You’re invited to join the movement that is connecting students and educators across the globe. Global Math Week, a great opportunity to experience uplifting mathematics, is this October 10th through 17th.
Global Math Week is organized by Global Math Project, a global community of mathematics teachers and supporters who want all learners across the globe to experience joy and wonder in school-relevant mathematics.
Global Math Project is hoping to reach 10 million teachers and students this year!
How can you get involved? Here are different ways you can bring a new math experience into your classroom.
Many adults today learned a procedure for long division. But did we really understand what was happening mathematically? @jamestanton sharing #explodingdots lesson @globalmathproj #GMW18 pic.twitter.com/bicbuVliXy
— MIND Research Institute (@MIND_Research) October 6, 2018
Find lesson plans and an online version of the experiences at explodingdots.org.
2. ST Math Games
If exploding dots is too advanced for your students, or you did exploding dots with some students last year and want to try something new, there are other ways to engage your students during Global Math Week. As part of our partnership with Global Math Project, MIND Research Institute has now made more ST Math games available for free on our website.
ST Math is a visual instructional program that builds a deep conceptual understanding of math through rigorous learning and creative problem solving to engage, motivate and challenge PreK-8 students toward higher achievement.
Choose a game appropriate to your grade level and send out the web address to all students. Each game has 4-7 levels, so students can build on their knowledge as they progress. Each game starts out with a visual puzzle, and progresses by adding in symbolic notation or more difficult but scaffolded math concepts. Ask students to take a screenshot of the completion page when the complete the final level.
It’s okay when students get stuck. Productive struggle means students are actively learning. Check out the facilitating questions poster to see how to guide your students through the visual math games.
Calli Wright was the Marketing Manager at MIND Research Institute. She loves playing and designing board games, which she often talks about on twitter @CalliWrights.
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