I was recently asked the question of how to incorporate reading into a math lesson, in an interview for the teacher education program. I must say it is a tough one. My content area is Math, and until recently I was unaware that teaching reading had anything to do with it. However, through this class, Teaching Reading IV, I have come to understand just how important teaching reading is in every subject.
Most people think of math as simply numbers.
First of all math is not just numbers, it involves word problems and real life events that people never seem to associate it with. For example, you can't open a newspaper without finding some form of math on every single page. It ranges from statistics, to graphs, to a number of other things. One must be able to read to excel in mathematics. An effective teacher must realize this and find out what reading level their students are on.