8. Everything you see has or is a shape! There are triangles, stars, circles, diamonds, trapezoids, hexagons, octagons and any other kind of shape you can think of!
9. On Monday I saw circles everywhere! In math class there was the clock, my teacher’s spots, circles on the black board. They were all different sizes but all the same shape
11. The seal asked them what 2x5 was. Do you know? When they answered they went back into the machine and it brought them to another icebergs. There was a mama seal on it. She asked them what 2x4 was. Do you know? When the doors re-opened they were on a big iceberg with a big seal on it 2x5 = 10 2x4 = 8
12. The seal asked them what 2x3 was. Do you know? When they answered they went back into the machine and it brought them to another icebergs. 2x3 = 6
13. They answered again and The Math Machine brought them to another iceberg with a baby seal on it. There was a mama seal on it. She asked them what 2x2 was. Do you know? 2x2 = 4
22. The End Some lingering questions to think about: How does technology change the way in which young people compose stories and writing? Is technology a distraction or can it extend their skills as writers? What do you think?