https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6 Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2019-02-19 01:27:46 UTC 2019-02-19 03:51:32 UTC hello@padlet.com bcheng4 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332527661 This was fun, and challenging. I made it to #15. I thought I would get more numbers!  
BC]]> 2019-02-19 03:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332527661 bcheng4 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332527818 My first strategy was to scan the rows horizontally for the next number. Sometimes it took a while, if the one I needed was at the bottom. 
BC]]> 2019-02-19 03:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332527818 jjordan35 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332527895 Students were given pieces of paper with the numbers. It's quite a different experience when playing the game online. JJ]]> 2019-02-19 03:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332527895 bcheng4 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332528255 After Round 1, I scanned over the document. I noticed the numbers seem to be arranged in a clockwise pattern. 
BC]]> 2019-02-19 03:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332528255 jjordan35 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332528493 The teacher in the blog mentions that the game is administered on the third day of school. That's a good idea because the students are still getting used to their new teacher. I think such an activity will work better for the younger grades.
JJ]]> 2019-02-19 03:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332528493 jjordan35 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332529489 It took awhile for me to locate the number 8. I was looking for a number with a much smaller font, but the number 8 has a regular-sized font. The reason I had a hard time finding it is because it was placed in the bottom row, which is an area I didn't bother to check until much later in the round.
JJ]]> 2019-02-19 03:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332529489 bcheng4 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332530780 For the 2nd round, we looked for each number in the next quadrant, clockwise from the previous one. This made it easier to find each one. But it was still challenging to spot the different sizes. Sometimes we would spot it quickly, and sometimes we still had to hunt around. 
BC]]> 2019-02-19 03:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332530780 jjordan35 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332531333 We couldn't find all of the patterns. My first instinct...as the numbers increased in value, the font size decreased. However, it didn't take me long to determine that such was not the case.
JJ]]> 2019-02-19 03:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332531333 jjordan35 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332532175 We tried something different for Round 1. My partner went first. When the time came for my turn, I did not begin with the number 1. Instead, I picked up where he left off. As a result, Round 2 was much more challenging, especially because I couldn't find that darned 8!
JJ]]> 2019-02-19 03:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332532175 bcheng4 https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332532731 I don't know if this would work to teach my students to work as a group? Many of them are very competitive, especially when doing math. They tend to see it as a race, and often boast about who finishes work first (regardless of whether they did it correctly or not.) The quantitative element of this game lends itself to that kind of thinking, and it could also intimidate those who do not get as far. 
On the other hand, this could be a good vehicle for talking about the value of working together and sharing their thinking. 
BC]]> 2019-02-19 03:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan35/bzb6flfao2p6/wish/332532731