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Math Workshop: A Way to Promote Mathematical Literacy through Language and Literacy
Practices in the Secondary Grades
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Appendix
Overview of Math Workshop Components
Note. Adapted from information in Minds on mathematics: Using math workshop to develop deep understanding in Grades 4-8
by W. W. Hoffer, 2012.
Example Math Workshop Lesson
Grade Level: Grade 8
Unit: Slope and Proportional and Non-Proportional Reasoning
Lesson: Identifying and Determining Slope of a Line
Math Workshop
Component

Lesson Activities

Opening
8:20 - 8:25 a.m.

Teacher: Open your math journal and title today's page "Slope." Write down anything you
can remember from last year about slope.
As students write in their math journals for a couple of minutes, the teacher walks around and
monitored

Elapsed Time:
5 minutes

Teacher: Share what you wrote with your partner. See if your partner has something that
you did not.
Students share with their partners for a couple of minutes.

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