tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801786798878041752024-03-12T17:44:00.628-07:00Math Made Gr8The journey of an elementary teacher in an 8th grade classroom.Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-62850788045453606822014-10-05T18:55:00.001-07:002014-10-05T18:56:17.236-07:00October CurrentlyI'm linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2014/10/october-currently.html">Farley</a> for this month's October Currently.<br />
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<b>Listening</b>: I'm watching last week's episode of Resurrection. I didn't know it started back up for this season until it came on after Once Upon a Time. Love this show. So good!!</div>
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<b>Loving</b>: My Young Living essential oils. I'm obsessed with them. I started using them at the beginning of September and use them daily. For everything. Feeling tired in the morning? Inhale some peppermint. Something hurts? Put some peppermint or Pan Away on it. Need to clean? Thieves and Lemon. Distracted? Lemon and Valor. Feeling down? Joy and Peppermint diffused through my house. Stressed out? Peace and Calming or Stress Away. Kids at school are off the wall? Put a few drops of lemon, valor, or peace and calming on their desks or diffuse it through the room. Not getting enough sleep? Mix some frankincense, lemon, and lavender in with some coconut oil and use it as a moisturizer (I have oily skin, and it doesn't make me greasy!). Not sleeping? Peace and calming and lavender. I'm super allergic to my friend's dog and get hives. Put lavender oil on them and they're gone. Got a pimple? Purification. THIS STUFF IS AMAZING!!!!! I use them everyday everywhere. Send me a message if you're interested in learning more :)</div>
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<b>Thinking: </b>I have got to grade these papers. I gave a quiz on Wednesday and graded two sets but not the third. Need to get cracking on it.</div>
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<b>Wanting:</b> Pumpkin roll! I love pumpkin roll. It's my favorite thing about fall. I can't get enough of it. </div>
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<b>Needing:</b> To plan for the week. We have ACT Explore testing tomorrow and Wednesday, so that has totally thrown off my plans. Sigh.</div>
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<b>Trick or Treat: </b>Treat (coming soon)</div>
<br />Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-33750684521676398052014-10-01T07:33:00.001-07:002014-10-01T07:33:42.946-07:00Taking on Too MuchAs usual, I have overwhelmed myself. Theater is my second passion. It is the only thing I love as much as teaching. I grew up on stage and when I went to college I transitioned back stage to stage managing. I got involved with the theater here last October and did every show since. This past weekend, my most recent show "The 39 Steps" went up. The show only had a cast of 4. How hard could it have been? THE HARDEST SHOW I HAVE EVER DONE! I was staying at school until 6:30 then going to rehearsal until 10 or 11 every night since the beginning of the year. I. Am. Worn. Out. On top of that, I'm organizing our field trip in April (over night to DC), heading a committee, and trying to be the best teacher I can be. Now I'm just trying to get caught up.<br />
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Personally, I love it. I love that the kids are in control of their grade and I can see where they need more work. Unfortunately, my students are not retesting!!! What in the world!? I can't understand it. I really can't. I'm not giving in though. Progress reports went home today. I sent letters home two weeks ago to kids who haven't retested. Maybe that will get the point across...</div>
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I LOVE IT! Sign up for the spring competition. My kids are so engaged. They are coming in every day asking if it is an SMG day. Some of them are being safe and only investing in one company (usually Apple) and only a few shares (20-30). Others have invested EVERYTHING and have invested in Michael Kohrs, Nike, Kraft, Johnson & Johnson, Under Armour, etc. I love hearing them come up with different companies to invest in. The conversations about why they should or should not invest while they are interpreting graphs is awesome. I'm so impressed. I have 5 teams in the top 10 in the region right now. So proud.</div>
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I, on the other hand, am in 185/194 in the adult division. I clearly need to start looking at their portfolios and investing in what they are. #fail</div>
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Real Numbers are hit or miss. This year we couldn't get the whole rational/irrational concept, but they can estimate irrational numbers and change repeating decimals to fractions like it's their job. WHAT!?</div>
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As usual, they know the rules, but get tripped up because they still don't know integer rules. Sigh. </div>
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<li>It's hard to explain. To anyone. Students. Parents. Teachers. Colleagues. Nobody gets it until they see it in action. They think I'm crazy. "But where's my grade?" they say. "How did I get an 'M' if I only got 6/8 right?" they ask. "How has my child had five quizzes and 7 tests in two weeks of school!?" "You give 100's for kids who don't get everything correct!?" "That's so much work!" etc. etc. etc. Even after giving my first test back, my kids are still floundering with the concept. I expected that, though. I'm hoping by the second test we have a better understanding.</li>
<li>Grading is easy. I'm not just looking for a correct answer. I'm looking at the work. It makes it easy to know if they get it or they don't. I can look at my set of 8 integer addition and subtraction problems and see that they are using multiplication and division rules for the signs. I can look at fraction problems and see that they know to find a common denominator but are doing something weird with the numerator (you don't want to know), or that they can get the answer as an improper fraction but changing it to a mixed number is a skill that has yet to be mastered (scary). It causes me to reflect. It causes them to reflect. They are already getting good at looking at their work and telling me where they went wrong. That's an excellent start and a great skill to have.</li>
