The Math Learning Center just released its' December podcast. I got to talk with Mike Wallus about the language of value in elementary math classrooms. Have a listen. #iteachmath
www.mathlearningcenter.org/educators/blog
You can find me this Friday at the MELED Conference at the Riverside Conference Center in St. Paul. 4:45 in Meeting Room 2-3. I am doing a session on Language Development in Elementary Classrooms.
To avoid students misinterpreting what the = sign means, I highly recommend that you mix c = a + b format as well as c = c with what you have and have rich discussions about what the equal sign means. Otherwise, they will inadvertently come to think it means "the answer comes next."