tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84039547117202623122024-03-14T05:08:55.702-05:00Teaching in Special EducationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-67430635723173222382017-08-05T08:27:00.001-05:002017-08-05T08:27:13.368-05:00Goals for 2017-2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the start of every year I always set some sort of goal for myself and this year I find my goal area needs to be on <b>mistakes</b>. As teachers we always say "It's okay to make mistakes", "Mistakes mean we are trying" and "Mistakes are how we learn" but for me that's about as far as it went. So are we really saying mistakes are ok? Does this really encourage students to take more risks and to make mistakes?</div>
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This past school year I cam across the video below on how this teacher grades her tests. It is worth watching but if you don't have time here is a quick but "does no justice" recap: She highlights the mistakes that students make on their tests, no grade is put on the test, grades are put in their online grade book the day AFTER they have received the test back, and she celebrates her favorite mistakes. Students work together to recognize where they have made mistakes and work to correct them. </div>
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I just love the idea of only highlighting the mistakes made on the test. This way students are more focused on the learning and content rather than what grade they received. She said it perfectly when she talks about how students get their test back, look at the grade, and then throw it away never to look at it again. When this happens I feel we are saying that the material we taught really wasn't that important, and that the grade they received is acceptable, even when it may not be. <br />
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My most favorite part is how she celebrates mistakes. She displays a photocopy of a mistake that a student or many students made, and calls them her favorite mistakes. The class works in their groups and then together as a whole to identify the mistake that was made and then how to correct it. She also brings to the students attention parts that may be wrong by highlighting them, but she doesn't necessarily take points off for it. <br />
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I've been teaching for 10 years, this will be my 11th year, and this past year when students only focused on their grades it really started to get to me. I knew I needed to change something about how I was running my class. Standards Based Grading was something I brought into my room about 5 years ago and it helped get the kids to focus more on the learning but the level put at the top of the paper was still sparking the conversations I was hoping to eliminate. <br />
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So my goal for the 2017-2018 school year is to highlight mistakes, enter grades in the following day, celebrate my favorite mistakes, and hopefully get my students to focus more on the math and less on their grades. Wish me luck and we will see how this year goes!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-76723787500463382862017-01-27T15:18:00.005-06:002017-01-27T15:18:47.793-06:00Candy Land<br />
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So about 2 maybe 3 years ago I was trying to come up with some new ways to keep my students engaged in math class on the days where...well frankly...they just need to practice. We all have those days and honestly, they are the days that both my students and myself dread. It's boring for me, they get cranky, and everyone is just off task. To them it feels like "busy work", which it's not, they need to master the skill before they can apply it, but that's how they feel. One evening by some miracle I came up with life-sized Candy Land. Before you get all excited there is no Mr. Mint, Princess Lolly, Lord Licorice, or Queen Frostine. I laminated colored squares of paper that I put in the pattern on the floor. There is a start and finish square, and the students get to pick their own game piece (I'll talk about those later!). They draw cards out of a bucket with problems on one side, and either a single colored square or double colored squares on the other. If the students answer the problem correctly they move ahead that many colored squares. If they answer it wrong, they don't move at all. The team to make it to the end wins!<br />
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It's pretty basic but my students absolutely love to play it. I have watched students jumping up and down to come to math class because we are playing it. When I first started the winning team would get candy bars of their choice. After a few years of playing, I have made a few adjustments to the game.</div>
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I have added chips that can make them advance or have to go back, and if they are super lucky they get a go back to start chip. Instead of just the winning team getting candy I decided to put chips on specific squares around the room. The first team to land on that square after answering a problem correctly removes the chip and turns it in at the end of the hour for candy. This way those students who might are further behind won't give up so quickly. </div>
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The game pieces are the best part of this whole game, and the part they will race to class and fight over getting. They are just random things I have in my classroom and many of them I have no clue where they came from. The bucket of pieces keeps growing each year and they are getting better and better. </div>
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The colored squares have been used by a ton of teacher in my building. What's funny is what game pieces they come up with to use. Our Nursing Program borrowed it and used fake organs as their pieces and it was AWESOME! I hope to add to the game the Rainbow Trail and the Gumdrop Pass, it's what they keep asking for. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-75882344219551603692016-12-13T10:53:00.000-06:002016-12-13T10:53:09.633-06:00Animal CellsI've been teaching both Biology and Physical Science for the last 10 years aside from my Math Courses and since the interactive notebooks worked so well in math I thought it would be a good idea to move them into my science classes as well. This was not as easy as I had thought and I didn't get as many pages done in Biology last year that I had hoped. However, this one on Animal Cells was one of my favorites.<br />
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This page covered identify the organelles in an animal cell as well as identifying the function of each organelle. I know that the function of each organelle is far more in depth than what I covered but my students have a hard time with concepts that they can not see or experience so I had to keep it simple and to a minimum. This is where you could go more in depth with your classes if this page works for you.<br />
