As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve decided I want to put aside time each week to reflect upon my week, lessons, students, and, basically, anything that I find to be relevant or worth revisiting. I think that one of the best ways to do this is to have a weekly blog post where I reflect on… Read More Weekly Reflection: The End of the Election Season
Unit 3 of our Math 7 Honors course is quickly approaching…So, I am trying to create some digital activities! One of the lessons will be on “Estimating Irrational Roots” which is such an odd and complex concept for some students. It’s one of those concepts that needs to be shown visually, so students truly understand… Read More Organizing Irrational Roots – Digital Matching Activity
I’ve been feeling a bit beat up this week. It was a long, busy week with lots of good things, but almost an equal number of frustrating, hurtful, or tiring experiences. I am not going to go into much detail, but by Thursday I was ready for the weekend. This is very uncharacteristic for me.… Read More The Kindness of Students
I’ve had the wonderful opportunity of being involved in a lot of great programs at my school site. However, the more involved you are in at your school, the likelihood that you will be out of your classroom greatly increases. As I have found myself out of the classroom more frequently, I have tried to… Read More HyperDoc Lessons for When You’re Out of the Classroom
Earlier this month, I was asked by the EdTech Team to write a blog on how I am using Google Cast in my classroom. I am SO excited to say that they posted it today! I love the EdTech Team so I am thrilled that I had the opportunity to contribute to their blog. If… Read More Casting the Learning
To Give a Second Chance or Not Give a Second Chance, That is the Question It’s very natural for any teacher, who has been teaching for an extended period of time, to look back at the beginning of their teaching career and think, “Is that really how I used to do things?” I’ve been in… Read More Second Chances: Allowing Students the Opportunity to Improve
As I have participated in a variety of educational Twitter chats this week, I have noticed one common idea among all of the educators. For educators, this idea could be terrifying or unnerving. It could be intimidating and potentially frustrating. However, it also has the ability to create and implement educational strategies that are highly effective… Read More Take a Leap, Jump Out of Your Comfort Zone
PBL Beginnings At the end of the last school year, our principal purchased the “PBL Starter Kit” for each teacher. Although my case study for my master’s degree program was on PBL, I found that there were many great ideas within this book that I could easily implement throughout the school year. In fact,… Read More Out of My PBL Comfort Zone: The Stock Market Game
During this unit, I have been trying to implement projects to create a curriculum that is rigorous and relevant to my students. Our first project during 7.RP was on “Ratios, Proportions, & Scale” and our second project is on “Percents” with a focus on converting fractions, decimals, and percents. In this project, the students will… Read More Percent Project
I apologize in advance for the extra amount of posting today…I had so much to write and add last week but didn’t get the chance! 🙂 Below are some pictures of a Score Tracker I developed. It is to be put inside the student’s Interactive Notebook and will allow them to keep track of their… Read More Interactive Notebook – Score Tracker