On Friday, November 7th we are very happy and proud to launch MONSTER MATH MINUTES!
What is it exactly? A short (3 minutes or less) video tutorial hosted by various Room 14 students to help teach and showcase the different math strategies we are working on at school.
Why are we doing this? Lots of reasons! Having students record a short tutorial that is shared with families and other classrooms (via our Blog) is a great for building their self-confidence and makes students feel like a true "super star" in math.
Students rehearse and practice the strategy (academic understanding of the concept is worked on and mastered) and then work through the "performance" of the task/strategy - so they are able to teach someone else (their virtual global classroom of students). Students are willing to work harder to understand and master the strategy, so that they can share it with others.
If you look at the top of our blog page, you will see the tab marked "Math Minutes" - here is where you will find all the links to our videos, organized by month and strategy. This month, we have introduced 4 strategies: 2 digit addition, 2 digit subtraction and 2 other videos on using empty number lines for addition and subtraction.
Check the "Math Minutes" page for the links and why we feel it's important to share these videos.
Please always welcome positive comments, feedback and questions from parents on our blog!
Thanks so much!
Mrs. Cantafio and the Room 14 Monsters
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