Okay, it's not really an official holiday but it's certainly one of my favorites.
In honor of this awesome day, I decided to sneak in a mini math lesson on surveys, data analysis, and asking questions.
I posed three simple questions:
1) Where is your favorite place to get tacos?
2) What is your favorite filling?
3) Do you prefer hard or soft shells?
I had my students vote with a simple raise of their hands while I tallied the data on the smart board. I modeled making predictions about what I thought would be the most popular answer and asking questions about the data.
Here are our results:
Afterwards, I asked them what the purpose of the lesson was. Here's a sample of their responses:
-To let us practice having a voice
-To show us that it's okay to disagree
-To help us learn more about one another
-To practice asking questions
-To show that we don't all have to like the same things
Not bad for a fifteen minute mini-lesson.
Oh, and not to worry, I did participate:
