Yesterday I was visited by my University Professor during math. The visit went really well and the lesson was a fun review of fraction addition and subtraction word problems. The students were really attentive and at the end of the lesson all of the students in the classroom understood the lesson and were able to complete the examples posted on the SMARTBoard. I have to follow up with a few students to be sure that they understand some of the concepts needed to fully understand the lesson as a whole, but even these students were able to complete the examples given.
During recess Tuesday, I was able to take a small group with me to the blacktop for a game of basketball. I had a discussion the day before with a student asking if he thought it was a coiencidence that every football or basketball played either ended in a tie or in a very close game? I then explained that I was very careful to pick the teams myself each day and I always want each kid to have as much fun as possible.
I wanted this young man to know that it is not always about winning or losing. There will be enough of that if he chose to play middle and high school sports, but for now, we are all having fun and enjoying the opportunity to play these sports at recess. On Wednesday after recess, the same student walks up to me and simply says, "So you made it end in a tie again?" The smile on his face showed that he had fun that day at recess and it also helped me gauge that he understood why, for our recess, it always ends in a tie!
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