Math Language That Works

The Math Vocabulary Lesson Templates (Part 4 of Math Language That Works) are blank strategy templates intended for teacher lesson planning. Teachers can create effective lessons for explicitly teaching mathematics vocabulary. Explicit vocabulary instruction using these templates will deepen students' understanding of mathematical concepts.

Lesson templates for instruction of new words:

• Effectively Teaching a New Term - Word
• Teaching Word Parts - Word, Word Parts Reference - PDF
• Word Map Lesson - Word, Word Map Graphic Organizer - Word

Lesson templates for developing concepts and word relationships:

• Concept Web Lesson - Word, Concept Web Graphic Organizer - Word
• Exclusion Brainstorm - Word
• List-Group-Label - Word
• Peer Vocabulary Teaching - Word
• Venn Diagram - Word

Lesson template for determining students' prior knowledge of terms:

• Rating Vocabulary - Word

How to use these templates:

1. Determine the mathematics vocabulary term(s) to teach.
2. Select an appropriate lesson template for instruction.
3. Read the descriptions and purpose for each lesson template to determine the most appropriate strategy for instruction.
4. Refer to the template for lesson directions.
5. Identify the explanations of the vocabulary term(s).
6. Copy the explanation and examples for the vocabulary term(s) onto your selected lesson template.