Waggoner said that in order to have a more hands-on approach to odd and even numbers, she related them to the numbers in an address. She said that her class discussed how odd numbered houses are on one side of the street and even numbered houses are on the other.

“I gave each child a number and if their number was odd, they created an odd house with all odd numbered things, such as one door, three windows, etc.,” Waggoner said. “If their number was even, they created an even house with all even numbered things.”

Waggoner said that she had students hang their houses in the hallway. There was an even side of the street and an odd side of the street, Waggoner explained. 

Waggoner said to enforce things even further, she had her students work in groups to form the odd side of the street and the even side of the street. She said that the odd side had to have odd amounts of things like trees, dogs and cars, and visa versa for the even side.

“Each street group worked together to add certain amenities to their street,” Waggoner said. “Some of these were a community pool, lake, garden, and dogs.”

Waggoner said that her students also embraced their creativity and worked on their use of scissors.

“They were able to use colored paper to cut and paste their houses together, or they could use crayons to color the objects on the house,” Waggoner said. “Some students made their house have a theme. One had a Pikachu house, one had a haunted house, and several houses were decorated for Halloween.”