Reading and Math?

Hi, my name is Katy and my content area is math. At first I wasn't quite sure how a reading course was going to be very beneficial to me, but just in these first few weeks I have begun to realize how important reading is in every content area. Often times students are given word problem in math and understanding the information given and the question asked are crucial to solving the problem correctly. I really liked the "think aloud" reading strategy introduced in the video. I think it is a perfect reading strategy for me to use in my math class. Having students talk themselves through steps of a math problem is such a great way for them to learn the method for solving it. I will also be doing a lot of "think aloud" when teaching my class. Hopefully when my students watch and hear me work my way through a problem it will make it easier for them when they have to work a similar one on their own. I'm really interested to see all the different reading stratgies out there that will specifically be helpful in math. I think it's really great that our midterm is just a big collection of all kinds of reading strategies. I think that will be so helpful for us as new teachers. I think that it's easy to assume that all students can read well by the time they are in our high school classrooms, but that just isn't the case. We have to be prepared for thoes students who are still struggling with reading, no matter our content area.
*Originally posted as a comment on Feb 6*