One of the challenges of teaching Multiage (both first and second grade in one class) is having a wide range of abilities in the same classroom. This is especially true for math, which is why I love to teach math in workshop model. This year I have some very talented mathmeticians, who were ready to take their thinking to the next level during our first unit. The iPads ended up being the perfect tool for them to demonstrate their problem solving abilities. This group of students wrote their own number pattern story problems based off of questions we had been working on during our mini-lessons. The students then used the app Explain Everything to create slides explaining their thinking and how to solve the problem.
Full Disclosure: I have never used Explain Everything before and this was a complete learning experience for both my students and myself, but they picked up the features of the app even faster than I did. Every day during our meeting to check in on their progress, one of them had a new feature they had discovered to share with the group. As we learn more about the app and get to become experts at using it I can't wait to see what products my students produce. If this first experience is any indication, more excellent work lies ahead!
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