March 1 – Self Control Street

The Kindergarten hallway at school.

The Kindergarten hallway at school.

In kindergarten. These boys had measured the length of the rug in unit cubes and immediately one started breaking the long stick into groups of ten.

Place value disks made with poker chips.

One of my students at the second week of my Math Bee Club. Her fingers are blurry they’re moving so fast!
There were a LOT of people expected for a seminar I did in Newark.
Each year in 10th grade, IB students spend 6 months on a personal growth project. We went up to school to check them out.
Projects ranged from planning a fundraising run to building an electric guitar with everything in between.
writing a science fiction novel
learning how to decorate a cake
rebuilding a Gran Torino
composing a piece of music
making a laser harp
pottery
building a propane generator
training a dog
training a horse
becoming an equestrian show rider
balancing mobiles
One student built a Suessian playhouse to be auctioned for charity that garnered the local newspaper’s attention.
This was my favorite. I get the impression from the title that this student learned a lot about himself.
At the NCTM National Conference in Washington D.C.
Back at the new library in the kids area.
This student is working on a Marcy Cook mixed operations task card. I think he’s stuck.
Human Calculator level on World Math Day competition!