"He's a Mathemagician"

On Thursday we played "Around the World" in class. It's a great game where kids challenge each other one-on-one solving mental math problems with the goal of beating everyone in the class and making it "around the world."

One of my students who struggles in certain subjects stood up, and you could tell the students were a little nervous and expected him to quickly get out. However, much to everyone's surprise (including my own) he began DOMINATING. Someone had obviously drilled him on his multiplication facts, and he quickly beat 10 other students.

This went on: students cheered, clapped, and one exclaimed, "He's a mathemagician!"

It's my new favorite word, and I hope you add it to your own vocabulary repertoire.