A goal of mine this past year has been to incorporate a sense of play in learning. We start each unit in mathematics with playing a game to engage prior knowledge, eliminate anxiety and have students experiment with the math. Many people advocate for games in the classroom, but in my research I was very disappointed with how little emphasis is placed on bringing in questions to outwardly communicate the learning. To make the learning tangible and comprehensive I believe students need to engage in higher order and metacognitive questions. In this method students make their learn real and form stronger connections to the concepts.
Please find attached a symbaloo(website bookmarking tool) full of great resources for the math class.
