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1. Don’t.<\/p>\n
2. Don’t expect any\u00a0chemistry to have formed.<\/p>\n
When we started it seemed like there was a\u00a0chemistry vacuum. I thought my lesson plan would lead to a\u00a0warm environment, but\u00a0instead whenever I tried turn and talks\u00a0I\u00a0got blank stares and silence. Ugghhh.<\/p>\n
This class was focused on talking about functions,\u00a0with visual patterns so that the routine could begin to take hold. The function conversation reminded\u00a0me how useful it is going to be to slow things down and make sure kids are sitting and thinking (and I’m not up and talking). After dragging kids through an explanation with tables for function the\u00a0kids were asked to write an\u00a0example of\u00a0\u00a0two sets that were a function and another two sets that were not a function. This\u00a0was immediately met with blank stares and silence. After a few minutes we did a little share out and it seemed clear to me that we should think about it a little more. So we did that. It’s\u00a0one of the few times where asked kids to simply ‘think a little more’ and it worked. After they thought I said that we would talk in pairs and pick one relation or function to share and then we went around every group shared. That was very productive, and livelier than the morning. I also think the pressure of sharing with the group was probably helpful.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the key to bringing zombies back to life is making them think? Quick somebody tell Will Smith in I Am Legend!
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