Beyond Unit 1, we want to continue to maximize students’ opportunities to access grade level content. In Units 2 and 3, we introduce grade level content while providing ongoing opportunities to reinforce prior grade level understandings and fluencies, all within the work of fractions. While many...
Friday When we talk about student success, we often think about grades, retention, and graduation rates. Those things matter, of course. But ask any student and they’ll tell you that learning is about so much more than just what happens in the classroom. It’s about building confidence. ...
9/22 ChatGPT Guide for Teachers –OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, just unveiled a new teacher guide. @ShakeUpLearning 9/21 Why My Morning Check-Ins Matter So Much to My Students. Check-ins can be as varied as content, but what’s important is that they get students moving around ...
It can be difficult to judge how long this activity will last; you may need to ‘go with the flow’ somewhat. Depending on the length of your lesson and what you intend to cover, you may want to use fewer quotations for a snappier lead in, particularly if you have some meaty lesson ...
Friday, March 21, 2025 Of Walking and Writing Posted byBobbi Miller We are supposed to talk about Our Best Day Ever. To be honest, I’m having a hard time coming up with something to say. I’m in the middle of grading final projects, then there’s all the other stuff. You know ...
Our climb up to the Torres del Paine starts on day two, and in less than auspicious weather conditions. The morning is misty and intermittent rain, and it is impossible to see the Cordillera. We are hiking with a guide, and he seems to be preparing us for the likelihood that the towers...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities moved to emergency remote teaching (ERT). This allowed institutions to continue their instruction despite not being in person. However, ERT is not without consequences. For example, students may have inadeq
Last Friday was the final meeting of this class. The outside students from Claremont were not present as it was finals week. The inside students wanted to do a bit of math and just chit chat. We spent about an hour thinking about Fermat’s theorem on the sum of two squares (the only...
It’s easy (too easy) to catch middle schoolers off-guard and surprise them. Blogger 7th Grade English uses curveball questions like: “When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, this day will be as far from Friday as this day was from Friday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. ...
extremely organized, all resources needed for an A were provided. Many opportunities to raise grade. great elective class to take if not a required class. learned a lot about reasoning and fallacies. He was clear on grading and procedures and was fair in grading, other than that, none. ...