Chapter 7

I really caught on to the part in this chapter about "Math in the real world." 2nd grade has a lot of math that is real-world related like money, telling time, fractions and the beginning of multiplication and division. I have found that my students LOVE to learn about these math components. They see clocks all over, they see money and some times use it themselves. They are eager to learn these things because they are in the real world and they mean something to them! I do think there is a time and a place for advanced math classes and many careers use them, but I think that if the students do not see the "point" in learning something they might be less interested - at least that is what I have discovered in 2nd grade. They still want warm-up questions dealing with money and time & they love to share when they used those math skills at home!