"Just because your newcomers don't have the academic language YET to understand core content, does not mean they should not be receiving core instruction. The ultimate goal of providing beginning English skills is to engage our students in core academic instruction." quote from Emily Francis at https://inspiringenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com/blog/supporting-newcomers
Math for newcomers: https://www.mathinenglish.com/index.php
I've modified some of these word problem worksheets and uploaded them to this page.
Word Problems: What research has found is that if we ask students to only rely on knowing that certain key words signal specific operations, we can actually lead them away from trying to understand the problems. They will tend to look only for those words and whatever numbers are in the problem, even if they are not relevant to the answer. This will not help them be mathematically proficient later, even when they are proficient with English.
Video: How vocabulary can get in the way of solving a word problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=Jqe9Nx1IlQA
http://www.everyonedeservestolearn.com/2014/02/word-problems-for-ells-or-struggling.html
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Problems-for-Beginning-Readers-1133742 (costs $2.75)
https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/math-for-newcomers-ousd
file:///C:/Users/7250/Downloads/Word%20to%20Word%20Math%20Glossary.pdf Word to Word Math Glossary
Teaching Math Ten Tips for Teaching Math. From Scholastic website: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/10-ways-help-ells-succeed-math
Academic Supports for Math. From Stanford University website: http://ell.stanford.edu/teaching_resources/math Tips for EL Math Instruction. From Colorín Colorado website: http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/math-instruction-english-language-learners
EL Classroom Supports. From Education Development Center website: http://ltd.edc.org/supporting-english-learners-mathematics-classroom
Strategies for teaching Math to ELLS:
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/reading-and-understanding-written-math-problems
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/30570/ This article offers great ideas and links.
http://suite101.com/article/strategies-to-support-esl-students-in-math-a116386
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/ESL_math.pdf
http://www.nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=16895
https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/738/NYU_PTE_Math_Module_For_ELLS_Oct_8_2009.pdf
Math Spanish/English Dictionary: http://math2.org/math/spanish/eng-spa.htm
Math Links/Resources to help you serve your English Language Learning Students:
http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/englishpractice.html#Math
http://bcsd.k12.ny.us/academics/ESL/esl_resources.html#math
http://bogglesworldesl.com/kids_worksheets/math.htm
http://www.tsusmell.org/downloads/Spotlight/MELL_SpanishResources.pdf
http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/ESL/Links.html#MATH
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/search.html (virtual manipulatives)
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/esl/standards_resources/resources/strategies_teach_math.pdf
Skip Counting Songs:
Count by 5s song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSWMjtMff4
Count by 10s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSdKlNvrmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbV2bMQT2lE
Count by 2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ
Difficulties that ELLs face when learning mathematics:
http://multilingual.mpls.k12.mn.us/uploads/working-with-newcomers-teachers.pdf
* formation of numbers varies from culture to culture
* use of decimal point and comma vary from culture to culture
* Students have no experience with our measurement system; it is an abstract to them.
* Math is not spirally taught in many cultures. So students may not know a lot about geometry, for example.
* Many students have never seen or worked with manipulatives. They may not take a lesson using manipulatives seriously.
* Students learn math by rote memory.
* Math curricula in their countries may be primarily calculation.
* Word problems may not be introduced until much later.
* Estimating, rounding, and geometry are not often taught as early in other cultures.
* Mathematical terms do not always translate well.
* Mental math may be the norm. Students may not show work in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division or they may show work in a different way,
Coins:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/My-Money-Mini-Book-Identifying-Coins-1265463