While Working With Labyrinth - Summing up the Puzzle Session

	Summing up the Puzzle Session
All About the Game Game Description The Difference Between Playing the Game and Playing the Puzzles Game Handbook Plot and Characters A Game-Playing Intro First Steps in the Game Using the TPC Math in the Game Before Bringing Labyrinth Into Your Classroom Plan for Success Think About Technology Think About Your Role Set Up Your Teams and Class Lists Resources for Planning Standards Working With Specific Puzzles Lesson Plans The Math in Each Puzzle Graphic Organizers Video: Using Lure of the Labyrinth in the Classroom Introducing Labyrinth To Your Students Setting Up Rules and Expectations Setting the Stage for Students Using Graphic Organizers While Working With Labyrinth Time to Be the Guide on the Side Video: Another Way to Be the Guide on the Side Summing Up the Puzzle Session Following Up Using the Administrator Tool Evaluation Strategies Going Forward	After students have had a chance to play the puzzle, and before you begin teaching the lesson you have planned, you have a chance to reinforce the important ground work the game has laid. A few minutes of open-ended conversation is one way to do that. Here are some sentence stems that students can use to start the discussion: "This puzzle reminded me of ..." "I think I may have done something like this when ..." "The strategy that worked best for me was ..." "I got nowhere using this strategy ..." "I was wondering about ..." "I still don't understand ..." It's also important to ask what your students thought about the puzzle and why you may have asked them to work through it. At this point, you may want to introduce some of the mathematics vocabulary terms listed in the lesson plans, asking students to describe how they may have used that term in the past and how they think it pertains to the puzzle. If they are unsure of a meaning of a term, work together as a class to create a working definition that is mathematically accurate.