So this year instead of having this blog be for my students, it will be for me. A place to reflect, to vent, to reach out into the ether. The year has started out insanely - new principal, new assistant principal - who have in common the communication style of a schizophrenic rhinoceros. Monday is the first full day of classes, and here it is Saturday night and I am ready for 2.5 of my 4 classes. Even as I type I am conscious that this effort, which I believe is for my professional benefit may be distracting me from the work I need to do.
I have come across a fabulous graphic organizer/first day student survey, for which I am grateful. More fun than anything I would have come up with. I am hoping - and this is the last thing I will say before I get back to the work that must be done if I am to retain my sanity through the first week - that being with my students will divert me from the nonsense up above.
Here's to teachers who share their work with anyone lucky enough to find it.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Parallelepipeds!
We began our unit on 3D today with a review of vocabulary and a focus on prisms, learning how to calculate volume and surface area. Do you remember the definition of parallelepiped? Alysha H. does, as do her co-geometers Saeed L. and Valerie H. Good work, guys - thinking about Geometry outside the box of the classroom!
I don't know why everyone was SO CHATTY today - it was like an epidemic. Maybe someone can clue me in, but you know I am counting down until June 17- and I want EVERYONE passing that exam!
Another note about HW #44 - some of the problems talk about triangular prisms, and we didn't practice solving any problems with prisms whose bases were not rectangles. These problems may present a real challenge to you, but give them a try.
JUST REMEMBER:
VOLUME of a PRISM = AREA OF THE BASE x HEIGHT
SURFACE AREA of a PRISM = THE AREA OF ALL OF THE FACES ADDED TOGETHER
See you on the runway!
Friday, March 5, 2010
A Day of Finance
Today I had the pleasure of going on a field trip with 4 completely pleasant, open-minded girls, who were willing to go on an adventure, to look at something new without fear or hesitation, but rather with curiosity and a desire to expand their worlds. We made it through the NY Fed's rigorous screening (!), received packets of shredded money, looked at pork bellies, soybeans and Bloomberg terminals, and took our photographs at the Bull at Bowling Green. I am excited by the opportunity that they sought and embraced. Who knew this field trip, reluctantly planned, would one of my best teaching days ever? Thanks, girls!Monday, March 1, 2010
Pi Day Digits
just a start!
World Maths Day
http://www.worldmathsday.com/2010/
and let me know if you want to participate. The way it works is this:
I sign you up so you can log on. You are matched with someone else somewhere in the world for a one minute math contest. The math is pretty simple - adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing positive and negative numbers. You have one minute and you can see how well you are doing versus your competitor.
Oh - and every contest you play will earn you 3 extra homework points.
What do you think? Take the challenge!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Triangles are Forever!
I haven't posted to the blog in a while, but that is about to change. Today we began the unit on triangle congruence, which is the underpinning of the rest of the course. Nerd that I am, I had a great time proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that the measures of the angles of a triangle add up to 180˚. Here is the solution to today's Challenger. Can you come up with a check of the problem to make sure the answer I got was correct? Tell me about it, and you shall be rewarded......
Check out my new Voki - and follow her instructions!
Friday, November 6, 2009
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