Chalk Walk: October 19, 2011

I really enjoyed doing the chalk walk activity. Doing the chalk walk with another block was fun, but I think it could have been a way to bring our block closer together if we did it with just our own block. We could have been assigned a partner through a creative method such as, pair with someone born in the same month as you. I do think we needed more time to write our directions for our partners. I was trying to describe six squares and I was only able to describe four of them. Also, I think if we had more directions on how to write the directions for our partner. For my partner, I folded the paper and and wrote the directions in each square to give a visual of what I was describing. My partner made a list of directions which were hard to follow. I think if my partner wrote his directions the way I did it would have been much more clear what he wanted. I love doing art and math was my least favorite subject when I was in school. It is a great idea to incorporate art and real world connections to math for students, especially the unmotivated students.