<li>It does not inflate their grades--or destroy them. I was concerned that by taking the Mastery=100 Developing=65 No Mastery=0 approach I would be inflating some and destroying others. My grades are about where I would anticipate if they were receiving traditional grades because classwork and homework are graded as usual. Nobody has a crazy high grade, and the kids with low grades haven't been doing any of the other work either. They love that they get to go back and retest. Some of them hate it and say it's too much work--they're the same ones who don't do my homework or classwork though, so I'm not surprised.</li>
<li>It's not as hard to keep up with as I made it last year. I made myself a spreadsheet this year to write their achievement levels. So much easier than making them comments with the grade in PowerSchool. That was insanity. Also, by using the M, DM, NM scale rather than 1, 2, 3, 4, it is more clear cut where they fall and it is easier to enter into my grade book. *sigh of relief*</li>
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It's week 4 of the MTBoS challenge! Here's my 3-2-1.<br />
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1. Interactive notebooks are the root of my class. I love INBs. So far I'm doing well at keeping up with them. Usually I am so scattered and use them on and off. I'm hoping I keep up!<br />
2. Fist to Five keeps me in tune with how well my kids understood what we did for the day. We are working on being honest when we do it, so I think it's a little skewed when the kids give me their evaluations right now. We'll get there.<br />
3. SBG I gave my first SBG quiz AND test this week. The kids and parents are trying to get used to it, and they will. It will just take time. I'm going to spend Monday going through the test and explaining to them the retest process. Hopefully when they see their SBG score compared to their traditional score they will understand better. SBG post coming soon.<br />
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<u>2 things I bought this week</u><br />
1. More composition notebooks. I live in a different town from where I teach. The town my school is in was completely out of composition notebooks everywhere, so I picked some up for my kids to buy from me instead.<br />
2. New khakis. ALL three pairs of my khakis ended up in the washer with something neon pink at the end of last year (along with all of my other light colored things) and the dye transferred. I finally got some new ones. Yay! :D<br />
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<u>1 Thing I'm grateful for this week</u><br />
Good friends. I have the greatest, most supportive friends out there. They're there when I had a good day to celebrate and when I've had a bad day or I'm feeling overwhelmed to support me and keep me going. I don't know what I'd do without my support network, especially being so far from my family.Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-57357091366485962182014-09-01T09:15:00.003-07:002014-09-01T09:16:26.491-07:00September Currently<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Hang on...it's September? Linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2014/08/currently-september-2014.html">Farley</a> for this month's currently.</div>
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Listening: To nature. I love the sounds of summer. Even though I hate bugs, hearing the cicadas is calming to me. Birds always remind me of my Pap, so it's nice hearing them too.</div>
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Loving: how motivated I am! I have been super proactive and I'm doing really well at planning ahead and not procrastinating. I really hope I am able to keep it up.</div>
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Thinking: I should be outside! It's beautiful and I haven't enjoyed enough time outdoors this summer for some reason.</div>
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Wanting: summer weather to never end! I love the sunshine and warmth. I hate cold. I hate snow. It's why I moved south. Someone told me the other day that this winter is supposed to be worse than last. Not looking forward to that.</div>
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Needing: To grade my classwork assignments from Friday. Maybe I'll do that outside :)</div>
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3 Trips: I would die to go to Greece. My family is Greek. I love Greek food. I love Greek mythology. The isles look beautiful. I want to go and never come back. The Maldives are where I go mentally when I'm stressing and need to think of somewhere peaceful. Every photograph I see of the Maldives is amazing. Australia just because I want to see a kangaroo and some Koalas. The landscape looks beautiful there too :)</div>
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<b>Monday </b>was crazy, which was to be expected. Between kids not having their schedules, random interruptions, practicing hallway procedures, etc., I didn't get through as much as I had hoped. I had wanted to do the marshmallow challenge on Monday, but only one class actually got to do this. I like doing the sticky note activity as well, but I didn't have a chance to grab paper, and they won't stick to my whiteboard, so that was a flop this year. Oh well.<br />
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<b>Tuesday</b> we did mock stations to practice procedures in my room. I had a station with procedure task cards, a station where they had to complete a 7 Habits Puzzle, and a station with me to do "math about me." Unfortunately, only my second block actually got to do this. My first block was so scattered the first day, that I had to take Tuesday to go through my syllabus and procedures, and my third block had to spend half the period (literally) remembering how to come into a classroom the correct way. I'm going to have my hands full with that one.<br />
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<b>Wednesday </b>we dove right in to reviewing integer operations. We completed a foldable and setup our notebooks. We then did some integer task cards, played Integer Insanity, and went on our way.<br />
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<b>Thursday</b> we covered fraction operations and did a set of fraction/decimal task cards.<br />