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I each of my students a colored sheet of paper as well as the sheet of the diagrams (<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4gi-7iOW94KVFNWc2JMajI4QUk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">you can find it here!</a>) They cut flaps that fit each of the diagrams, colored them each a different color than glued them onto the page. <br />
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Above each of the flaps we identified what the organelle in the picture was and under each flap we stated what the function was.<br />
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The large diagram we glued onto the right page. Students then had to color the organelle the same color as they had done on the flap and then draw arrows and identify the organelles. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-71166410055143121272016-06-30T21:12:00.000-05:002016-06-30T21:12:22.254-05:00Trigonometry Task CardsTowards the end of this past school year, my Geometry students were working on Right Triangle Trig. Trig is not an easy concept for them to grasp and I had to think of ways to help make it easier for them to understand the process. Trig has always been a challenge for my students and each time I teach it I go into this unit hoping for the best (because I love it!) but fearing the worst (They don't love it!). They always get so frustrated and give up so quickly because they view it as being too difficult for them to learn. In the end, many see the light and realize it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be, while some don't budge and remain struggling.<br />
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I had originally made these task cards for my class to use as practice this year but it was something I never had the time to finish up. The end of this school year was a rough one and everyone was doing their best to keep their heads above water. So needless to say I never got to use them but plan to this year with my new Geometry students.<br />
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Had I actually had the chance to use them I would have used them in one of the following ways:<br />
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<b>Option #1</b> Students work in teams (my room has 4 large tables) and each team would get a task card from each page, work it out together and pass them around until they did all 4 then we would pass out the next page. All students would complete all problems.<br />
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<b>Option #2</b> Put the cards randomly though out my classroom, have students work in pairs and work their way around the room until they have completed all the problems.<br />
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<b>Option #3</b> Put all cards in a bucket, have students work in small groups, they come up and draw a card out of the bucket and work it out with their team. The only downside to this option is that there is a chance some groups might not get a card from each page so they won't get practice from that kind of problem.<br />
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Well here are the cards...Let me know if you have any other ideas for options. If you use them with your students let me know how it works out!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-26102634307188254392016-02-17T15:07:00.001-06:002016-02-17T15:07:53.503-06:00Domain and Range<br />
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In previous years I've always taught Domain and Range when I taught Graphing Functions/Equations (<a href="http://teachinginspecialeducation.blogspot.com/2013/02/function-machines_11.html" target="_blank">see my previous post</a>) and it was enough for my students to grasp the concept. However my Algebra 1 group last year, and again this year, needed so much more than what I've previously done. Some years they are able to catch on quickly while other years need more explanation and practice. So prior to my Graphing Functions/Equations page I designed one that just focused on Domain and Range to help these groups out.</div>
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We started with how to identify Domain and Range, what's the proper way and what happens if a number repeats.<br />
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I had the students pick two colored highlighters (one for domain and one for range). I use a lot of color on my pages but it's always for a good reason. We don't ever just use color to use it.<br />
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As a whole class we went through the different situations they would be presented with: XY Table, Set of Ordered Pairs, Maps, or a Graph.<br />
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For the XY Table they had to highlight the Domain and Range then write them in proper order.<br />
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For the Ordered Pairs they had to highlight each number that represented the Domain and which ones represented the Range. Then write them in proper order.<br />
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For the Map they had to again highlight the Domain and Range then put them in order.<br />
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The Graph took a bit more effort on our part. I gave my students the option to either write out each point as an ordered pair or we could make it into an XY Table. They prefered the table and found it easier to use so we went with it. They again had to highlight and write the Domain and Range in proper order.<br />
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On the right side of the notebook we defined Domain and Range and then they were given the 5 different examples. For each they were asked to find the Domain and Range. Some understood it and no longer needed to use the highlighters while others relied on them for quite awhile. I always allow my students to use materials like highlighters and such on their progress checks, so some of them were still using it even on progress check day while most had stopped using them long before.<br />
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This is how the pages look side by side. How do you teach Domain and Range? What tricks do you use to help them remember the difference? I'm always up for some new, fun ideas :)</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-13008229570053190792016-01-29T15:21:00.000-06:002016-01-31T13:30:41.430-06:00Laws of ExponentsEvery time I teach a unit on Polynomials (I know with my population of students) that I will need to start off going over the different Laws of Exponents. In the past it always turned out to be a jumbled mess of notes that the students could never use or refer back to because you pretty much needed deciphering key just to understand it. I tired a good handful of different foldables to get the information across but it just never worked. I gave up and went on a google search to find someone way smarter than me who had already figured out what I couldn't. Lo and behold Mrs. Williams came to the rescue with an awesome foldable, check out her <a href="https://mrswilliamsmath.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/interactive-foldable-book/" target="_blank">blog</a>!<br />
