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Classroom Writing Activities to Support the Curriculum.
Piper, Judy – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1992
Describes briefly several children's books that lend themselves to writing activities to support math and science instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Elementary Education
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
Writing Assignments within Major Content Areas (Lab Notes).
Porter, Bernajean – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Provides descriptions of how five teachers in various content areas (mathematics, art, French, physics. and English) at one high school in Illinois feel about the importance of writing. Explains how these teachers incorporate their belief into everyday instruction in their areas. (HB)
Descriptors: Art Education, Content Area Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education