It’s math challenge time! Engaging in riddles and games is a common past time and a rewarding one. When we try to solve a riddle or play a strategy game we stretch our minds in the same way that my Pre algebra students learn to stretch theirs. In this, our minds grow and we are […]
Before Christmas, I asked my Pre algebra students why we cut our pies and pizzas into 8 slices. While there is the occasional rebel slicing the pies into 6 slices and some pizzas into 12 slices, the vast majority of us seem to favor 8. Is it because we all love the number 8? What’s
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Making connections is a very human activity. Setting aside our own personal connections of family, friends, and communities, we see that we also make connections outside of our personal relationships. We observe patterns and similarities in nature and connect the ones that make sense to us. This God-given desire to order and sort like objects
One of my favorite classes this year is actually study hall. It’s not your average study hall though. For this class students bring their math questions for us all to wrestle together. I don’t know if I love hearing them wrestle with math problems that they’ve never seen before or love sharing a challenge with
