Sunday, October 21, 2007

Don't worry, I'm not dead...

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My Numeracy students are now about a month into their ALEKS experience. I started all students out on the third grade standards level (the...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Our Department Picture: Math Rox!

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Are you ready for this?

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I quickly mentioned the Readiness Checker idea a few posts ago, as a new idea I got from another teacher. I want to revisit it here, now th...
Saturday, September 15, 2007

What we have to watch out for (a partial list)

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San Jose, though a relatively safe city overall, does have a significant gang problem. Our students are generally not involved in gangs dir...
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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Another discrete learning moment

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In Numeracy, we have so far been working on two concepts: solving word problems with the bar model method and adding integers with and witho...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

My life just got a bit easier

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Every year, a handful of juniors end up having a free period due to various scheduling reasons. But, we don't let them sit idle. Inste...
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Sunday, September 02, 2007

In the news... again...

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Yesterday's article about DCP's gain in the API, reflecting the fact that the students decided to actually take the tests last spri...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Writing in math rocks my socks

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I handed out and used the reflection journals in my Numeracy class for the first time today. Of course my first class was too fast for me a...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Wha?

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The first day came and went in a blur. We started the day with a special assembly, in which all the departments came up with a little skit ...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

It begins!

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Ok, I think I just laminated more things in the last three days than I have previously in my whole life. I've got up the class norms (1...
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