Thursday, December 17, 2009

ELL Joke Worksheets?

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Kate wrote a great post about the value of a well-structured worksheet last month. I agree that there are huge benefits of having a unified...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Algebra 1: Situation Graphing

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I learned a few years back that jumping right into graphing slope-intercept equations never worked. This is one of those concepts that, bef...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

Review game: Trashketball

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I know that many teachers out there play some form of Trashketball, so this isn't really groundbreaking. However, I always have problem...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Math Department Photo: 2009-2010

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Michelle Longosz, our former photo teacher, always takes amazing department photos for us each year. Here is the radical math department.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

XKCD based lesson: The Coordinate Plane

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Ever since I first saw this xkcd cartoon , I wanted to use it in a lesson. I finally put that together this year. I used the cartoon as a ...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Story of 1

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I was clued in to the existence of The Story of 1 a couple of weeks ago from my twitter PLN. I had my sub show it to my algebra 1 classes ...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Algebra 1: Solving Equations Puzzle

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Here is a puzzle activity for reviewing equation solving. I found that it worked better when I made an answer mat for students to put thei...
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Putting students in control of their learning

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In the last couple of years, I've worked to really clarify exactly what skills I expect my students to learn. The assessment system mak...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Distributive Property and Multiplying Binomials

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I made a review lesson for my Algebra 2 students on these topics, to make sure they are really ready before we start performing operations o...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Algebra 1: Solving Equations

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I am beginning the planning stages of our unit on solving equations in Algebra 1. In my past experiences, some students pick this up very q...
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