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<b>Friday</b> we went over PEMDAS and reviewed Wednesday's and Thursday's topics. The thing I love most about SBG is that it makes me reflect more when I'm looking at work. Even though I don't grade classwork SBG, I still look to see what is causing the issues. When we played Integer Insanity, I noticed that a lot of kids were forgetting the order of operations ALWAYS applies. On Friday, I gave them an assignment on PEMDAS that did not have any negatives, and I gave them a separate assignment on just integer rules. Separated, they can do it. Combine the two, and it's a disaster. We'll work on it.<br />
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1. The kids started! I have an awesome advisory group, two awesome blocks, and one that is going to need some tough love, but I'm hopeful that they can evolve into another wonderful group :)</div>
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<br />Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-30734823724416394522014-08-26T20:53:00.000-07:002014-08-26T20:53:08.383-07:00Math Workshop--A plea for help!Just a quick post...<br />
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The catch with this is rotations would either be 4 15min rotations or 3 20min rotations. I would do the lesson as the help desk. My problem with that is I will have to have two groups at a time (12 students instead of 6. Not as effective), and kids will have to be working on task cards for skills that I haven't taught unless they are in my first group.</div>
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<br />Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-43489608068202064432014-08-25T20:06:00.002-07:002014-08-25T20:06:41.591-07:003-2-1 (A day late) and Day 1 RecapIn 2011 and 2012 I was hired to work for schools in towns I didn't teach in (in Pittsburgh after I had just moved back to my parents 4 hours away LITERALLY only a week before in 2011, and in NC in 2012) the day before school started. I'm not kidding. It was Friday, school started Monday, and I went from sobbing about how I couldn't find a job to setting up a classroom in 2 hours. Insanity.<div>
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Not to mention I forgot the adapter for my MacBook to use it with my projector AND my teacher binder at home. What. A. Day. Block 1, we didn't even get through all of the school paperwork let alone get to talk about my own class. Block 2 flew through the syllabus, but there wasn't enough time before or after lunch to do the activity that I wanted to do (<a href="http://7thgrademathteacherextraordinaire.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-marshmallow-challenge-great-team.html">Marshmallow Challenge</a> from Sherri at Middle School Math Rules!), and Block 3 was "turned up" from lunch and never really got themselves in check. Of course that's my biggest class.</div>
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<li>I went to Pittsburgh to see my family :D My aunt retired from 30+ years in the school system this summer and my parents just moved my brother in at Pitt on Thursday, so we had a retirement celebration Friday night. I have only seen my aunt once since I moved two years ago, so that was nice :)</li>
<li>I got ALL of my copies and plans made for the first two weeks of school. WHAT!?</li>
<li>I started rehearsals for the next play I'm working on, and my high school best friend who also ended up down here in NC (same town, actually) was cast in it. Our first show together in 10 years. Yay!</li>
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Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-72592737459361269692014-08-20T21:43:00.000-07:002014-08-20T21:43:20.534-07:00Back to School!We started back for workdays this week, and I am worn out. I haven't gotten HOME before 9 any day this week, and today and yesterday were both after 10:30. Yoi.<br />
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I've been busy busy busy getting everything set up in my INB, in my classroom, and for SBG. I posted two new foldables in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Math-Made-Gr8">TPT store</a> tonight and finally got my data trackers updated there as well. I was also inspired by Ms. Rubin at <a href="http://everybodyisageniusblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-course-guide.html">Everybody is a Genius</a> to create a more visually appealing syllabus. Here is the result:<br />
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My principal and the other two 8th grade math teachers are on board for piloting SBG in Math 8 this year full force, so I'm really excited about that. I will do a full post on that in more detail once things are up and running. Crossing my fingers all goes well on that front!</div>
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Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-84568166230211100322014-08-17T09:43:00.000-07:002014-08-17T09:43:37.302-07:00Sunday 3-2-1 SummaryMy last day of summer. Sigh. Part of me feels like summer flew, but other parts feel like the last day of school was so long ago. I spent this week in and out of my classroom and in and out of workshops. I have a few odds and ends things to finish up in my classroom, but I'm mostly ready to go on that front. Yay!<br />
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Today is my first go at the #MTBoS challenge hosted by Sherri at Middle School Math Rules. The challenge is to post once a week for the entire school year.<br />
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Today I am linking up with <a href="http://www.ellienix.blogspot.com/">Middle School Math Moments</a> for Workin' On it Wednesday.<br />
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<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">7 Habits Curriculum: </b>We have a 50 minute "Patriot Period" (flex period basically) each day and for the first quarter, we will dedicate 25min of this period to re-teaching the 7 Habits. I've been working on getting the 8th grade curriculum together.</li>
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<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">SBG update: </b>The session I went to today was super helpful and I think I will have a much easier time this year. I'm updating my trackers to read "mastery" "developing mastery" and "no mastery" rather than a 1-4 scale. More on this later.</li>
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Me: "Remember that game we played in middle school gifted where we traded stocks and I absolutely hated it?"<br />
Mom: "Yes, what about it?"<br />
Me: "I'm on my way to a workshop about it because I want to use it in my classroom this year."<br />
Mom: "You're kidding."<br />
Me: "I suddenly see the value in it. Funny how things work like that, isn't it?"<br />
