Run a class weather station
Each morning, one helper checks the sky and reads a paper thermometer, then moves the red line to today's temperature. Record it on a chart for a month and ask kids what pattern they see. Real data from their own playground makes it personal.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
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