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Here are my instructions on how to put it together and the problems I used...<br />
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2 - 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of paper (2 different colors)</div>
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Grab the middle part of the W and cut it into 4 equal sections just until the fold. (If you don't cut to the fold the smaller strips will be hard to weave in and out.)<br />
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Now lay it back down on the table, again so it's a W, and weave the two smaller pieces in. The center should look like a checker board. Now you are done!<br />
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The magic to this foldable is if you put the two center pieces together, to make a point in the middle, you can pull the two pieces of paper apart to reveal a secret section. This foldable always blows the kids minds!<br />
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Here is how I used it for the Laws of Exponents.<br />
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When it comes to seating arrangements in my classroom I'm a groups/pods/tables/etc. kind of teacher. I try to instill in my students a sense of collaboration and teamwork. I love when they work together to solve problems and enjoy seeing students helping and supporting one another. The only issue I find with groups is that I tend to only have the students work with those in their group. I hate deciding who is going to work with who and I needed to find a different way to do things. <br />
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A fellow coworker of mine numbers her desks, this way when it is time to assign students to a seat she gives them a number and they find their desk rather than trying to give them directions to their desk which they inevitably never locate correctly. So I decided to do that this year, but being the teacher that I am I had to make it different and my own (not that there was anything wrong with her method, but she's an English teacher so she didn't see the Math possibilities behind this genius idea). </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-47435594175466327172015-08-09T20:41:00.003-05:002015-08-09T20:41:59.252-05:00Geometry Curriculum OutlineRecently I have received a few emails and comments from teachers who are teaching Geometry for Special Education students for the first time this year and need some help! I figured this post would be a great one to write since the beginning of the year is starting August 17th for me and I'm back to teaching Geometry this year. I'm so excited and can't wait to teach this class. Of all the math classes a math teacher can teach, Geometry happens to be my most favorite.<br />
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Just a little background into my students and what my Geometry class looks like...Every year my students come into my Geometry class with no knowledge of Geometry, I mean NOTHING! They know shapes like squares, circles, rectangles, and triangles but anything beyond that they don't know. When I ask them what makes a square a square I usually get the deer in the headlights look from them. So when I teach Geometry it has to go down all the way to the very basics. Many ask me if I'm doing Common Core with them? My answer is always YES and NO. Yes, we do as much Common Core as we can and I always push my students to what they refer to ask their "exploding point", but when your students come in with no Geometry knowledge or skills it's hard to say we are 100% doing High School Common Core Geometry all the time. When it comes to Special Education students you have to teach them where they are at, not necessarily what grade it says they are in.<br />
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This past school year I was informed I would be teaching Geometry again this upcoming school year, and since the group I will be having I've had in the past, I knew my class needed to be organized in a different way. So our school's Math Specialist (she's amazing) and I sat down and looked at the Common Core HS standards and the level of my students, we came up with this curriculum outline. </div>
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So this is what I plan on following this year. Each unit covers the same/similar skills but breaks it down by the different shapes. So in each unit the students will know what to expect, but they will have to apply it to the each new shape that is introduced to them. I'm hoping they will start to see patterns and make connections they might not have otherwise made. We know this does not cover ALL of the standards but it is what I feel we can get through in a school year and what they will be able to learn and retain. Obviously I will add to it if need be, and this is just a list of topics (it does not indicate the difficulty level of the questions they will be given).<br />
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How do you organize your Geometry content? What resources do you use to outline your course?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-35073184280065134872014-12-18T13:24:00.001-06:002014-12-18T13:24:47.581-06:00Standards Based GradingJust a <span style="color: purple;"><b>WARNING</b></span>, this is going to be a long post...<br />
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So I started doing Standards Based Grading (SBG) at the beginning of last school year. At this point I have 1.5 years under my belt and I still keep making changes. The one thing that hasn't changed is my policies or my grading rubric.<br />
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My policy/rubric are a combination of ideas from <a href="http://algebrainiac.wordpress.com/category/standards-based-grading/" target="_blank">Jessica over at Algebrainic</a>, <a href="http://rickwormeli.net/" target="_blank">Rick Wormeli</a>, my good friend and former co-worker <a href="http://www.crazyteacherlady.com/crazy-thoughts/category/standards%20based%20grading" target="_blank">Terie at Crazy Teacher Lady</a>, oh and my own insane ideas. It took me over a year to get everything figured out before I actually started implementing it into my classroom.<br />
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<b><i><u>How is SBG different from Traditional Grading?</u></i></b><br />
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<li>Student's grades are only based on their assessments over the standards (this is different based on which policy you use)</li>
<li>Scores in the grade book change as students understanding changes. </li>
<li>Grades are not final until the end of the semester/year.</li>
<li>Some students obtain a score of master sooner than others.</li>
<li>If students are struggling they get more individual/small group instruction.</li>
