Materials for MAC Website

Title/Purpose of Course: Make the Connection! This course is a learning community that includes a 10-credit coordinated studies class that combines English 81 and Reading 94 with a link to Math 62. Not all students in the coordinated studies class (capped at 48) will be in the math class (capped at 32), but we are hoping that all of the math students will be in the coordinated studies course.

Names/Disciplines/E-mails of participants:

• Shelley Leavens, Math: sleavens@greenriver.edu

• Lisa Hoonan-Trujillo, Reading: ltrujillo@greenriver.edu

• Julie Moore, English: jmoore@greenriver.edu

Implementation Dates: Fall of 2008

Description of Project/Course: This course integrates reading, writing, and math around the theme of college success and readiness. Students will explore the campus of Green River Community College, finding numeric and descriptive information about resources that will help them as they complete their degree. They will then use this information in math computations, reading maps, and written paragraphs. Furthermore, students will study word roots that will help them better understand math concepts. Finally, students will practice reading and solving story problems.

Outcomes for Students/Project

• Students will learn to use math to describe their college surroundings.

• Students will learn how to pick out what is important in a story problem.

• Students will learn how to use numerical data as support in writing.

• Students will learn math vocabulary.

• Students will learn how to apply math concepts to their daily life.

• Students will learn about the connections between reading, writing, and math.

Assignments:

• Exploring College Resources: This is a scavenger hunt that asks students to visit different college resources, gathering descriptive and numeric information about each place. Students will then map this information and write paragraphs using this information as support.

  • Related Assignment: Writing Paragraphs
    
    
    

• Word Roots: This assignment provides word roots for concepts students will learn in math. Students will then create study sheets for each word. Study sheets ask the students to do the following for each root. They are to draw a picture of each root, write the definition of each word, write a list of words one could create using this root, and write a sentence using the word. This study sheet helps them prepare for a test on the word root meanings.
  
  
  

• Reading Story Problems: This assignment asks students to find the major idea (“Find”) and minor ideas (“Givens”) in math story problems. They will then use this close reading activity to set them up to solve the story problem.