WEEK 8

Dear diary,

Some techniques I have learned and that I would use are:

1. Ice breaker (song)

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive

6, 7, 8, 9, 10 then I let it go again.

Why did you let it go?

Because it bit my finger so.

Which finger did it bite?

The little finger on the rigt.

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2. The banana game. In order to learn how to count. 

Students will count themselves and each student that be multiple of five will have to say banana. 

⭐Example: 1, 2, 3, 4, banana, 6, 7, 8, 9, banana, 11, 12, 13, 14, banana...⭐

3. Countdown. Counting numbers background. Students will count htemselves but background.

About Mental Arithmethics

4. Guessing the biggest number. The teacher will write on the board two numbers, one bigger than the other and then she will erase them and will ask the students which one was the biggest.

Example: 

 325 - 309

As the biggest number is written firstly and the logical and reasoning way to write them is starting with the  smallest one, that can confuse students.

5. Guessing what number comes after or before. Students will have to guess which number comes after a series of numbers.

Example: 

[200, 210, 220, 230, ...]

The correct following number is 240.

6. Guess the number. Students will have to guess which number goes between by adding or substracting.

Example:  

40 (  ) _____ = 90

Solution:

40 + 50 = 90

7. Round numbers to the nearest tens.

Example: 

67 🠞 70

85 🠞 90

23 🠞 20

I would use these different techniques at class because I think students could really learn maths trhough english and through these activities. They are dynamic and challenging.