Day1

__**Day 1 - Introduction and Classroom Management**__ Examples: I am, myself, a great fan of logic problems, for example: The trick, here, obviously, being that the triangles do not have to be congruent, so the solution would be a square with both diagonals.
 * Bell Work** is a great method to have students who are not entering the class at the same time quiet down and start focusing on an idea or a problem related to the subject matter.
 * Imagine a world without circles (Circle)
 * Imagine a world without maps (Ratios)
 * Find the minimum number of toothpicks with which you can create 8 triangles. Or,
 * How many triangles can you create with 6 toothpicks?
 * If the recipe for muffins says that you need 6 eggs, 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar to bake 10 muffins, how many muffins can you bake if you only have 3 eggs? (Ratios)

One little, tiny concern here would be that the problem needs to be short and simple and not spend the next 15 minutes solving it and discussing possible variations with the class.


 * Strategies to get the attention of the class**:
 * Can I have your attention, please? (teacher voice) - and wait until there's no one talking. If this is taking a long time, try the next ones.
 * Raise hand - provided the students have been introduced to the raising the hand and stop talking routine. Use this at the first sign of "collective" classroom vocal contributions. Mention that the fact that I have 2 ears does not mean that I can pay attention to 2 people talking at the same time - humor works well in these type of situations.
 * Turn the lights off (and then on) - provided the students are familiar with the procedure.

The fearsome nightmare: What to do when a student brings a weapon in class.