Tuesday, April 9, 2013
SCAN-We're Critical to Thinking: Can All Kids Learn to Think Critically?
SCAN-We're Critical to Thinking: Can All Kids Learn to Think Critically?: There is no doubt in my mind that there is a special place for all teachers who adapt class activities so that their students can achieve an...
Monday, April 1, 2013
Well it looks like I did it again! I set a goal to make a reflection/blog spot every day but then get too busy. Blogging always seems to get to the bottom of the list. Realizing that I could go in and edit my posts so that evidence of my negligence never existed (although we all know in the digital age, everything is permanent.) Obviously, I didn't delete it and the reason being so you could see that nobody is perfect and we all have very busy lives. I am thinking of changing the name of this blog to be the 'Real Math For Real Teachers' or something like that. Seriously! LOL We do what we can, don't beat ourselves up too much when we don't, and do our best to jump on that band wagon.
The trick is making it a part of your every day routine because just taking 10 minutes to make a quick reflection about the day can be a great insight for where you need to go next. The silly thing is that I actually feel like it is the most important part of the day. That 10 minutes can be so helpful as you look at the lesson plans you thought you would do and analyze how they actually went and more importantly how the students responded to it. Knowing its' importance, I still will not embarrass myself again by promising to do it every day (or even once a week) but will instead put it in my daily routine and hope for the best. :)
In my defense, I have been working my professional hinny off with my math and science Island students trying to close the gaps. Happy to report that I have been giving my students the mid year assessment on Discovery Education (a very difficult series of assessments, highly recommended) and my students have been doing awesome! They are making huge gains and I am so relieved to know that all of my hard work is paying off!!! This is my first year teaching math kindergarten through sixth grade and while I know that I am putting in 100% it is just very reassuring to see that it is indeed working!
It all goes back to constructivism! I tried to find and create as many different hands on activities as I could as well as effective IPad and Internet activities and assessments and just had it it. I will hopefully get all of that updated on here very soon and I am changing my afternoon routine to include blogging BEFORE I go home!
The trick is making it a part of your every day routine because just taking 10 minutes to make a quick reflection about the day can be a great insight for where you need to go next. The silly thing is that I actually feel like it is the most important part of the day. That 10 minutes can be so helpful as you look at the lesson plans you thought you would do and analyze how they actually went and more importantly how the students responded to it. Knowing its' importance, I still will not embarrass myself again by promising to do it every day (or even once a week) but will instead put it in my daily routine and hope for the best. :)
In my defense, I have been working my professional hinny off with my math and science Island students trying to close the gaps. Happy to report that I have been giving my students the mid year assessment on Discovery Education (a very difficult series of assessments, highly recommended) and my students have been doing awesome! They are making huge gains and I am so relieved to know that all of my hard work is paying off!!! This is my first year teaching math kindergarten through sixth grade and while I know that I am putting in 100% it is just very reassuring to see that it is indeed working!
It all goes back to constructivism! I tried to find and create as many different hands on activities as I could as well as effective IPad and Internet activities and assessments and just had it it. I will hopefully get all of that updated on here very soon and I am changing my afternoon routine to include blogging BEFORE I go home!
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