Pre-Algebra Out Loud: Learning Mathematics Through Reading and Writing Activities

Pre-Algebra Out Loud, the third book in the popular Out Loud series, is a unique resource for mathematics teachers of students in grades 5–9. In this easy-to-use book, veteran teacher Pat Mower offers classroom-tested strategies, activities, and lessons that will help students more easily comprehend mathematical text and learn the skills they need to effectively communicate mathematical concepts.

Pre-Algebra Out Loud provides a variety of reading and writing strategies, activities, and illustrative examples suitable for elementary and middle school pre-algebra courses, covering key topics, including:

• The Basic Tools of Algebra
• Exploring Infinite Sets
• Topics in Integers
• Number Theory
• Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
• Equations and Inequalities
• Visualizing Algebra by Graphing Lines
• Geometry

Designed to hone both mathematics and communication skills, Pre-Algebra Out Loud encourages students to read out loud, write out loud, and think out loud.

Keywords: reading and math skills, writing and math skills, reading and pre-algebra, writing and pre-algebra, teaching integers and exponents, teaching fractions, decimals and percents, teaching graphing, teaching statistics, teaching factoring, teaching evaluating expressions, teaching basics of equations, Mathematics