She thinks of a two-digit number, for example, and students guess a number, which she puts in the first column. The second and third columns are for the number of correct numbers and the number that are in the correct place, respectively. The students may love Guess Digits, but it isn't just a game. And they've gotten so good at it that some of them can come up and lead the process. A question for students brings up the hands as UC Davis-CSU Sacramento partnership participant Christine Baeta teaches in Elk Grove.
Constant communication is an important part of the partnership program.
Baeta often e-mails Anna Kato, a program faculty member. But also when I have questions or concerns or just want to reflect on something, she is always there. It helped me untangle being a white female teaching a diverse group of people, getting me to focus on where I'm coming from and to make sure I'm looking at the needs of my students. We have so much diversity in our district. In our class here we have students who are native speakers of three different languages, Chinese, Hindi, and Spanish.