Yesterday, I had the opportunity to work with Mr. Rollins in his math class with all of the grade sevens. It was NOISY!!!! And you know what? It was GREAT! It was awesome to see you all working with partners, trying to problem solve, talking about how to approach the questions, discussing errors, etc. Math is not only about tests and sitting there doing page after page of arithmetic questions in isolation and silence. It was lots of fun to be able to go around the room and talk with you about what you were doing....even though, at times, some people needed reminders to use their blocks for the actual problem, and not to build towers (ahem, I won't mention any names), or to build their names with the blocks (sorry Liam, but the photographic proof is hard to refute). It was wonderful to see you all having such a fun time!
It was great to be able to team-teach with Mr. Rollins......I hope we get to do that again!
This was a great lesson. I saw lots of towers, but missed Liam's name building...
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