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| Math Posts: 55  Location: Henry Clay | Hey, All. I just want to encourage you to use the communicators if you have a set handy, especially if maybe you are trying to get a class under control. I have a pretty rowdy Intro this year and we have already started using them. It keeps the kids on task because they have to show me answers. We'll do almost a whole worksheet together in class. I give them credit for working, they get lots of practice, that's one less paper I have to grade, and then when I only give them one page to do when we are done I think they feel like it's less work. Plus they try a little harder because they hate to keep getting problems wrong in class. And they love to write with markers! Granted, this may not last forever, but it's working now. I offer candy. I randomly generate a number so maybe the 7th or the 10th person to show me the right answer wins. Bags of bulk, cheap candy are in stores now! Margaret came up with a great idea. She and her husband took some of those old white boards I offered up at the beginning of the year and she created her own boards by cutting them up! I know it's the great-great grandfather of Navigator, but it's something I can handle. | ||
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Math Location: Retired FCPS, Current UK and Transy | I did the same thing today with geometry but I used cardstock in page protectors. We drew two lines cut by a transversal and I had students label different pairs of angles. They could hold their "boards" up high or if were unsure could hold them down low. Once they saw they had the right answers they would hold their cards up higher. It was a real confidence builder. | ||
