Comments for Mr Plume http://www.mrplume.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:51:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Give me five – five ways to bring some numeracy into your lesson by Sue Jones http://www.mrplume.com/give-me-five-five-ways-to-bring-some-numeracy-into-your-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Sue Jones Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:51:04 +0000 http://www.mrplume.com/?p=431#comment-710 I would suggest including math even more casually - using arithmetic and averages and that sort of thing at the drop of a hat. Is there a project coming up? HOw many hours will it take? How many days are there to do it? How many minutes each day should be allotted? And yes, as you mentioned on the PDF... talk a *lot* about percents and fractions. SO many adults are almost comfortable with "half" -- but thirds? two-thirds? Whether 3/4 of something is more or less than 2/3? I would suggest including math even more casually – using arithmetic and averages and that sort of thing at the drop of a hat. Is there a project coming up? HOw many hours will it take? How many days are there to do it? How many minutes each day should be allotted?
And yes, as you mentioned on the PDF… talk a *lot* about percents and fractions. SO many adults are almost comfortable with “half” — but thirds? two-thirds? Whether 3/4 of something is more or less than 2/3?

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]]> Comment on Coordinate bingo by NumberLoving http://www.mrplume.com/coordinate-bingo/comment-page-1/#comment-548 NumberLoving Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:16:10 +0000 http://www.mrplume.com/?p=292#comment-548 Love coordinate bingo and haven't used in a while. Great reminder, thank you! Love coordinate bingo and haven’t used in a while. Great reminder, thank you!

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