No not the food. Thanks to “Free Technology for Teachers”. I have set my students up on the website Carrotsticks. I am a technology nut with a class set of laptops. Anything I can use that engages my students, and integrates technology is a win-win for me. I like this site because it provides my student with drills in subtraction, addition, division, and multiplication. My students LOVE it for so many reasons. The most important reason is that they can compete against each other, they love this. We had indoor recess today, and you know what they did? The majority of the class was on Carrotsticks Online Math Games. It has everything they love, an Avatar they create, competition, and points, lots of points!!!! It does what I need it to do, drill my students on Math, it can be accessed at home, and it’s safe. I am going to see if this helps improve their mathematical ability. The only drawback is that I have students playing at 9 p.m., when they should be in their beds! 🙂
Writing my way through the school year!
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