Abstract: In this presentation, a Latinx pre-service teacher (PST) and her mathematics method professor, share their experiences teaching culturally relevant math lessons to Latinx children. The authors created culturally relevant lessons considering the needs and interests of the Latinx children in the study. Also, the PST taught those lessons in English, Spanish, or a mix of both languages to small groups of Latinx children from urban schools in the greater Atlanta area. The number of Latinx students is growing in our elementary schools. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there were 50.7 million students enrolled in US schools in 2017, and 27% of those were Latinx (NCES, 2020). Yet today their success, especially in mathematics, is not on par with the success of White or African American children (Lopez et al., 2007; Tellez, Moschkovich, and Civil, 2011). At the end of the intervention most of the Latinx children understanding of fractions grew, they showed they liked this math class, showed engagement and excitement, and claimed the use of language was helpful to them and possibly their families. Overall, the results were positive. The authors will go in detail over those providing examples of the children success and comments.
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