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Second Semester Seating Chart

January 29th, 2008 by

Though I've maintained an entirely lax seating policy this year, I told them I was bored with the configuration, which had been constant since August. I told them to pack up, go outside, and wait near the door.

I walked outside and tossed out some mental arithmetic:

  • What's 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1?
  • What's 5 • 4 • 3 • 2 • 1?
  • How many quarters are in $7.50?
  • What is the only state that grows coffee?

As students tossed hands up and answered questions correctly, I let them grab a friend and pick any seat inside.

As far as meaningful assessment goes, I doubt Bloom would approve. As far as seating selection goes, it's my favorite.

[meekly pickpocketing my high school math teacher, Sid Bishop]

10 Comments »

10 Responses to “Second Semester Seating Chart”

  1. on 29 Jan 2008 at 5:32 pm1 Jenny

    What is the only state that grows coffee? Don’t leave us hanging!

  2. on 29 Jan 2008 at 5:46 pm2 Nancy

    Ben Bloom would like it—knowledge, comprehension and application to answer the question; synthesis and analysis to choose the person they wanted to sit by and evaluation–”where to sit so Mr. Meyer doesn’t call on me all the time?”….and all on the fly.

  3. on 29 Jan 2008 at 5:59 pm3 Tim

    I love it! I need to work on a language arts version.

  4. on 29 Jan 2008 at 8:15 pm4 dan

    Jenny: Hawaii.

  5. on 29 Jan 2008 at 10:48 pm5 mathmom

    Hawaii?

  6. on 29 Jan 2008 at 10:49 pm6 mathmom

    oops, you beat me to it (by hours it looks like, though that answer only popped up here after I entered mine, really!)

  7. on 29 Jan 2008 at 10:58 pm7 dan

    You’re still a winner.

  8. on 30 Jan 2008 at 7:00 am8 ken

    For those in LA:

    - Provide an example of onomatopoeia.
    - What is a pangram?
    - What are the four words in the English language that end in ‘-dous’?
    - What are the minimum parts of speech needed in a prepositional phrase?

  9. on 30 Jan 2008 at 7:20 am9 dan

    Yeah, that’s good stuff.

  10. on 01 Aug 2012 at 8:41 pm10 Live-Blogging My First Day Activities « Mathy McMatherson

    [...] Action: Give an arithmetic problem – students raise their hand if they have the answer – if correct, they and a partnet choose their seat. Reason: We do math every day, even the first day, even first thing. Now you know where you sit. Source: Dan Meyer. [...]