The Triumph: A successful, useful lesson was taught today using Digi-Blocks and it was great! The kids were engaged, the transition from one activity to the other was awesome, and I think the kids all got something out of the lesson that was appropriate for their own learning!
The Struggle: I don't think it was so much struggle, as it was realizing today, as I was preparing for my lesson, all of the things that I had to get ready. I had about 15 minutes to get all of the Digi-blocks out and ready for the kids, test dry erase markers (which of course all needed to be the same color, otherwise there would be fights!), get each station set up, figure out snack, find a math book, get worksheets ready, and use the bathroom! And of course they're all things that can't be done at the beginning of the day, because math happens in the afternoon! There is a lot of prep work that goes into a lesson, and even more that goes into a lesson that has smooth transitions!
The Ludicrousness: As I was reading the math story to the kids today, there was a student sitting in front of me. He typically sits in front and usually ends up playing with the lower half of my pant-legs. Today I had a skirt on and he looks up at me and says, "What happened to the skin on your knee?" I looked down and of course there was nothing there! I was later talking with a friend and she said that she always had found skin on the knee to be strange! I guess he was thinking the same thing!
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