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I HATED SMG. Like, REALLY hated SMG. I can't remember if it was 7th or 8th grade, but it was the bane of my existence and it made me hate going to my gifted seminar. The only thing I do remember about it is that my mom told me to invest in Hershey and I think I quit after about two or three weeks because it was way over my head. Honestly, it is probably still way over my head because I am more than likely one of the most financially illiterate human beings on the planet. I'm hoping this will be a learning experience for all of us.<br />
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Students are split into teams of 3-5. Each team gets a login and an imaginary $100,000 to invest in a portfolio. They can invest in any stocks they want, but cannot invest more than 30% in one stock because they need to diversify. They can buy, sell, and trade as often as they would like, but the goal is to make the best investments and have the most valuable portfolio. They compete amongst their classmates, regionally, at the state level, and at the national level. Winning teams are somehow rewarded in various capacities. You can participate just in the fall or spring, or you can participate for the full year from September through April.<br />
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I think once a week it will be the "Teacher's Choice" for math workshop. When we get to functions, we can look at stocks. When we get to systems and linear equations, we can look at stocks. When we get to scatter plots, heck we can look at stocks! All the while, I will never hear "When am I going to actually USE this!?" It will be glorious and hopefully my students will hold it in a higher regard than I did in my middle school angst.<br />
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Check it out! North Carolina lets its teachers participate for free, but other states vary. The facilitator told us that most teachers spend as little as 30-60 minutes PER WEEK on this. Really? That's absolutely doable! It would be great for a "when you finish" activity as well. You can spend as much or as little time as you want on this, and I can see the kids really getting into it if they start investing in things like American Eagle, record labels, Bojangles, etc. It's relevant to them and to the real world. I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes and keeping you all updated.Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-88043938951522132302014-08-11T19:49:00.001-07:002014-08-11T19:49:31.775-07:00Monday Made It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Monday! It's the last Monday of summer. How sad! Next Monday I'll be in my first workday. BOO! Where did summer go!? I'm linking up with 4th Grade Frolics today for Monday Made it! I've been working on everything that is not crucial, of course, so now I'm panicking about getting things done. I'm way too obsessed with my room looking cute. I need to get on track!<br />
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The wall behind my desk is BORING! I didn't know what to put up, but I know I wanted it to be bright and colorful. Enter Sudoku! I haven't been into school to print, laminate, or put it up, but I will be doing that tomorrow. For now, here's a sneak peak :)</div>
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The black numbers will be the "given" numbers. Each square will have velcro so I can adjust from week to week. Students will have to hand in their solutions on Thursday, and on Friday, I will put the white circles up to show solutions. Each week a student gets the sudoku correct, their name will go in a drawing for a prize such as sit in the cozy corner, listen to music, extra points on a test, etc. The bottom picture is the first two letters of the "SUDOKU" bunting I'm going to put up because I've become obsessed with bunting lately. That brings me to...</div>
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Bunting, chevron, and polka dots. What has happened to me? Am I becoming a southerner?</div>
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I don't want to post pictures until everything is completed cleaned up, but I did start on my notebook today! I've been making foldables galore and it's making me giddy. It's the little things, right?</div>
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<br />Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-39059965918562806122014-08-10T10:02:00.002-07:002014-08-10T10:04:27.467-07:00Summer is FadingI woke up Friday morning and realized I only have a week left of summer. My stomach sank, and my boyfriend foolishly told me that I've been doing school work for the past month, "so what's the big deal?"<br />
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Sure, I've been neglecting my apartment's organization (though I've kept the important parts clean, there is stuff EVERYWHERE right now), and done nothing but plan, prep, and re-plan for school to start, but there's a difference between me doing it on my own time and when I'm at school and doing it because I have to. I don't know what it is, but I will sit all summer and prep for the next school year like nobody's business, but as soon as school actually starts, motivation goes out the window. What's up with that?<br />
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So anyway, I talked about power standards in my last post and updated my data trackers and I Can statements then bundled. They can now be found in my TPT store YAY! :) I also updated my vocab because I changed from giraffe to dots and chevron. I'm going to hold out on posting about the other things I've been working on for Monday Made It tomorrow :)<br />
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Now in the next week I am hoping to at least get my first semester or first marking period of my INB completed. I have to get cracking on the 7 Habits curriculum for 8th grade too. So much to do, and so little time! AHH!!!<br />
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I spent yesterday at a training about Power Standards. The idea is simple and something that I think a lot of us overlook--focus on the most important standards, and tie everything else into them. Now, I could sit and easily tell you what standards in the 8th grade curriculum are most important and which are not hit upon as much, but I never took into account the relevancy in the real world or how heavily the standard weighs into other classes (science) or the following courses.<br />
