Class Opener/Whole Class Activity
You can use Mangahigh to bring 21st century learning into your class even if you do not have 1:1 computers or tablets for students.
Projecting Mangahigh challenges for students to work through while sitting on the rug or at their desks is a great way to weave digital tools into your lessons. All Prodigi question sets are 10 questions long and will adapt in difficulty as your work through them.
- Display a Prodigi challenge - Find the challenge then click PLAY
- Distribute mini whiteboards (or make them using heavy paper and sheet protectors), dry erase markers, and erasers to students
- Display questions, allowing groups sufficient think time
Allow students to work in pairs as you project the questions - Ask all students to hold whiteboards up to show their work and solution to you
- Select a few interesting strategies for students to share out with the group
- Encourage mathematical discussions to focus on communicating the problem solving process
- Reach consensus on the correct answer or vote on the correct answer if consensus is not reached
- Review the stepped-out solutions at the end of the Prodigi for questions missed
- Celebrate mistakes and take advantage of a teachable moment to help students work through misconceptions
Use growth mindset language to encourage productive struggle