<li>Grade is a direct representation of student learning.</li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You have demonstrated a thorough understanding of the concepts involved, have clearly showed all steps of your reasoning, have used notation correctly, wrote exemplary and clearly, and have made </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">no</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> mathematical errors. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4a86e8; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can not only solve beginning problems and multi-concept problems, but you can solve Application, ACT and PARCC questions related to the concept. </span></div>
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<li>Students at the beginning of each unit are pre-assessed, not only on what we will be learning but the prerequisite skills they need for that unit. </li>
<li>The assessments are scored and the students enter that score into their folders. (we will get to those later!) I also enter those into the grade book, however they don't count towards the students grade it's just so I can see where they started at and where they ended at.</li>
<li>Based on those scores I break my students up into group and the learning process begins.</li>
<li>Notes on the content are given using our ISN's, and then activities are given based on their level of knowledge.</li>
<li>Once students understand the content they are given a "Progress Check" to see where they are at. If they score a 4, many will practice and try for a 5 right away. Some wait awhile. I consider "Mastery" if they get to a level 3.</li>
<li>Students that get a mastery score, level 3 or higher, move onto the next concept, students that don't participate in re-teaching, additional activities, etc. Once they are ready they will take another Progress Check and the cycle beings until they reach mastery.</li>
<li>The Progress Checks are scored and each score is entered into their folder, even if they have multiple scores. The score on their most current Progress Check is the one entered into the grade book, even if it's lower than the previous one.</li>
<li>This repeats for every unit!</li>
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<b><i><u>Things I've Learned...</u></i></b></div>
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<li>When you think you have everything figured out, you'll make changes!</li>
<li>Keep students constantly informed of how they are doing. This is something I learned after my 1st year.</li>
<li>Make multiple versions of your progress checks. TRUST ME YOU WILL NEED THEM! I have about 4-5 different progress checks on Solving Equations.</li>
<li>Have students set a realistic goal for themselves in each unit. It can help keep them motivated.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-53506524539833334812014-12-18T12:03:00.000-06:002014-12-18T12:03:00.347-06:00Liebster Nomination #2<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">I'm happy to say this is the second time I've been nominated for a Liebster Award but this time it's by Samantha from<a href="http://speciallittlelearners.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Special Little Learners</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">. </span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Why and how long ago did you begin blogging?</b><br />I've been blogging since August of 2012, and I started blogging as a way for me to share the fun new things I'm doing in my classroom with other teachers. I am the only person in my district (one school district) that teaches the classes that I do so I have no one to collaborate with. I naturally turned to online to find professionals who were willing to share ideas. </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>What one word sums up the heart of your blog and why? </b>Creativity. I'm constantly trying to find new creative ways to engage my students and keep them on their toes about what we will do next.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Is there something you learned late in your blog journey you wished you knew before? </b>IT TAKES SO MUCH TIME! As much as I love to blog and find it very reflective, it just takes more time than I have now a day.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>What is your favorite past time other than blogging? </b>I love to spend time with my family and friends. I like shopping, but come on...What girl doesn't? I love to travel but don't do it nearly as much as I would like.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>How many hours per week do you dedicate to your blog? </b>Umm...Lately...NONE! I haven't blogged in so long and I've been doing a lot of new things this year that I'm just dying to share with everyone. I'm working on my time management skills now that I have a baby, so I'll be getting back into it more very soon. </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>What category of blog posts do you enjoy the most? </b>I love blogs on cooking, and educational ones (of course!). </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Where does your blog inspiration come from?</b> It comes from my students and hilarious things they do and say every day. The things I blog about were designed for them, so naturally they inspire me every day. </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Which post that you've written are you most proud of? </b>I'm pretty proud of just about everything I've written, because if you know me you know I'm a Math and Science person. So writing and English "stuff" are the things I'm horrible at.</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Jessica at <a href="https://algebrainiac.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Algebrainiac</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Miss Rudolph at <a href="http://secondarymissrudolph.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Secondary Classroom</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Stacy at <a href="http://new-in-room-202.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">What's New in Room 202</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Stephanie at <a href="http://www.eatwriteteach.com/" target="_blank">Eat.Write.Teach</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Sarah at<a href="http://everybodyisageniusblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Everybody is a Genius</a></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-13805916297502346022014-08-06T14:21:00.000-05:002014-08-06T14:21:46.788-05:00Composition Notebook JacketsHello my name is Anya and I'm obsessed with school supplies!<div>
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If there was some sort of School Supplies Anonymous group out there I would be their most frequent member. I'm that weird teacher who gets super excited when the stores start putting out school supplies right after the 4th of July. You would think it's Christmas or something. I have to check out all the usual stores to see what cool things they have come out with this year and plan where I'm going to get all my new "stuff" at. Typically there is at least one day over the summer where I take all my shopping bags to the school and get myself set up. </div>
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Anyways...The reason for this post is I came across the most magical thing in Interactive Notebook history! COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK JACKETS!!! (Can you tell I'm super excited about these?)</div>
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I found these lovelies at Walmart just above the composition notebooks, in the school supply section. They were only $0.97 each. </div>
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These jackets keep the cover from getting damaged, but also on one side has a zipper pouch to keep your pencils in. </div>
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Usually to make sure the cover doesn't get to nasty I cover them in clear shipping tape...<a href="http://teachinginspecialeducation.blogspot.com/2012/11/interactive-student-notebooks.html" target="_blank">my post on how I set up my notebooks</a>...but this would make it so much easier. It might also help cut down on them forgetting a writing utensil. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-51755057479622682982014-07-24T20:36:00.000-05:002014-07-24T20:36:19.240-05:00Whiteboard Folders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The unit my students struggle with the most in Algebra is Writing Linear Equations. Even though the concept of only needing the Slope and Y-intercept to write the equation is a pretty straight forward concept my students struggle because of all the different types of problems they come across. They are never to sure which method they need to use.</div>
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Since all of my students are at different levels, some understand the more basic problems but struggle with the harder ones, and some are completely lost. This is defiantly a unit I have to differentiate for my students. So I came up with these whiteboard folders for all of the different Writing Linear Equation problems they will come across.</div>
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1st: I hot laminated colored paper.</div>
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2nd: Cut almost all of the front cover of the folders off, leaving about 3 inches (this give the kids enough room on the laminated paper to do the work).</div>
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3rd: Hot glued the laminated colored paper to the inside of the folder.</div>
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4th: On the cut front cover I numbered and wrote out the problems, one type of problem per folder.<br />
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6th: On the inside of the flap write the answer to each problem.</div>
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I made folders for problems when you have the Slope and Y-Intercept, Slope and One Point, From a Graph, Two Points, Parallel Lines and Perpendicular Lines. The students wrote on the laminated paper using a dry erase marker and wipe them clean. These folders allowed students to practice and get immediate feedback by checking their own answers. I've also used them where students pair up, one is the teacher the other is the student. While one student works the problem out on a regular whiteboard the "teacher" can check the "students" answers using the folder. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-42637944754567377342014-06-26T14:39:00.000-05:002014-06-26T14:39:53.087-05:00School Supply Craziness For any of you who already use the interactive notebooks in your classrooms you already know this, but for those who are just starting, a good amount of school supplies are needed on a regular basis to complete each of the pages. <br />
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~ Markers (thin and thick)<br />
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~ Ruler, Compass, Protractor<br />
~ Scissors<br />
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#1: This way took up a lot of my time throughout the day, each of my 3 math classes on any given day could be using different supplies so I would have to change them out constantly. So instead of greeting students as they came into the room I was spending my time getting the supplies ready. <br />
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After my first year I did a lot of reflecting on the interactive notebook, my pages, the process, distribution, etc. The supply organization/distribution was enough to quit doing the notebooks but I knew they were working for my students. So I found a different way to get organized.</div>
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I wanted to get some sort of bin that all of the supplies we use could go into but stay neat and organized. I went out looking for a shower caddie because I knew they had sections. I found these ones at Walmart for $0.95 each over the summer when they had the college stuff out.</div>
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This is what each of the bins look like after the supplies were added. Each table (groups of 4-5 tables) had one and the students shared supplies. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-91038149825403292692013-12-11T10:20:00.001-06:002013-12-11T10:20:17.871-06:00Mentoring, Meetings, and Student Teachers...OH MY!I usually don't do posts that don't involve something I have done in my classroom but this post just had to happen. It's venting/reflecting time...My absence from blogging makes me upset, but with everything going on this school year I just haven't found the time to sit down and write a post. <br />
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Please tell me I'm not the only one who has been having a CRAZY school year this year? Any one?<br />
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I started this school year off taking on WAY, WAY to many responsibilities. I had agreed to take on a student teacher this year, mentor one of my buildings new teachers, present at conferences (Raising Student Achievement was yesterday and it was so much fun!!), be the technical director for our theatre program, be a technology/differentiation coach for my building, and be a part of my Districts Improvement Team. I think I have also attended what has felt like 500+ meetings in the past two months.<br />
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To put the cherry on the cake, pie, or sundae (which ever you may prefer) I found out in September I will be expecting my first child in May! Clearly this was a surprise, but never the less has been an exiting journey so far. <br />
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Do I feel over worked? YES... Do I feel like I never have a free moment to myself? YES... Do I always feel weeks behind with work? YES... Do I still enjoy what I do? YES!<br />
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Why as teachers do we take on so many extra responsibilities? Why is it so hard for us to let some of them go?<br />