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Using a spreadsheet the county prepared for us that had all of the standards in it and coding, we ranked the importance of each standard in the real world, in future grades, and on the state test, whether it is useful in only math, in two subjects, or in multiple subjects, and what level of RBT it is. each response had a certain number of points attached, so the formulas ranked the standards in order of importance according to our responses. It color coded the top ranked in blue, the bottom in red, and everything in between in a shade of purple. From there, we were able to identify the Power Standards, Complementary Standards, and Remaining Standards.<br />
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I love this idea. I could have told you months ago that there is no reason for me to spend a month on the real number system. The NC EOG only has 2-3 questions on those standards. My problem is that I'm a perfectionist and I want my kids to master each and every single standard. In reality, I would much rather them master things like systems, linear equations, functions, Line of Best Fit, and the Pythagorean Theorem and have a decent grasp on everything else because that is what is most important in 8th grade, in the real world, in their science classes, and in future math classes. </div>
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Now, I had already mapped out my year, but after doing this, I wanted to do it over. Now my units are centered around the power standards, more time is focused on those standards than things like differentiating between rational and irrational numbers, and I can see my power standards cycle back through different units as complementary standards. I have a nice little flow chart set up for my first semester using sticky notes. Of course, I color coded--Power Standards in green, complementary in blue, and remaining in pink. If this works out, Systems will be covered before Christmas in a perfect world and definitely by the end of the first semester. I'm fine with moving my scatter plots unit to the second semester if it means having systems done in the first half of the year. I like this because I can pull systems through the rest of my curriculum to keep it fresh for the rest of the year. In a perfect world, the two weeks after Christmas are completely open for reviewing, reteaching, and retesting.<br />
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Redoing all of my I Can statements and data trackers. In the long run, it will be totally worth it. I just wish that I would have had this training before I got all motivated and decided to start planning my year. Look for new data trackers coming soon in that case. Sigh</div>
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<b>Loving: </b>I'm loving my classroom setup! I love the bright colors and the way it all tied together. I've been super motivated to get things together for this year, and I hope it continues!</div>
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<b>Thinking: </b>I need to get cracking on planning the 7 Habits curriculum for 8th grade at my school, mapping out my year, and getting some lesson plans ready. I want to get my ISN finished before school, too!</div>
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<b>Wanting: </b>Is summer vacation ever long enough? I wish we had a few more weeks. I hope the few we do have left are nice and sunny--I'm losing my tan!</div>
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<br />Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-15545112883938622852014-08-01T18:03:00.003-07:002014-08-01T18:05:23.748-07:00#myfavfriday 2014 Classroom RevealSetting up for the year and decorating my classroom is one of my favorite things about teaching, so it seems appropriate to post it for this week's<br />
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After spending Tuesday-Friday in my classroom this week, it's finally put together! Since they changed me from Enrichment to 8th grade math, I also had to move classrooms. I'm in a MUCH larger classroom, I have storage, and I'm not out in the boondocks anymore (my old room was in an annex), but I will miss how quiet it was out there and my huge floor-to-ceiling window.<br />
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I continued the owl theme from <a href="http://mathmadegr8.blogspot.com/2013/08/entering-blogosphere.html" target="_blank">last year</a>, but brought in more of the bright colors. I opted out of the lights around my room because they were a pain to put up and take down when I changed schools. I will miss them and their ambience, but it will be ok.<br />
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This worked out really well for me last year until supplies started going missing. I decided this year that I will only put supplies out when we need them, and only the supplies we need that day. It will be a little extra work for me, but it will save me $$! Supplies will go in the caddies. The bottom folders are their data notebooks for their data trackers. I had to move all of my bookshelves home to my apartment when I changed counties, and the other three bookshelves from my old classroom are now being occupied by things here, so I decided to only take three to school and some tables will just have to share.</div>
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Front of my room. I left the center empty because I am having a SMART Board mounted soon. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/CUBES-Problem-Solving-Strategy-Teal-Chevron-1141137" target="_blank">CUBES</a> posters and <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TEAM-Group-Management-and-Group-Jobs-Posters-1143954" target="_blank">TEAM</a> Posters displayed above and SWAG down the side.</div>
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My main resources that I use and the <a href="http://teachingninja.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/homework-wheel/" target="_blank">homework wheel</a> from Teaching Ninja above. I made it out of washi tape and a lazy susan. I used industrial strength velcro to hold it to the wall and I'm hoping that's enough. I'll add an arrow to the wall, give it a spin, and that's how we will determine how homework is graded that day.</div>
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Front of my desk. I am in LOVE! I love to have my own corner and had been struggling trying to figure out how to place my desk so I can keep the kids out from behind it (I HATE that!). I forgot about my black table that had also come home from my old county and had been hiding under my guest bed. Yay! I also found this super cute chevron fabric at Hobby Lobby and used it to cover my desk. So cute :)</div>
