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=[|Math and Science Performance Festival]= The Math Performance Festival celebrates students' math imaginations. Please see performances from 2008, 2009 and 2010, and submit your own performances, at [|www.MathFest.ca]. The site also has a wide variety of resources for teachers and students. The Festival is sponsored by the Fields Institute, the Imperial Oil Foundation, and the Canadian Mathematical Society.

=Math Solutions (Marilyn Burns)= [|Writing and Math]

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From Teaching Children Mathematics
[|Teaching Math is All Write] Nancy Staal and Pamela J. Wells Leverage the parallels between teaching writing and teaching math to nudge your students toward deeper understanding.

The Answer Is 20 Cookies. What Is the Question? A task that engages students in the process of creating word problems. Difficulties in having students write problems are described, along with strategies for overcoming these difficulties. Student work and teacher reactions are included.

Aiming for Understanding: Lessons Learned about Writing in Mathematics: Reflect and Discuss Activities conducted and insights gained by partners in a school/university collaborative project focused on the role of writing in the mathematics classroom. Teachers and university professionals will gain ideas about school/university partnerships, as well as ways to integrate writing into the mathematics curriculum.

Promoting Communication in the Mathematics Classroom This article describes the importance of children representing their mathematical understanding in many different ways. These modes of communication include building, writing, drawing, and talking.

[|Learning to Write about Mathematics] //Renee Parker and M. Lynn Breyfogle// This student-friendly rubric helped improve third graders’ competencies when explaining solution strategies in writing. **Online Extra:** Rubric for Learning to Write about Mathematics

Students participate in activities focusing on the role of numbers and language in real-world situations. The emphasis on using components of language helps students build a broader vocabulary of numbers than the traditional symbolic representation of numbers. The activities also __#|help__ develop good number sense.
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Communication for Grades PreK-2 Communication for Grades 3-5
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From Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School
Using Creative Writing and Literature in Mathematics Classes How a mathematics teacher uses literature and creative writing in her ninth-grade __#|classes__ to motivate, instruct, and assess her students. Activity sheet, rubric, and samples of student work are provided.

=Pearson= Math Expressions - Developing Student Thinking and Problem Solving Through Communication

Chapter 4: Writing in Mathematics

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=PBS Teachers= Cyberchase: PlaySpace (Interactive, Grades 3-5) Learn new math concepts and reinforce what you already know by writing your own story using this multimedia tool. [|http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/playspace/]

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