It has been a week of realizations, battles, and brief moments of getting it right.
Too tired to type deeply, so I'll speak with pictures.
Here are some of the 'positives' for the week:
Group D's Hopes and Dreams. I need to put up Group E's and F's, but I am waiting for the imminent arrival of the SmartBoard and its subsequent placement before I tape up 60 more of these...
My very simple but effective rules for the classroom. To make it actually concrete as opposed to abstract we did the following activity below:
Students, in their study teams, received a packet of 'anecdotes' of behaviors I had seen last week, both positive and negative. They then arranged them according to category. This became quite powerful as there were some negative stories that fit into all three rules of being broken. Students realized that their actions affected more than themselves. (Of course, not everyone got this, but it was still a powerful exercise nonetheless)
This was a time-heavy activity to make with all the materials. I made envelopes of about 20-30 stories for group, 20 groups in total. At least two hours of prep time, but it was worth it, I feel.
We've started bar graphs and our graphing unit this week. Middle school girls apparently really like Chris Brown....so let's put him into mathematics eh?
I've also been purposely making mistakes on my graphs, so that I can ask students during share out what problems they are noticing about my graph. This is leading up to an activity where they look at different graphs to find errors....still working out the details on it however.....
Yay! I am using my math word wall, and used it to jump start Math Simon Says today. Tomorrow, they begin formally defining the words for themselves. Math Simon Says went well, despite some disruption and behavioral problems.
Okay....bed time
Sara
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