If you know me, you know that organization is my middle name. Alright, obviously, it is not my actual middle name but…I love being organized! Whether it is organizing my physical classroom, my Google Drive, or my lesson plans, I love being (neurotically) organized because it gives me a sense of peace. Every year, I have… Read More Digital Lesson Plans via Google Docs
A couple of weeks ago, myself and a colleague completed our first Digital BreakoutEdu. Click HERE to read about it. It was a great success – the students loved it. More importantly, they were able to use critical thinking skills to solve problems from our content standards. It’s was the best of both worlds! As… Read More Digital BreakoutEdu: The Secret Stockbroker Society
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve decided I want to put aside time each week to reflect upon my week, lessons, students, and, basically, anything that I find to be relevant or worth revisiting. I think that one of the best ways to do this is to have a weekly blog post where I reflect on… Read More Weekly Reflection: The End of the Election Season
Unit 3 of our Math 7 Honors course is quickly approaching…So, I am trying to create some digital activities! One of the lessons will be on “Estimating Irrational Roots” which is such an odd and complex concept for some students. It’s one of those concepts that needs to be shown visually, so students truly understand… Read More Organizing Irrational Roots – Digital Matching Activity
I’ve been hearing a lot about BreakoutEdu and, more recently, Digital BreakoutEdu. It’s something I have been wanting to try in my classroom but was unable to find the resources that were appropriate for my middle school students. Honestly, I didn’t have the resources and I hadn’t found the time to search for them. Enter… Read More Digital BreakoutEdu Review – They Loved It!
I’ve had the wonderful opportunity of being involved in a lot of great programs at my school site. However, the more involved you are in at your school, the likelihood that you will be out of your classroom greatly increases. As I have found myself out of the classroom more frequently, I have tried to… Read More HyperDoc Lessons for When You’re Out of the Classroom
Recently, I read some interesting articles about offices that were creating post-it murals to cover their walls. Click HERE or HERE to see the offices. As I looked at these offices, I knew that there was a math project within these decorations. Several math concepts came to mind, such as measurement, scale, and converting between… Read More Post-It Project (Fractions, Decimals, Percent, Scale, & More!)
Hello! I created this “Math About Me” activity as a beginning of the school year and INB set up activity. In my classroom, I will print this front to back so that it is on one paper. I will have the students complete the questions on the first day of class. They will then use… Read More Math About Me – Beginning of the Year Activity
During this unit, I have been trying to implement projects to create a curriculum that is rigorous and relevant to my students. Our first project during 7.RP was on “Ratios, Proportions, & Scale” and our second project is on “Percents” with a focus on converting fractions, decimals, and percents. In this project, the students will… Read More Percent Project
I apologize in advance for the extra amount of posting today…I had so much to write and add last week but didn’t get the chance! 🙂 Below are some pictures of a Score Tracker I developed. It is to be put inside the student’s Interactive Notebook and will allow them to keep track of their… Read More Interactive Notebook – Score Tracker
