We were on block schedule this week. To those of you who do these two-hour classes on the daily: I am not worthy. Four days of it and my brain is already fried.
I try to break up the class period somewhat. Today, in between our two lessons in PreCalc, I took a 15-minute break to teach and play Ghost Blitz. If you like speed games and don’t know this one, please go check it out. Years ago I wrote a grant for class sets of certain games, and this was one of them.
I love this game because it’s easy to understand (and hence quick to teach), but it’s not easy to win. It’s a game of speed and recognition and I adore it.
The kids loved it as much as I do, which put me in immediate heaven. When you can see smiles behind masks, you know you’re onto something. “This is the most fun I’ve ever had in math class!”
I gotta break these games out more.
one good thing 