As I sit here, a few days before the kids roll into class, I am thinking about math issues that 10-11 year-old kids would really engage with. I am asking math geeks from all over the planet to send me one idea that they think that the kids would really get a kick out of (preposition, see, I am not an English teacher!).
I know they love to gather info on the size of feet, circumference of heads..., but I really want to start out the year with a meaningful challenge that will generate buzz. I want them to text someone about how cool their work seems.
We are working on building number sense (4 basic operations). So, I would love suggestions in those areas.
Money? "Green" issues? Tech milestones (how much will I have to pay if I go over my texting limit by 1000 texts?)?
Help?
By the way how do you subtract 269 from 412? (with no paper, it took me 8 seconds) What you got for me?