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I have come to the decision that I am going to let some of my extra responsibilities go next year and focus on my classes, students, new baby, blogging, and life. Did it really take me getting pregnant to realize that at times I feel like a hamster running in a wheel and that for the past 7 years I haven't had much of a life other than work? Yes it did, and I'm going to welcome the change next year with open arms :)<br />
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I'm interested in hearing how your year is going. Please make me feel like I'm not the only one this is happening too!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-36527957002971585902013-09-08T16:51:00.000-05:002013-09-08T16:51:06.500-05:00Transformations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been a long time since I've written a post that I hope I still have readers? I have so many posts to write to wrap up last school year. Hopefully I can get them all done in the next week or two, because I have so many exciting new things about THIS school year to report on! (We just finished week 3 of the 2013-2014 school year)<br />
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Mid year last year we did transformations in Geometry, but since I know it's a huge portion of CCSS for Geometry this year, I thought I would write about what we did since many are starting this school year off with it.<br />
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This page of our Geometry ISN covered Reflections, Rotations, and Translations. The left page went over what each of them meant and had an example.<br />
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The right side had the definitions along with a practice problem for each type.<br />
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The students easily caught on to Reflections and Translations, but had a more difficult time with Rotations. To get students to understand how rotations work and why a shape ends in the position it does took some time. <br />
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So what I have found out about this past school year is that my students absolutely <b><span style="color: red;">LOVE</span></b> their ISN and Station Activities. There are many things they enjoyed about this year but those are their most favorite, and are the most effective. </div>
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Here is how I create my station activities. At the end of each day I give my students an exit ticket, and the exit tickets are based on the current unit objectives. Sometimes if I know my students will need to use a previously taught skills I will incorporate that into the exit tickets as well. These formative assessments allow me to see where each of my students are at; what they know and what they don't know. Based off of that information I create my station activities. </div>
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This time I assigned them specific stations they had to complete based on the problems they got wrong from the exit ticket. If there was time they could go back and do the other stations for practice. Other times I have had stations for a test review and each table had an activity based on each of the unit objectives. When I do this they are expected to finish all of the stations.</div>
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This year I was determined to find a way that would help them understand just how it worked, and I came across these two different methods. I used BOTH.<br />
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The first method is where you give students three different triangles: Equilateral, Scalene, and Isosceles. They color each of the angles in the triangle a different color and rip off the angles. Then they have to join all three angles, and in the end they form a straight line which they know measures 180 degrees. <br />
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They liked the folding method because when they glued them into their ISN they were able to fold and unfold the triangle as many times as they want. The ones that were ripped could only be done the one time. <br />
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<u>Here are the left pages when they are finished. </u></div>
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On the right side of their notebook we worked out several different types of problems involving the angle sum theorem. We also revisited supplementary angles, vertical angles, as well as the different types of triangles and their characteristics.<br />
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Overall this page so far has probably been their favorite. I succeeded in getting them to understand why the angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees, and I no longer get answers of "because that's what you said".<br />
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We moved into Triangles in Geometry class and we began by naming them, using both the name based on their sides as well as the name based on their angle measures.<br />
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The students were given a sheet that contained all 9 triangles. They had to cut them out and then sort them into groups based on their similarities. At this time they were not given any of the names. Students had to explain why they grouped certain triangles together. They were also told that one triangle could not fit into more than one group. This proved to be a challenge for some of them, but after awhile they were able to figure it out.<br />
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Everyone came up with that we could group them based on their sides, or by the types of angles. We decided as a whole class to glue them into our ISN by groups based on their sides.<br />
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We went through the six different names for triangles and what the characteristics were for each of them. After that they were asked to go back and name each yellow triangle using two names.<br />
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When they were done they were given this half sheet of practice and asked to go through it. I had them start off on their own, only working through the first three at the top. After that we went over them and I had them work in pairs for the bottom section.<br />
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Many of my students used different colored highlighters to make each of the triangles in questions #1-5 stand out so they knew which ones to focus on. <br />
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Under this page is where my students wrote down the six different triangles: acute, right, obtuse, equilateral, isosceles, and scalene. They also were asked to summarize the characteristics of each one.<br />
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<~This is what our page looked like when it was completed. We covered the three different kinds of trapezoids: Isosceles, Right and Scalene.<br />
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To make the pocket I gave students a regular size index card that we taped on three sides. To make the cards the students cut out the green boxes and glued those onto the regular size index cards as well. <br />
