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Comparing Raisins: A Lesson with Fifth Graders (Writing in Math Class).
Burns, Marilyn – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Describes an activity used with a fifth-grade mathematics class in which students solved a problem and wrote a convincing argument to prove their solution made sense. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Ten Black Dots (Writing in Math Class).
Burns, Marilyn – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Describes a mathematics lesson for use with first graders based on a storybook about 10 black dots. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 1
Thinking about Fractions (Writing in Mathematics Class).
Burns, Marilyn – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1992
Describes two activities in a second-grade class that use drawing and writing to explore fractions. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
The Firehouse Problem (Writing in Math Class).
Burns, Marilyn – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1994
Describes a class activity using graph theory in the form of finding the least number of firehouses needed to serve a town as mapped by a series of points and lines connecting the points. Notes that the third graders eagerly attacked the problem, and themselves suggested that the problem could be used in grades 2-8. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness