Right now- at this very moment, my children are upstairs watching Full House on NickatNite. I confess to not watching this show as a kid, myself. And, perhaps, had I, maybe I would have thought it was the bee's knees. But not anymore. It's over-the-top sappiness chills this Walking-Dead-Binge-Watcher's heart to the core. Blah.
Even more chilling- there's a new social media venue out there.
I know. Like we needed another one. However! I've decided to try the puppy out. It's like FB, but without the ads.
If you have not heard about it yet, Tsu is different than others because it lets you create your own network within the Tsu community. I like it because as a page for The Meek Moose on Tsu, I can "be friends" with other teacher's pages and not just a follower. I feel like it has the potential to have a more direct exchange with other teachers, whereas my FB page is sort of limited. I plan on keeping both. It's just another place for me to post inappropriate e-cards and pictures of Beaker from the Muppets.
Tsu requires an invite to join- and you're welcome to join through my page, or any of the other pages in this hop. Just use this link: https://www.tsu.co/themeekmoose to sign up. Free, fast, easy peasy.
I'm wondering if my school system has already blocked it? I'm not allowed on Pinterest, or FB from work. And that's probably very smart on their part.
So far, the only bit I've found hard is finding teacher buddies simply. But, the site does use a hashtag system, and if you look up #teacherfriends you can find all sorts of folks.
But let's talk about math, shall we?
I have been taking a class on Monday nights for teaching number sense in the primary grades. And enjoying it thoroughly, I might add! It's helped me expand my thinking on what sorts of activities my kids should really be practicing, and what can help them bridge the gaps int heir understandings. Also, it helps me see what actually might be happening.
Here's a quick and easy game to play to help your kids learn some mathematical lingo and also develop that concept of number. All you need is ten connecting cubes per player.
Awesome, the folks throwing the cubes around in the background, yeah? I'm so awesome at classroom management it hurts.
I'm using a lazy susan I picked up from a thrift shop as my spinner- and all I did was tape a paper plate I marked with Scentos to it. We've rigged up a stapler with a pipe cleaner to be our arrow.
We created the sentence stems and have them posted on a dry erase board near our work table. If anyone gets stuck they can refer to them to complete the game.
The game is ADORED by my kids. They love it that the winner is ultimately by chance. But that doesn't mean that they won't be sore when Lady Luck doesn't go their way...
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| Baby Girl lost her cubes! |
I created a quick freebie for everybody- a little game board with the sentence frames so you could play a version of it if you don't have lazy susan's readily available. I'm also going to use this small board to send home with my kids so they can pay at home.
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Great game, Heather. What a brilliant idea with the lazy susan!
ReplyDeleteI've been hearing about Tsu. You'll have to let us know more about it.