Just found some really wonderful resources on my Let’s Play Math blog. The post entitled More Free Math Resources has led me to something I’m already doing with pencil and paper in my classroom. Each week I offer extra credit problems. These usually come in the form of Logic Grid Brain Teasers!!!! I have to search my books for appropriate problems, copy them, send them off to Copy Central, wait a couple of days for their return, and finally, I can place them in my “Extra Credit” basket. It is not required and I feel really guilty about having so many left over copies at the end of the week. Now I have an organization dilemma. Do I keep all the copies or just one? That’s a lot of papers in the recycle bin. I’m really trying to be as green as possible here. Where do I keep the extra copies? In a binder or a folder? Etc., Etc., Etc…… I know this sounds like a lot of stress over a few extra papers, but isn’t this the full thought proccess we go through in our classrooms? Will I remember the papers next year? Is it worth counting them up and figuring out how many I will need next year. Wouldn’t it be easier to just throw them away and start from scratch next year?
Dilemma solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, I will post this particular site to edline!!!!!!!!
http://www.braingle.com/Logic-Grid.html
The kids who want to do the extra credit will go online, print out ONE grid and bring it in when it’s due!!!!!!! No more searching through books, sending copies, or dealing with leftovers!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!! Can you tell I’m excited?????