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Each type of trapezoid got their own card, which we colored equal angles the same color and identified characteristics about their sides. <br />
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We then started discussing what equations that we could come up with for each of the trapezoids. What we came up with we wrote under the equations section.<br />
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They then were given a green sheet that had problems involving trapezoids on them. Students had to cut them out, then decide which problem belonged with which type of trapezoid. <br />
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Once they match up the problem with the type of trapezoid they glued them onto the back of the card. Using the characteristics and equations they discovered on the front, they had to solve the problems on the back.<br />
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We covered Quadrilaterals in Geometry class, however we only went with regular quadrilaterals for the time being.<br />
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My students love charts, and when I say love I really mean LOVE!! It's weird how excited they can get about a chart, but whatever will make them happy. So to cover the characteristics of the different types of regular quadrilaterals I had my students fill in the following chart.<br />
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We started off drawing a picture of each shape and from there the students told me what to write in both the "Angles" and "Sides" boxes. It turned into a whole class discussion where all I did was fill in my chart as they told me what to put in it.<br />
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My students will admit that they are not the best artists (frankly neither am I ), so made these shapes on the computer for them to cut out and tape into their notebooks. Students used rulers and protractors to help them figure out what angles and sides were congruent. As they discovered characteristics of the quadrilaterals as a class we wrote the information below and to the side of each of the shapes. We did go through in the beginning identifying each of the shapes by name, then color coding their different characteristics (color chart at the top) that they had discovered through their exploration of the 6 quadrilaterals.<br />
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I love my students and wouldn't change them for the world, but so often they have a hard time with math that has multiple steps. <br />
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We were working on function and they needed practice, but not just sit at their desks and work on a worksheet practice. So I decided to make these huge posters, one poster for each of the three steps for graphing a function. </div>
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This activity got my students up and moving around the room while still working on practice. The few feet between each step made a big difference. It gave them time to stop thinking about what they just did and focus on what they are to do next. To them it made each problem seem like three easy tasks.</div>
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At the end of the hour I gave them an exit ticket over these types of problems and found that most of my students were ready to move on the next day. I did have to work with one student who has been struggling all year, but this activity gave me the time to do just that.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-90415537192749090652013-02-11T17:56:00.001-06:002014-12-18T14:03:17.918-06:00Function MachinesIt's been awhile and I'm so far behind in my blogging. So here we go...<br />
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Before winter break we talked about functions. For many of my students this year is the first time they have seen anything Algebra so we keep it pretty simple. I started off talking about a Function Machine, I like to use a pop machine as my class example. We talk about how if we push the Pepsi button we should get a Pepsi out, but if we push the Pepsi button and a Mt. Dew pops out then our machine doesn't function properly. I went into how for every input you have exactly one output. Many of them understood after the pop machine example. <br />
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I gave students this chart to put in their ISN. The top box was Graphing Functions From a Table. I taught them how to create an XY table and how the values create points that we put onto a graph. Then we found a few extra points that were on the line but not in our table.<br />
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We then moved onto Graphing a Function. I gave them y = 2x - 1 and we decided we would use the values -1, 0, 1, and 2 for X. The students plugged the values into the equation and solved for Y. Then graphed the points. I again made them find some extra points that were on the line but not in our graph.<br />
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Doing the extra points helped my students see that the line does not stop just because we ran out of points to graph. <br />
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We then moved on to their practice.<br />
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We defined the terms Domain and Range, each one getting their own color. After we defined them we went back to the left side of our notebook and highlighted which values represented the Domain, and which represented the Range.<br />
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I then gave them two functions which they had to give values for x and plug them in to find the y. After they were done they had to graph their points and then find a few that were not in their chart. Again they lighted the Domain and Range Values.<br />
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As an activity I asked my students to create their own function machine. It gave them time to be creative, though this class is not at all creative so many of them just drew boxes as their machines.<br />
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They were asked to create an equation, but not draw it on their page. They had to create the XY Table, filling in both sets of values. The students then went around and had to figure out what everyones equation was. <br />
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I have a secret love for concept mapping. Not only do I enjoy making them but I truly enjoy watching a class of students all create different concept maps on the exact same topic. It's so interesting to see how each individual interprets a broad topic in such different ways. The best part about it is that since it is how a person makes sense of a topic, they aren't done incorrectly....well for the most part.<br />
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Concept mapping is generally done with information in boxes or circles connected by lines that are labeled. This type of activity is easily done in both Science and Social Studies classes, I usually use them in the Science classes<br />
