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Nov 30
Love letter to #MTBoS (or why I blog…)
So, as many of you might already know, the great Kate Nowak (@k8nowak) is doing a presentation about the benefits of blogging at the NCTM conference! (Whoo Hoo – wish I could be there.) She has asked folks to “talk” a bit about why they blog and what blogging has brought to their teaching (and …
Oct 16
Struggling with struggling…
There are lots of things that I’d like to teach kids besides how to complete the square or graph an exponential function. Here’s what I’m thinking about right now… How do I help kids be “ok” with struggling and (even better) see the value in the struggle? I teach some incredibly gifted kids in Algebra …
Oct 06
Exploring the MTBoS
The MathTwitterBlogosphere has been so helpful and inspirational to me that I really wanted to try to give back and participate a little in the challenges over the next few weeks. I don’t promise to be inspirational or even good – just to make an effort to participate! If you’d like to participate – check …
Oct 05
Frustration….
So, to be clear, I love what I do! But, as with any job or calling or even hobby, sometimes you get frustrated. This was one of those weeks. I teach two different “levels” of the same course – Algebra 2 academic and Algebra 2 honors. As you can imagine, the academic level is for …
Sep 21
Grab Bag Review
I’ve been wanting to participate in Made 4 Math Monday’s for a long time now but have often felt like I didn’t really have anything new to share. Shelli (@druinok) encouraged me to just go for it… so here goes. Week before last (yes, I’m that behind in my writing) we finished up a …
Aug 31
Change…
So let me start by saying… I’m old… not unreasonably old and not really old in my head but its been a long time since I was the rookie teacher in my school. I’m the one that’s “always been here” and the one that knows all about what was “a million years ago.” On top …
Jul 21
Polynomial Division – Long, Synthetic or Boxes?
If you read my last post, then you know that the blog name here came out of a student comment made right after I finished a lesson that I was particularly excited about. This is it! While it might not seem like much here – trust me, I was excited. I had that “ah-ha” moment …
Jul 11
Geek vs. Nerd vs. Dork
And then there were two! Two posts that is – on my brand new blog. A huge accomplishment for me. I debated and debated about posting this but then decided I specifically wanted to remember this so this is a selfish post entirely for me! How this blog got its name or one …
Jun 30
Anxiety…
“Anxiety is feeling unrealistic fear, worry, and uneasiness.” Yep, that’s me…. at least where I was and sometimes still am….. About lots of things…. Would my kids pass their end of course test? Would we find just the right teachers to fill our open positions for next year? What do others think of the job …
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