Math Hacks

Second Semester, Tiospa Zina Tribal School is launching another experimental class as part of the Learning 4 Life Success project. It's called "Math Hacks" and it meets 5th hour. Here's the website we use to organize our work.

Four out of five. Of course, we don't actually
know who they are.... 

The five freshmen in the class (who, at this point in the semester, are still a bit camera shy!) each have an individualized math instructional curriculum. The class members also work together on hands-on math projects. So, it's not just "pencil and paper" math!

Working to have one's name added to the Wall of
Champions makes math more engaging.

This week, for example, members learned or reviewed how to measure with a ruler (to the 1/4 and even 1/8 inch) and then measured various objects in the classroom to create a class poster. They also used statistics from the NFL Playoffs to compute meaningful averages  (means) and draw conclusions about various teams. 

Because the members of this class have unique math learning needs, we use a method called "Rotations" so that each student gets one-on-one instruction specific to what he needs to learn next. It's common to see each student on task, earning his game XP. 

These freshmen are competitive! They are all focused on "leveling up" every single week, with a pizza party planned when the first one on this team reaches Level 20!

Several have already reached Level 6, and we're only into our third week of Epic Quest!