The Dip

Today we finished our second round of analogy Jumpstarts for our morning warm-up.

We touched back on finding the area of irregular shapes in math.  Students are getting more comfortable with subdividing and using their formula to calculate square units.  They did really well on our challenge problem and finding lengths based on other given measurements.

A big part of our day was spent playing some logic and persistence games.  We watched a video about a student experiencing "the dip" or a struggle in their learning journey.  We discussed ways to overcome "the dip" and viewing it as a natural part of learning.  To simulate a dip we worked on the surprisingly hard four piece T puzzle and reflected on our feelings as we struggled to try different strategies and find the correct configuration.  We also challenged ourselves with the Set puzzle and a round of Mastermind.

Students finished up their work on the Chapters 1 & 2 pieces of their medieval times projects.  Next time we will be looking at protecting the castle and castle life.