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From behind my desk. Important binders (parent contact, Teacher Binder, Resources) in the crate.</div>
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The rest of my corner. I swear, that cart is the best investment I've made for my classroom. LOVE that thing.</div>
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This hangs on the cabinet behind my desk. One folder per day per block (left Filetastic and top of the right one) plus one folder for next week. This is how I stay organized. All of the papers for each day go in here so if I'm absent it's easy enough. The other folders are for things to copy, things to file, things to grade, things to put in the grade book, things to deal with later, and a MISC folder.</div>
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I've seen this done on Pinterest, but not in person. I put my two filing cabinets back to back, put some fabric and a border up and had an instant Vocab wall :) I'll put words on here for the whole unit then transfer them to the cabinets on the opposite wall to build the big word wall. Above the cabinets are the Properties of Equality and Properties of Real Numbers from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Math-Properties-of-Equality-and-Real-Numbers-Posters-204734" target="_blank">The Enlightened Elephant</a>.</div>
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Cozy Corner--I use this as a reward for students. The criteria varies depending on the week and my mood. </div>
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Back Wall--I'm not sure what I will use this filetastic for--either extra practice or for workshop resources. Above it is my math mantra canvas. I'm going to really commit to Math Workshop this year, so I"m really excited about that, and I think the board is even cuter on the purple than it was on the brown last year. Above are the mathematical practices. I can't remember where I got them from, but when I figure it out, I will link.</div>
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Close-up of the workshop board. The activities spell MATHS--Math Journal, At your seat, Teacher's Choice, Help Desk, and Skill Practice</div>
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Data Wall--I know I am going to do a data wall, but I'm not sure how I am going to display the data. I want to do it with the I Can statements and data trackers, but the format has yet to be determined. I'd love to talk data walls and SBG with someone out there!</div>
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Above--<a href="http://mrshester.blogspot.com/2013/07/be-kind-with-your-speech.html" target="_blank">Respectful Team Talk</a> posters from Mrs. Hester. I wanted them to match, so I made my own, but the questions are all from her. The "Today..." board will be the focus. It will display our I Can statements for the day as well as our standards for the day. Down the right is LEAD. Hobby Lobby still hasn't gotten in an E, so right now it is just LAD. </div>
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We are a 7 Habits school, so here are the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/7-Habits-of-Highly-Effective-Teens-Posters-1364420" target="_blank">7 Habits posters</a> I made for my room. They are available in my TPT store.</div>
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Paperwork station--turn in papers, late work, and absentee binder. Word wall will be on the cabinets above here and down the rest of the wall above the computers. I have made labels for each of my cabinets, but the laser printer at school wasn't working properly today, so I couldn't get them printed.</div>
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There you have it! I'm so excited about this room. I just love it! </div>
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I put together a set of <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/8th-Grade-I-Can-Statements-bright-giraffe-print-1361808" target="_blank">I Can statements</a> and <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/8th-Grade-Math-Common-Core-Word-Wall-1362081" target="_blank">vocabulary words</a> to use for a Math Focus Wall or Word Wall. They can both be found in <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Math-Made-Gr8" target="_blank">my TPT store</a>.<br />
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I Can statements directly align with my Data Trackers. There is a set with and without the Learning Target numbers. Vocabulary is color coded by unit to match the I Can statements as well. I'm excited to get these laminated and added to my wall :)<br />
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SWAG signs. I got SWAG from Pinterest, but I cannot for the life of me find the post. I used it all last year. It stands for Sit up straight Watch the speaker Ask questions and Give snaps. All are self explanatory except G. We give snaps whenever someone makes a positive contribution to class--not just for right answers! It helps keep us participating and motivated. I painted some canvas, printed out the bubble letters then traced and cut out of sparkly chevron scrap book paper that I found at Hobby Lobby and just could not say no to.</div>
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These will hang on my wall in my classroom. The W was still wet, so it isn't finished here. I wanted to get this posted.</div>
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My school uses the acronym "LEAD" as well. Each morning on the announcements the principal says "Remember each day we want you to LEAD. You never know you can LEAD until you try!" Lead stands for Listen to others, Engage yourself, Accept responsibility, and Do your best.</div>
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I ran out of space on the A and the L is all crooked, so it's not as pretty as I would have liked, but not much I can do sadly. They were out of E's but will get a truck tomorrow, so I will hopefully be able to finish then. These will also go on the wall in my classroom. I covered the canvases with scrap book paper then hot glued a painted wooden letter on.</div>
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In my absence, I have gained some hippy-type qualities. I've gone vegan, I oil pull, I try to use natural EVERYTHING in my home, I'm going to do oil diffusing in my classroom...it's gone a little far. It all kind of started last summer when I took Hot Yoga on Long Island, and when I got hit with a few rough patches between August and the present, I've looked at what I learned there to get me through it. Mainly, I've used mantras. </div>
