One Simple Question
It was from a newsfeed or a tweet that I learned about an activity by Wyoming elementary school teacher, Ms. Freundlich. It was simply called "What kind of teacher do you want?" Every year, Ms. Freundlich asks her first graders this question and puts their answers on a poster that she displays in her room all year long. It was such a great idea that I decided to do something similar in my seventh grade math class at Challenger Middle School in Colorado Springs. Ms. Freundlich's inspiration has led to a mini-project that not only gets the relationship engine firing on all cylinders, but also makes for an authentic mathematical learning experience. Here's how it goes.