Tuesday, June 20, 2006

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

Text Box: LATERAL THINKING PUZZLE (YOU write your solution)(Do I need to warn you that these tend to be morbid?)#3. A man is lying dead in a room. There is a large pile of gold and jewels on the floor, a chandelier attached to the ceiling, and a large open window. #4 A man and his wife raced through the streets. They stopped, and the husband got out of the car. When he came back, his wife was dead, and there was a stranger in the car. #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?
Text Box: LATERAL THINKING PUZZLE (YOU write your solution)#1 A man lives on the 12th floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets onto the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the in the elevator—or if it was raining that day—he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the 10th floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment. #2 In the middle of the ocean is a yacht. Several corpses are floating in the water nearby.

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

posted by MacRichment @ 11:21 AM

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