Reading Strategies

Since I am becoming a math teacher I really wasn't sure how I would be able to apply what I learn in this class to my future classroom. However, I'm quickly seeing that I underestimated the amount of reading that takes place in a math class. From the class I observed last semester I am starting to realize that I saw many of the strategies we are learing used on a regular basis. Just becasue we aren't using regular words in math, doesn't mean that reading is not occuring. Reading an equation still requires comprehension same as reading a novel does. Some students, like myself, circle key terms or sections of the equation. Others start with the part they know, and work out the parts the are having trouble understanding, similar to vocabulary words. Discussing things out loud can also help a student think through what he/ she is learning. All of these strategies apply to sentences of english words or a line of variables, links I had never thought about before this class.