is given an index card with a
letter S-Z (which is taped to the table)
 Suppliers come up and get a bag with a
letter.
 The teacher says “Inside your bag are 10
cubes, some red, some blue, some yellow.”
(He/she then pulls out one of each color
and drops it back in the bag). “You are not
to look in the bag. Instead, you must take
out 1 cube, record its color, and drop it back
in the bag. Do this 25 times. Then analyze
your data and predict how many of each
color are in the bag.”
 The group analyzes the results together and
the reporter shares the group’s thinking
with the class. (Hyde, 2008)

10. ASKING QUESTIONS

11. SYNTHESIS
 Look at all of the available
information to derive answers
 Our initial thinking may be
completely changed
 Aha! Moments
 Math journal writing for
students to reflect on how they
are doing and which processes
they use

12. A SYNTHESIS STORY PROBLEM
Mary, who is 36, has
two sisters (Carol and
Julie). If all three
sisters put their three
ages in a pile (of unifix
cubes), there would be
96. How old are each
of Mary’s sisters?

13. REFERENCES
 Hyde, A. A. (2008). Comprehending math, adapting reading strategies to
teach mathematics, k-6. Greenwood International.
 Sammons, L. (2010). Guided math: a framework for mathematics
instruction. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education.