Literacy in my Classroom

When I first thought about literacy, I thought mainly about reading and writing. I wasn't sure how I could possibly incorporate these two things into a math classroom. I would normally try to shy away from literacy, especially reading and writing, since I am not very strong in either area. However, learning that there are other forms of literacy, I now want to make this a bigger and more important part of my classroom. The first thing that I would like to incorporate more is the use of technology. I feel that technology gives students many chances to interact and participate in a lesson and give them an authentic experience to learn. By giving them websites, videos, podcasts, etc. they are given the opportunity to reread, re-watch, and revisit many of these things as they need to. I want to be able to give the each student the opportunity to enjoy their learning experience and give them as many opportunuties as possible to learn. I also want to include writing assignments for students. Math is a subject where writing gets overlooked a majority of the time. For some students, writing out a process or steps can help them solve a variety of math problems. Another writing assignment I would also like to include is a journal. Journals will give me insight as to where students are in their learning process. Journals can also give the students the opportunity to ask me questions that they may not want to ask out loud in class. 

I'm still not sure on how to incorporate more reading into a mathematics classroom. I did very little reading in my experiences in math and am still having trouble finding books (other than textbooks) that help promote reading of mathematics. I hope over the next several weeks and through various assignments, I will find better ideas and material to incorporate reading more. Overall, my attitudes towards literacy are slowly, but surely, changing for the better.