From: Jan Tremain <jtremain@idcnet.com>
To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion
Date: 2003072421:20:46
Subject: First day of school

	I want my 8th graders to think that math is going to be fun so on the
first day of school during the last 20 minutes of the class I put on
my wizard's cape and do a math trick. To make it spectacular I have
the number answer for the trick (it's always the same answer - 8) cut
out of cardboard. I tell students to look at the overhead for the
answer. I take a match and light a small piece of flash paper under
which I have my cutout of the number 8. AFter it flares the students
see the number 8.  They are really impressed and leave thinking maybe
8th grade math will be fun.

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