The Teaching Spirit

Five consecutive Sundays we have had snow that has effected the drive to school by making things just difficult enough to be a pain, but not life-threatening enough to cause the elysian event known to all students and faculty as a "SNOW DAY". To be fair we did have one 2-hr late start. Because the students (and teachers if the truth be told) will be distracted by the meterological event, having something interesting to look at /do is always a bonus. Here is a short video on "Japanese multiplication". It is an extremely easy way to do multi-digit multiplication problems. Check it out and see what you think. The video is a visual tutorial there is no audio. It is fun  to do together and then have someone check with a calculator. It really works! Try it.

Elaine H. 2/11/13