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| Title | Math in the Foreign Language Classroom (Part 4) |
| Body | Many of the ideas in our last installment in this mini-series use the concept of a budget to practice math skills in a language class. ---- Here are some math tasks that I've seen teachers use in the target language: - plan a trip that stays within a budget; - plan a meal that stays within a budget; - take surveys and calculate percentages - how many people like basketball or soccer, how many eat toast for breakfast- whatever ; - keep track of some nutritional element: calories consumed or used in a day; fat content of a meal; - estimate the number of objects in a jar; - plan how much carpet/paint/wallpaper you would have to buy to redecorate your room. Ferree, R.M. Re: Schoolwide math goal. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (27 Aug. 2006). ---- The shopping unit gives good opportunities for math tie-ins. Show world currencies and calculate conversions; figure tax and talk about IVA; calculate discounts for sales; practice bargaining and calculate the percentage saved; calculate metric conversions to customary system. In the food unit you can calculate tips and add up the bill; recipe conversions from customary to metric; grocery shopping costs per serving. In the weather unit, calculate temperature conversion, average temperatures. In the health unit add calories; convert body temperatures from Celsius. In a travel unit calculate costs for various flights, hotels, etc.; calculate distances from km to miles. Heller, B. Re: Schoolwide math goal. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (28 Aug. 2006). |
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