*蘇菲亞*小扎

I was teaching the kids how to solve math problems in English.

It wasn't the first time, but I used a different beginning today.

I didn't take any of the problems from the text book for example.

Here's how I did it.

Around five minutes before the recess..

Sophia: How many boys/girls are there in Sophia's English class?

Ss: Three./Five. (After i said "Give me a sentence, please.")
There are three boys / five girls in Sophia's English class.
(I wrote the two senteces on the board when they answered.)

Then, i wrote the question "How many students are there in her class?" and
ask the students to read at the same time.

Before i finished writing the question, some kids had already said the answer,
yet i ignored and said, "Oh! This is really difficult! I think you need some
time to solve the problem! Let's take a break and tell me the answer later."

Haha.. At that moment, all of them KNEW that it's easy to solve the problem.

After the ten-minute break, I wrote "addition" and "subtraction" on the board,
have them read the words several times with hand gestures and read the three
previos sentences again.

Sophia: (Write "Operation: ____________")
               Which operation do we need? Addition or Subtraction?

Ss: Addtion. (Oh! How smart! haha..)

Sophia: (Write "Equation: ____________")
              Can you tell me the equation?
              three...(It's a hint. Also write "3 +" before they answer if necessary)

Ss: Three plus five equals eight.

Sophia: (Write "Solution: _____________________________________")
              So how many students are there in Sophia's class? What's the solution?

Ss: There are eight students in Sophia's/her class.
       (heehee.. That's why i love you soooo much.)
      (Write the sentence on the board at the same time. )


After those steps, we continued solving the problems from the text book.