Playing with Math
Report cards are looming on the horizon. I came in early and sat down at my computer, turned on some Bach, and began typing. I got into what some scientists call flow (the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity), and the time flew by (I also got lost in the garden for awhile!). Before I knew it, it was time to start class for the day. Unfortunately, I hadn't planned a thing, and I realized this I was walking outside to bring the kids in.
They arrived in the classroom and got their bags unpacked and put away in their lockers. I looked around the room for some kind of inspiration. Luckily for me, I had just received a box full of math manipulative the day before. I grabbed a box of fraction circles and just as everybody was sitting down to the communal table, I dumped them all on the table and walked away.
I'd like to say I was surprised at wha…
They arrived in the classroom and got their bags unpacked and put away in their lockers. I looked around the room for some kind of inspiration. Luckily for me, I had just received a box full of math manipulative the day before. I grabbed a box of fraction circles and just as everybody was sitting down to the communal table, I dumped them all on the table and walked away.
I'd like to say I was surprised at wha…