Could I possibly teach math without workbooks? That's been my biggest reservation in considering an alternative math program. A couple weeks ago I started reading the kids Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. It's the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which I've never read. I didn't even know we had this book, till I saw it on the top of a heap of books on the floor. We've all seen the movie, but what happens next, who doesn't want to know!
Anyhow, I won't ruin the plot for you, but a fantastic opportunity for a math lesson come about in chapter 15, and I decided to give it a test run to see if I could give a spontaneous math lesson based on the story we'd just read. And I tried to explain negative value. I'm sure that part went over their heads, but I tried to introduce the idea of debt; the amount you owe someone...or taking more than you have. Perhaps the leadership on the Hill could stand to read Chapter 15 too.
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