Previously: We have been working very hard on our project, and we think that it shows in our work. We started off by making our theme "SpongeBob," since all of the kids know that show, it's easy to base our problems around that theme. We have a total of seven problems, some based around solving basic math problems and some based around word problems and problem solving. Each group member was in charge of making their own clue, and then we worked together to make the other three problems. Setup: Our setup is pretty basic, but extremely effective. We first divide the class into two teams, it has been boys vs girls in most cases, and then we take them separately into the spare room where our game is set up. We have the first group all work on one clue together, so that they can open a small box with invisible ink pens, because some of the problems have writing in invisible ink. Once they open the box, they slip up however they want to work on the six problems. We time the first group to see how long it takes them, and once they are done, we have a countdown for the second group. If they get it done sooner than the other group, they win candy (even though we give both groups candy). This setup has been used three times and has been proven to be effective because it lets us help the kids out and it makes the kids excited to do it because they want to win to get candy. Mrs. Purciful's Class: This was our first class, and overall it was probably our best class so far. We had Mrs. Purciful's 4th grade advanced class and we set everything up in a spare room. We divided the class, and had the first group come on. It took the first group around seventeen minutes to complete. The second group took around fourteen minutes to complete. It was a great day and the kids seemed to really love it. Mrs. Canada's and Mrs. Oliver's 3rd grade classes: After we did Mrs. Purciful's 4th grade classroom, I received a lot of emails about doing this for other teachers. We had received a lot of praise from Mrs. Purciful about our game, so that was a main reason why so many teachers emailed us. Mrs. Canada and Mrs. Oliver were the next teachers to contact me for us to do our game for their class. The teachers had told us about some of the curriculum they were going to be teaching at the time we where going to be there, so we based some of our problems around that. We did both classes in the same week, and even though it was very different than the fourth grade class, it still went very well. Both classes were very excited to do the game and all of the kids seemed to love it. All three teachers emailed me and told me how well we did.
What's Next: We are still emailing teachers and planning when we are going to go to their classrooms to do our BreakoutBox game. Many teachers have already contacted me about doing it, we just still need to plan it. Also, we have to update our curriculum for each grade and class so it will be at their age level.
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