Have you heard the buzz about our recent EPIC Glow Day classroom transformation experience? It was a day filled with interactive, student-centered math activities in a high-engagement setting (dark classroom room, blacklights, and neon math games). What better way to review this year's math concepts and skills?
We asked students to reflect on the value of their Glow Day experience and how it fits in with The Hive's learner profile. Here's what this week's guest bloggers had to say. Enjoy!
One of the benefits of the Glow Day experience was that it reminded me of some math concepts that drifted into the back of my mind and it put them in the front again. I had forgotten all about the factors of numbers and how to attack word problems, but Glow Day gave us a chance to practice what we already learned earlier in the year. - @HarryPotter
Some of the Hive habits of mind that I needed to tap into for the Glow Day experience was needing to be kind and respectful toward ourselves and others because we needed to listen to others and how they might solve a math problem. I also needed to view failure as an opportunity for growth because when I got a problem wrong, I discovered what I did wrong so that I didn't make the same mistake again. And finally, we had to OWN OUR LEARNING. I tried hard on every problem and didn't give up. I even tried to solve problems in different ways until I got them right. - @Daisy
The Glow Day experience brought back old memories of math concepts that we have not talked about in a while. I was a bit shaky on factor pairs at first, after a while, I felt WAY better about them. I also realized that working with people that I don't usually work with is a good thing and that we have something to learn from everyone. I'd like to give a shout-out to @ArcticFox and @ZombieCat126 for being so cooperative. - @softballgirl123
The Glow Day experience was really helpful because it made us notice that it is important for us to practice our math skills. It also helped us realize what we still need to practice and how much progress we have made this year. It was a lot of fun. - @Burt
The Glow Day experience was helpful because we got to practice and retrieve math skills that we learned at the beginning of the year and haven't practiced in a while. - @RV17, @PuppyOnline, @Slugger, @TheBee, @Sunflower, @ChickenNugget
The Glow Day experience was helpful and useful because it brought back knowledge that I really needed to remember and practice. Another reason is that it combined math with fun, which really makes me focus. - @RockHam
The Glow Day experience was helpful because it brought back old math skills that we learned a while ago and we had to struggle through some of it to be successful. We got each other back on track. It was a very valuable experience. - @FireDragon5
The Glow Day experience was very fun. I really put some Hive habits of mind into practice. For example, we had to work together and support each other during each of the games. Sometimes I would take a little longer than everyone else so they would wait until I was ready before moving on. When one of us would get confused about something, we would help each other out so that we could keep going. - @MaisyPaisy
The Glow Day experience was a great way to practice the math skills we learned this year. I definitely had to be a creative problem solver because when I came across a hard problem, I had to try different methods to solve it. - @Magician-of-IceCream
The Glow Day experience was great. There were so many Hive habits of mind that were needed in order to be successful. First, we had to work in teams and listen to each other and be respectful. We also supported each other when a problem was hard and we encouraged each other to keep going. Finally, we needed to collaborate with our team so that it didn't result in chaos. - @WritingGod
Glow Day fits perfectly with our Hive learner profile. We put ALL of the habits into action, but there were two that really stood out. First, we needed to be kind and respectful toward ourselves and others, especially when mistakes were made. We also needed to be creative problem-solvers because when word problems got difficult, we had to try different ways to solve them. Overall, Glow Day was a very fun, exciting, helpful, useful, and amazing day and should definitely happen next year and every year to come. - @writingmachine
The Glow Day experience was helpful to me because it polished my understanding of math. For example, the Cubes game helped me to better understand how to attack word problems and the Jenga game helped me learn quick ways to solve problems. - @Seafoam-da-Seawing
The Glow Day experience really helped me understand how to solve word problems. When we got stuck, we would rely on each other to figure out a different way to solve it - like the decimal question with money. It was great to say, "Oh, I get it now!". This was a wonderful experience. - @cheerqueen
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