Weekly Thinking Sheet example!
The weekly thinking sheets are composed in Publisher so that there are actually four pages...However, when you fold the sheet in half (hot-dog, long and thin, style) and then in half again, you end up with a card that shows one page at a time. Shoot! Even the folding is a manual dexterity learning experience! However, so far, I have not figured out how to copy and paste into a blog so you will have to be content with these pieces as a sample. I cannot divulge my sources because I have students who would LOVE to know the "answers" prior to some mental sweat! Shhh! If you know the answer, be quiet, let them work as hard as you did!
First Page: Lateral Thinking
#1 A man lives on the 12th floor of an apartment building.
Every morning he takes the elevator to the lobby and leaves
the building. Every evening, he gets in the elevator and, if
there is someone else in the elevator or it was raining that day,
he goes to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the 10th
floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment. Why?
Second Page: Seven Scrabble Scramble
In which you write down all the words you can, using the
seven scrabble letters found below. Add up your score!
(You may use each letter only once per word!)
A-1 C-3 I-1 L-1 O-1 P-3 V-4
(CLAP, for example, scores 3+1+1+3 = 8)
(and, according to the Hasbro Scrabble-itionary, there are
59 words that can be made!) (Shhhh! Don't tell!)
Third Page: MATH Operations
Given the mathematical sentences below, replace the *'s with the
appropriate operation (+, -, /, X) to complete the sentence correctly.
Remember! Always do the operations INSIDE the parentheses first!
(6 * 4) * 12 = 12
(7 * 3) * (4 * 1) = 26
(4 * 2) * (4 * 3) = 24
(6 * 5) * (9 * 2) = 19
(Sometimes there's more than one answer! I love it!)
Fourth Page: It All Adds Up!
Exercise your Addition Skills to fill in the missing numbers,
so that all rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the numbers
found along the right and bottom edges. ................................17
...2...___...5...___...22
...6.....4......0...___...16
.__....9....___ ..___.19
.__ ....2....__.....1.......7
...9....23....15....17....14
Now, think about what you've been working on.
What mental processes did you use?
What was the most fun? What was especailly difficult?
What questions popped into your head?
In class, we have the advantage of getting together on the rug
to discuss what we thought (and WHY).
XXOO!! Mrs. Mac
Trying to blog...!
Okay, okay, this is my first blog and I'm not at all sure what to muse about. I hope to use this function a bunch this coming year with my students. Last year, I made them write their thoughts and opinions on note cards. This year, they will do the same
and/or share three computers. I'll play Scarlett today and worry about that tomorrow.
My BIG push for this next year is QUESTIONING. The answers will come but I really want my students to be good questioners. What do they wonder about? What would they like to know? I've been getting a lot of pseudo-questions; those the students think no one else will know but they do...blech. Last year we worked on "Fat Questions" - those questions without one right answer. We'll continue to beef up the questions and see how far we can go!...
