Comments on I Want to Teach Forever: Coordinate Plane Battleship Game: 2008 Edition

Captain D: THANK YOU for such a well-planned lesso...

2012-01-12T14:44:58.013-06:00

Captain D:
THANK YOU for such a well-planned lesson and a visually pleasing, clear worksheet! WOW! I googled 'coordinate plane battleship' just to get ideas, but your thought-out notes and lessons really inspired me... I look forward to exploring more of your blog.
THANKS!
S.G. 6th grade math Lincoln, NE

Tom, perfect find for me here: some background - R...

2011-01-30T11:45:25.283-06:00

Tom, perfect find for me here: some background - RGV '06 in Brownsville, currently at a charter in Boston, MA - laughed out loud at "sink the sir" and had to explain to my significant other what that actually meant. she didn't see the grand humor or feel the memories of "the sir", "to get after (a student for doing something unproductive)", or the "ahh!" sound kids made (if I could only upload a sound file of that). I'll be teaching this lesson this week! Thanks!

Tsultrim: I don't recall us ever being able to...

2011-01-28T22:24:48.980-06:00

Tsultrim: I don't recall us ever being able to play long enough to actually sink ships, but that was really secondary to how we were using and practicing with the coordinate plane. When it was me vs. them in the original version linked above, while each of them would take shots at me, each of my shots simultaneously hit all of their boards. I couldn't really monitor their boards to see if they were being honest, of course, but again, that's kind of besides the point.

When you played against your class, did you have t...

2011-01-26T06:26:16.921-06:00

When you played against your class, did you have the chance to sink their ships? How did that work?

Thanks for this thoughtful and well planned out le...

2010-12-10T14:40:34.576-06:00

Thanks for this thoughtful and well planned out lesson plan. My students will love this. Thanks again for sharing.

I am a first year corps member in Philly, and this...

2010-10-31T14:29:21.746-05:00

I am a first year corps member in Philly, and this battleship doc is perfect for my lesson tomorrow. Thank you so much for posting!!!

If you're looking for sound effects like the ones ...

2008-11-30T22:06:00.000-06:00

If you're looking for sound effects like the ones I mentioned, you could use this Bombs Away Soundboard.