We have wrapped up week 6 of school. Here is the prompt that several teachers and I reflected on this week: How do you incorporate project-based learning into your class? This depends on which class I’m teaching. Robotics is basically all project-based while in math I’ve really only done one or two projects in the … More Entry 06 – Projects In Class
I share my thoughts pre-lesson, vlog the actual lesson with two of my classes, and reflect on what I’d change next time. Here’s the slide show I created for the lesson. I talk about KenKen puzzles in the video as well. These puzzles are an option in my class for students who finish their work … More Teaching Square Roots Using Cheez-Its
Our writing prompt for the week: Do you incorporate the perspective of cultures, ethnicities, genders, etc. into your class that are not your own and how so? How do the kids respond? Do you have any experiences from your classes where diversity or lack of diversity has impacted students? In all my time here at … More Entry 04 – How to Talk About Race in Class
It was a short week with Labor Day off. This weeks reflection prompt is: Are you working too hard? Do you have tips for achieving life-work balance? I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Talked to my sis last week and she teaches Spanish in public school in Tennessee. She has five or six classes … More Entry 3 – The Teacher Work/Life Balance & All-Boy Classes
We are at the end of our second week of school. I’m much further along this year as I’ve decided to introduce elements of our classroom structure as they arise instead of frontloading everything (waiting to get into Khan Academy until our first Khan Academy assignment instead of doing this big period-long scavenger hunt on … More Entry 2 – Dealing With Inappropriate Moments In Class
I’ve begun my sixth year in teaching. The plan is to reflect at the end of each week again this year. I’ve invited some of my colleagues to join me and am excited to read through their reflections🙂 This week was our first week back with students. Being that many of my students from 6th grade … More Entry 1 – My Sixth First Day
Last summer I read a book by the NCTM that was all about how we should teach math. I wrote about HERE. One of the chapters was about how to orchestrate productive math discussions in class. Turns out the NCTM realized a lot of people struggle with this so they created a whole separate book that … More How To Have Better Math Discussions In Class
