Knowing the words we use in math is essential 

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The TEMPLE Read-Alouds Project
The TEMPLE (Teaching Early Math by Providing Language Exploration) Read-Alouds Project was a partnership between the T.L.L. Temple Foundation and The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (MCPER) at The University of Texas at Austin.

The goals of the project were to provide young students with a strong background in math vocabulary and to create opportunities to use that math vocabulary in discussions and activities relevant to their daily lives. The TEMPLE Read-Alouds Project provided preschool and kindergarten educators with a specific, research-based read-aloud routine and math-focused books that focused on the combined development of literacy skills (e.g., language, reading) and numeracy skills (e.g., counting, comparison, geometry). With the TEMPLE Read-Alouds routine, educators read age-appropriate books with young children and made the
experience interactive. That is, educators introduced and discussed math vocabulary, engaged children in discus
sions about the book’s content, and did brief math activities to connect the math content to math in real life. Our
hope is that the TEMPLE Read-Alouds routine continues to be used to introduce math vocabulary and concepts
to emerging readers.

See the list HERE