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Around testing time last year, I had the idea of getting my kids to write mantras to keep them calm and motivated during the test. Unfortunately, the schedule was too crazy to get this done as I hardly saw my kids for the last two week prior to testing. About a month ago I was at a 7 Habits committee meeting at school and suggested we have the kids write mantras for that. I knew I wanted one in my classroom as a generality as well, but hadn't really started trying to write one or looking. Wouldn't you know it, while I was browsing through my Blogger subscriptions I saw <a href="http://a-sea-of-math.blogspot.com/2014/07/photo-credit-www.html" target="_blank">A Sea of Math</a> posted one. It's perfect. So I painted another canvas and wrote it on there. Naturally, I didn't give myself enough space to fit it. It wouldn't be me if I planned ahead. Sigh.</div>
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I started out by drawing 1x1 grids then diagonals through each to create a chevron pattern. I then used painters tape to block them off. In retrospect, I should have painted the whole thing white THEN done the grid, but hind sight is 20/20.</div>
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I then painted over the entire thing white so the colors would have a good base. Again, next time I will paint white THEN grid and tape.</div>
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I peeled back the paint and had pretty zig-zagged chevron :) I could still see the lines, and there were a few spots where the tape wasn't quite even so I painted over it with white in those spots.</div>
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(Terrible picture quality) I used a sharpie paint pen to write the words from the Mantra. The light is bad, so it's hard to see in the picture, but it's not bad in real life. </div>
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Completely unrelated--I want to do a data wall. I tried the poster board thing last year and it was ok, but not what I want. How do you do data walls in your classroom? It's so hard to find good examples for middle school math!</div>
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I'm feeling very motivated right now, so I finally went ahead and made my own banner and logo. They aren't the best because I haven't dabbled in Illustrator since I was in high school, but I'm pleased :)<br />
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I also started a Facebook page! You can find it <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mathmadegr8" target="_blank">here</a>. Go like me and check out my TPT store :) </div>
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I was home bound last week due to an unknown plague, so naturally I decided to take it easy by getting ready for next year. I'll be back in 8th grade teaching traditional math--no Math I HOORAY!!!! Even better? My best friend will also be teaching 8th grade math right next door, so I really couldn't be happier :)<br />
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I posted last summer about data tracking. The system worked well until I switched schools and positions and wasn't able to keep up since it was mid-year. It worked well for the kids and for me, but I needed to do some tweaking. I wanted to really narrow down the learning targets so they were specific and I needed a better way for myself to keep track. So here we have Data Tracking 2.0!<br />
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I started by mapping out the curriculum in the way I want to teach it. We use the Big Ideas book at my new school, and their sequencing just makes no sense to me. After I decided what order to teach things in, I isolated the standards and wrote I Can statements for each. The units are big and will more than likely have multiple tests and quizzes per unit, but I am ok with that.<br />
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This is the same format as last year, but with the new skills and sequencing. Students will rate and date at the beginning of the unit. 4 is they can do it without ever making a mistake and could teach someone else, 3 is they aren't perfect but they usually don't make a mistake, 2 is they know how to get started but get stuck sometimes, and 1 is they don't know how to start at all. They use the far right chunk to graph as a bar graph. Each time we test or quiz they rate date and graph in a different color. The goal of course is growth. This helps the students, their parents, and me see exactly where they need assistance. It's great for parent conferences and has reduced the number of kids who come to me saying "I need help." "With what?" "All of it." *blank stare from Miss A*</div>
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The new part (which I love love love!!) is the teacher half of the data tracking. </div>
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This is printed as a two-sheet spread that goes into a three ring notebook. Student names across the top, learning targets down the left, and their score from 1-4 goes in the box. Since this is SBG, the grades change based on performance, so be sure to use pencil! Since they rate and date in their folders, I am still able to look back if necessary for parents/admin/students/myself to see how they have progressed, but I just have their current level of proficiency/understanding in my grade book. I think this will make things much easier!</div>
