The idea of using a book club in a math class seems extremely odd to me and also to other students if I had to guess. Although this seems like a very peculiar idea, incorporating book clubs into math curriculums can expand the students’ minds on how math works in the real world and how they can handle real life situations. Another fine example of why it is a good idea to incorporate book clubs into the math curriculum is that we can better show students how easy it is to organize cross content subjects with math, just like how easy it is to do that for English language arts classes. Incorporating a book club into a math class could also be a great way to get students that may not enjoy math as much more involved in the math setting, giving they are probably more comfortable reading than solving problems. Diversifying your classroom is a great way to keep your students interested and engaged. Although, it might be difficult to introduce something very alien into the classroom, so it is our job as teachers to make sure we provide well explained instructions to the students. Book clubs are a great way to incorporate different ideas into the math class and engage students who may not be interested in math.
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Super true with your future math students on how freaked they would be if they had to do a book club in math. I do see the value in it though. Especially by giving them another avenue to build up the stamina of reading and another way for them learn math concepts. With some students, it may would be the reason that they begin to understand a certain concept when practicing it through math problems done on the board confounds them.
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