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Phyllis Whitin
| Name | Phyllis Whitin |
| Location | Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan |
| Role | College Instructor |
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"ReadWriteThink is a valuable resource for teachers at any point in their careers. I link the Web site to the electronic blackboards for my graduate classes. The lessons help connect key theoretical ideas addressed in course readings to day-to-day classroom practice."
Phyllis, a member of the NCTE Consulting Network, teaches language arts and children's literature courses at Wayne State University. Her previous teaching experience spans preschool through middle school, as well as university teaching at Queens College, CUNY.
Her research interests include multiple ways of knowing and integrated learning. She collaborates with David J. Whitin in researching and writing about the integration of mathematics and language. Two of their books, Math is Language Too, and New Visions for Linking Literature and Mathematics, are published by NCTE/NCTM. Phyllis is a member of IRA and NCTE, and is Co-Chair of the CEE Commission on Arts and Literacies.
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Contributions on ReadWriteThink.org |
Online Professional Development
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
During interactive read-aloud sessions, students identify how an author conveys mathematical information about animals’ sizes and abilities. They then conduct research projects focusing on the same mathematical concepts.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Sets through Math-Related Book Pairs
After reading two math-related books, students investigate their home and school environments to find examples of objects that come in sets and then create their own books on sets.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Talking, Writing, and Reasoning: Making Thinking Visible with Math Journals
Students explore how their problem-solving strategies work by writing in math journals as they work in small groups to solve a math puzzle with multiple solutions.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
What If We Changed the Book? Problem-Posing with Sixteen Cows
After reading a piece of math-related children’s literature aloud, students pose and solve new problems by what-if questions about the events in the story.
Grades K – 8 | Professional Library | Journal
Inquiry at the Window: The Year of the Birds
This science inquiry in a fourth-grade classroom affirms the importance of observation, questioning, reading, and writing to the inquiry process.
Grades 3 – 6 | Professional Library | Book
Math Is Language Too: Talking and Writing in the Mathematics Classroom
Replete with children's stories and illustrations, Math Is Language Too looks at children as sense-makers, storytellers, language creators, and problem-posers.
Grades K – 6 | Professional Library | Book
New Visions for Linking Literature and Mathematics
David and Phyllis Whitin offer K–6 teachers a wealth of ideas for integrating literature and mathematics.
Grades K – 8 | Online Professional Development | Web Seminar
Strategies for Integrating Critical Literacy and Critical Numeracy into the K-8 Classroom
This webinar uniquely addresses both mathematics and language issues involved in graphs and reported data. The strategies explored can be integrated into everyday K-8 instruction and across subject areas.
