16/04/10

Today was the last day of classes of the first trimester, so in each of my classes I introduced the kids to Sudoku. I drew one on the board and then explained the rules and we solved a bunch of squares together. They seemed to really get into it and enjoy it and with some coaching they were able to solve a few. The thing that is difficult about Sudoku and the point I don’t think I was very effective in getting across to them is that you can’t put a number just because it could be there, you can only put a number when you are absolutely certain it cannot go anywhere else. I gave them two puzzles and told them they could solve them over break if they wanted, for extra credit in the second trimester. So we’ll see.