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Literacy in Mathematics

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  • Introduction to literacy in Mathematics
  • Developing understanding in Mathematics
  • Communicating understanding in Mathematics
  • Maths: Putting it together

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Last Update: 20 September 2024

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  • Health and Physical Education literacy: putting it together
  • Note-taking and summarising texts
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  • Interpreting Graphs
  • ABC Education Literacy Mini Lessons
  • Workshop approach
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  • Designing Foundation to Year 2 literacy lessons
  • The Teaching and Learning Cycle integrating literacy and subject knowledge
  • English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) learners
  • Literacy in Mathematics
    • Introduction to literacy in Mathematics
    • Developing understanding in Mathematics
      • Translating from words to symbols
      • Understanding mathematical terms and notation
      • Everyday versus mathematical language
      • Technical terminology
      • Using morphological matrices with measurement units
      • Introducing new mathematical terminology
      • Reading and discussing operations for meaning
      • Using cognitive conflict to promote precision of definitions
      • Language for graphs and statistical displays
      • Close reading: Identifying key information in a problem statement
      • Identifying a simpler, related problem
      • Drawing a diagram
      • Using an organised list
      • Identify a pattern
      • Linking count nouns and mass nouns to variables in statistics
      • Investigating a concept from multiple perspectives
      • Explicitly teaching counter-examples
      • Developing students’ question posing
    • Communicating understanding in Mathematics
      • Converting written questions into visual texts
      • Discussing and critiquing visual texts
      • Creating tables
      • Jointly constructing concept maps
      • Creating and presenting statistical displays
      • Critiquing reasoning for solutions
      • Recognising appropriate answers
      • Justification of a solution
      • Communicating solutions where technology is used
    • Maths: Putting it together
      • Writing solutions to worded mathematical problems
  • Literacy in Technologies
    • Introduction to literacy in Digital Technologies
    • Developing understanding in Digital Technologies
    • Communicating understanding in Digital Technologies
    • Digital Technologies: putting it together
    • Introduction to literacy in Design and Technologies
    • Developing understanding in Design and Technologies
    • Communicating understanding in Design and Technologies
    • Design and Technologies: putting it together
  • Literacy teaching toolkit: levels 7-10 explained
  • Literacy in Science
    • Introduction to literacy in Science
    • Developing understanding in Science
    • Communicating understanding in Science
    • Science: putting it together
  • Literacy in English
    • Introduction to literacy in English
    • Developing understanding in English
    • Communicating understanding in English
    • English: putting it together
  • Literacy in the Humanities
    • Introduction to literacy in Civics and Citizenship
    • Developing understanding in Civics and Citizenship
    • Communicating understanding in Civics and Citizenship
    • Civics and Citizenship: putting it together
    • Introduction to literacy in Economics and Business
    • Developing understanding in Economics and Business
    • Communicating understanding in Economics and Business
    • Economics and Business: Putting it together
    • Introduction to literacy in Geography
    • Developing understanding in Geography
    • Communicating understanding in Geography
    • Geography: putting it together
    • Introduction to Literacy in History
    • Developing understanding in History
    • Communicating understanding in History
    • History: putting it together
  • Developing understanding of Health and Physical Education
  • Introducing new terminology and vocabulary
  • Supporting reading of texts
  • Using sentence frames to interpret art elements
  • Literacy in Health and Physical Education
  • Introduction to Literacy in Health and Physical Education

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