After completing an anticipation guide I created, we watched a short video with Jo and her gang explaining to students the science behind ability of all to learn and do well in Math. Then we spent some time brainstorming what students like others to say and do when working in a group on Math, and made a list of success criteria, following which students were given their task: Make all the numbers 1-20, using any operation you want and ONLY four 4s.
We've just started using Jo Boaler's "Week of Inspirational Math" materials from Stanford in my Grade 6 class. After completing an anticipation guide I created, we watched a short video with Jo and her gang explaining to students the science behind ability of all to learn and do well in Math. Then we spent some time brainstorming what students like others to say and do when working in a group on Math, and made a list of success criteria, following which students were given their task: Make all the numbers 1-20, using any operation you want and ONLY four 4s. Students really rose to the challenge, and worked hard at adding equations to our list... I've left the charts up for students to add to in the days/weeks ahead, and am looking forward to tomorrow's Inspirational Math Challenge!
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