Sum and Sumar are types of examples

Journals can provide insight into a student’s mathematical thinking, and it serves as an alternative assessment of student performance

You can assess through journals, group tasks, oral responses, real-world projects, projects, and portfolios.

There’s so many ways you can establish a positive classroom environment, but I’ll name a few! 1. Create an emotionally safe learning environment. 2. Display student work. 3. Include cooperative group activities. If I could name all of them, we’d be sitting here for hours!

Object game! How it works is you would use socks, balls, pieces of string, or other like objects of varying sizes. Have your child line the objects up across the floor. Next, ask your child to order the objects by size. Use important vocabulary words such as "small, smaller, smallest" or "long, longer, longest." Help your child to compare items: "This sock is bigger than that one. This string is longer than this one, but shorter than this one."

math is not the same in every country and we cannot assume that our students are familiar with the material we’re teaching

False!

True!

books and software programs
prior knowledge learning aids
manipulatives
culturally rich learning materials

True. Mathematic terms, phrases, or abstract ideas have no direct translation to the student’s native language.

You can do various things! Have students focus on visuals in a text, have students write in their native language using English words as they develop the skills, provide a list of key vocabulary, and divide assignments into smaller segments.

Being culturally sensitive and aware helps English Language Learners feel comfortable in the classroom.