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Now for all of my basic math students this is the first time they had ever done a concept map, and many of them struggled through it and they came out a mess. Which for me is GREAT! They are suppose to be messy. <br />
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These are pictures of the one I had created. I will update this post later with some student created concept maps, but some were hard to read/understand in person, and it was way worse in a picture. <br />
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In the past I have always done them on paper, and many times I still do. I enjoy hanging them up around my room and having students keep adding to it each day.<br />
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Two years ago I got a classroom set of netbook computers and we were asked to implement them into our classrooms as much as possible. I started off by taking something I already do in my classroom and do it on the computer instead. <br />
Concept mapping was the first thing I started with. <br />
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There are many different concept mapping tools out there, many of them free! The few that I have used in my room and that my students enjoy are <a href="http://conceptboard.com/" target="_blank">Concept Board</a>, <a href="http://www.popplet.com/" target="_blank">Popplet</a>, and <a href="http://www.mindomo.com/" target="_blank">Mindomo</a>. <br />
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My students prefer those three over any of the others because they can insert pictures into them. Many of the concept mapping/mind mapping tools out there don't allow you to put pictures into them. These three are also extremely easy to use. Also some of them limit how many maps you can make with a free account. After awhile a student can delete their old ones but mine like to keep theirs.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-48450796800809065432013-01-09T20:12:00.000-06:002017-03-03T11:12:19.563-06:00The Coordinate PlaneBefore winter break I introduced the Coordinate Plane to my Algebra class. Let's just say working with a number line was challenging enough for a few of my students but now we combined two number lines together to form a Coordinate Plane was pretty unheard of by some of them. Trying to explain this to a few of them resulted in me getting looks like I had grew horns and shot fire out of my mouth. We pushed through and in the end I became Ms. O again.<br />
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Students were given a double sided page where they cut on the dotted lines and folded on the solid ones. It created a four flap foldable where each flap was one of the four quadrants. I added the font so all they had to do was color it in.<br />
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When you open up each of the flaps it reveals that quadrant on a coordinate plane. On the inside of the flap is where students filled out information about that specific quadrant.<br />
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In the middle was grid paper where the students created the two number lines and labeled the different parts of the coordinate plane. We then practiced plotting and naming points in each of the quadrants.<br />
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For the right side of their notebooks I gave them two graphs, one blank and one with points. The top graph (blank) is where I gave them points and they had to plot them. The bottom graph (with points) is where the students had to practice naming them.<br />
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For homework that night I have them those fun sheets where they plot the points and it forms animals or easily recognizable objects. The kids loved these because they knew right way if they did it right or not. I found a few on <a href="http://www.mathcrush.com/" target="_blank">MathCrush</a>.<br />
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It was pretty interesting to see what some of my students came up with when they returned. A few had some deformed fish or birds, so I knew they needed more practice but everyone else knew what to do and was ready to move on.<br />
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Here are the links to the foldable, it's two pages that you print off double sided. Everything lines up correctly. Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1Kx1ldoldEqwZsQP0VsCmjS_4v2-w3zmERrbZbztUj6w/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Coordinate Plane Interior</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1UhxC-Gl9oXLoxNGWjMrOM8KzMkhi41463tZeEPRBH8w/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Coordinate Plane Exterior</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12871562197738479389noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403954711720262312.post-19847664165369547792012-12-27T09:26:00.000-06:002014-12-18T13:58:21.396-06:00Geometry ISNSince I started using an ISN in my Algebra class I have seen my students succeed to higher levels/expectations than I ever thought were possible at the beginning of the year. In the mean time I saw the levels of my Geometry students progressively drop as the semester was going by.<br />
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At the beginning of every period I ask my students a journal question in which they are to reply to, we use blogger for this. One day I asked my Geometry students to reflect on their learning and the type of student they are. These are the following questions I asked them:<br />
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<li>What do you need to do as a student in Geometry class to be successful? </li>
<li>What have you been doing so far this school year that hasn't been
working for you? </li>
<li>What have you been doing so far this school year that
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The number one thing my students replied with was they don't know how to take proper notes and they lack organizational skills. It was like the clouds opened up and the sun was shining down on us that day. I instantly knew that they desperately needed the ISN too.<br />
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That night on my way home from work I stopped by my favorite store, Target, and picked up composition notebooks for each of my Geometry students. The next day when the kids came in and saw all of the supplies out on the table some were excited because they have friends in my Algebra class and knew what was going on, while others were just plain old confused.<br />
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I explained what we were doing and why we were doing this. They were all excited to try something new. In fact at the end of the period one of my students approached me and said "Ms. O this is a pretty cool project you have us working on." <br />
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This is the cover I created for my Geometry ISN.<br />
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