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This is available as a bundle in my TPT store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/8th-Grade-Math-Common-Core-Data-Tracking-for-Standards-Based-Grading-1345847" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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<br />Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-21727086624336219572014-04-30T15:03:00.001-07:002014-04-30T15:04:04.960-07:00It's testing season!!<span style="background-color: white;">I have really dropped the ball with this blog! Switching schools, learning two new grade levels, developing curriculum, snow, test prep..AH! I can't believe it's the end of April. This year flew, and THE EOG IS COMING!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">My new position is a remediation/enrichment position. I teach "the bubble kids." These kids have a history of doing well on the NCEOG, but either just barely passed or just barely missed the cut on the 12-13 test. I LOVE IT! These kids are motivated and want to do well. It was a little bumpy at first because their schedules unfortunately say "math remediation" which has its own stigma in the eyes of a middle schooler, of course, and my class is during Encore, so they've all had to give up a more "fun" class like art or PE in order to be in my room. Fortunately I'm such a bundle of energy I've been able to make it less of a drag in their eyes and many of them have come around. If only I could get them over this homework barrier. Sadly, this position is only until the end of the year, and in the fall I will be moving to the other end of the building to each 8th grade math again. This makes me really sad because this is the perfect position for me, and my administrators/colleagues have frequently told me how pleased they are with how I've approached things. Traditionally, this class has been a workbook class. PASS! </span><br />
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In 6th grade:<br />
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<li>We took our significant others on dates to Chili's</li>
<li>We <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Design-a-Zoo-Integrated-Geometry-Area-Perimeter-Project-614662" target="_blank">designed our own zoos</a>, drawn to scale</li>
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In 8th grade:</div>
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I am loving these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/21st-Century-Math-Projects" target="_blank">21st Century Math Projects</a>. They're awesome for the type of classroom I'm in. I'd love to continue using them next year, but it's much easier to implement when your biggest class is only 11 and you aren't the only math teacher responsible for their success. They're a little on the pricy side, but super engaging. LOVE!</div>
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In other news, I've been nominated for a Liebster, but I'll have to blog about that later.</div>
Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-4682336164288842042014-03-15T19:17:00.002-07:002014-03-15T19:18:59.105-07:00Happy Pi Day!We celebrated Pi day yesterday. I always get excited when I can wear my "get rational" "get real" t-shirt :)<br />
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We created a chain of Pi from <a href="http://www.missmathdork.com/2014/03/pi-day-2014-er-pi-week-2014.html" target="_blank">Miss Math Dork</a>, ate Pi, and had a Pi memorizing contest. It worked out well because we had intramural basketball Friday afternoon so I only had my first three classes and missed my afternoon classes. We built our chain out to 800 digits, and as you can see it goes around most of my room. We have 200 digits to go to get to 1,000 so we will work on that this week when we have extra time.<br />
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Thanks to Kacie Travis for the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pi-Day-Celebration-Activity-and-Classroom-Decorations-1042662" target="_blank">super cute Pi Day decorations</a> too!<br />
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I have switched schools! I moved counties and went from teaching 8th grade and Math I to teaching 6-8 enrichment/remediation. I have no curriculum, no guidelines, just freedom for creativity and to target exactly what these kids need. I actually get to differentiate and be creative? WOAH! Crazy!<br />
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I'm still doing a mastery based method, but not like I had done in my previous school. 6th and 7th started off with adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. 8th started with the real number system.<br />
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Monday--Teach<br />
Tuesday-Thursday--Games, task cards, teacher time, AM<br />
Friday--Fast Fact Friday and quiz<br />
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<b>Fast Fact Friday</b> is similar to multiplication facts. For 6/7 I used Super Speed Math Fractions from Whole Brain Teaching. They are given 100 fractions and have to write them in simplest form in 2 minutes. For 8th grade I gave them fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 20 and they had to memorize the decimal equivalent<br />
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<b>Quizzes</b> are only 10 questions. If a student receives an 8 they move on the next week. If not, we reteach. So this week, about half of my 6/7 graders will be adding and subtracting still and the other half will be multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers. As I expected, 8th graders need more time with the real number system. Repeating decimals are just so hard!!<br />
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I created these products to add to <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/math-made-gr8" target="_blank">my TPT store</a>:<br />
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<b>Whack-a-Fraction: Addition and Subtraction</b><br />
Students deal all cards out to players (2-4). Players flip the top card at the same time in an "I declare war" style and solve their own problem. We played where the first person to correctly solve their problem (must be checked by all other players) won all the cards, but it could also be played with the highest or lowest value winning.<br />
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<b>Fraction Sequence Addition and Subtraction Version</b></div>
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Math Made Gr8http://www.blogger.com/profile/03920271993322563402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980178679887804175.post-6141872773994662622014-03-01T08:38:00.001-08:002014-03-01T08:38:25.245-08:00Math is Gr8 in 6-8!I just took quite the hiatus! Between family matters, stage managing three shows back-to-back between October and last weekend, growing a great distaste for my previous job, switching counties and positions, I've been a crazy person!<div>
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I have moved to a neighboring county and am now teaching 6-8 math enrichment/remediation. I say both because every child I have is on grade level and very intelligent but they either just barely passed or just missed passing their EOG last year by a few points. I get to make up my curriculum and only teach between 6-12 kids per period. It's wonderful. Updates to come!</div>
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