tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29314360197188941962024-02-21T05:54:00.165-08:00Live. Love. Math.Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-21440958497362913112018-06-12T14:15:00.000-07:002018-06-12T14:15:33.051-07:00Integrating Technology in the Secondary Math Classroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a hot minute since I have written a post, but I am back. As teachers, you know how crazy life can get and it has been exactly that for the past few years. Yes. Years.<br />
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My goal this past school year was to integrate technology into my daily lessons as often as possible. This ranged from using the TI Nspire calculators with the Navigator system, to ipads, to just booking the computer lab. We are also a "bring your own device" campus, but with 7th graders that can open up a can of worms that I am just not interested in managing, mmkay?<br />
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One of my favorite things that I did this year was dive head in with Schoology as a platform to house all course materials. Students still received paper copies of most things, but files were housed on Schoology in our course materials folder in the event it was lost or students wanted to re-do an assignment. This also saved me a lot of time from standing at the copier since I could load a digital copy of a resource on Schoology and students could access on their ipads. Students were more engaged using technology, and I had an extra 10 minutes to drink HOT coffee before school started. I know, I can't believe it either.<br />
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It was so easy to navigate for students and parents. I am all about things making my life easier and this was it! By the end of the first month of school, I am able to provide simple instructions about where their activity is located and they can find it. It leaves me more time to go work on on one with students who need it most. <div>
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When you put students in purposeful groups, and provide tools to not get bogged down in the math, real magic can happen. Don't get me wrong, I am all about students having the skills they need in order to solve basic math problems without calculation devices. But, if that is not the main skill that I am assessing, I am going to allow my students to have a calculator available to them. Here, they are working on a Pythagorean Theorem task. While they all have a calculator available to them, they chose NOT to use it. That is powerful. </div>
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Many people think that teaching an accelerated course means that your students are all above grade level. That is simply not the case. In my class, I will have students who range from having barely passed the state test to scoring perfectly. There is a lot of differentiation that needs to occur in order to meet my kiddos where they are and grow them all. I want to be able to extend the learning for my truly GT students but also not leave behind my strugglers. Technology allowed me to do that this year. I am looking forward to incorporating it even more next year!</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-26131923140597609582015-08-02T10:53:00.002-07:002015-08-02T10:54:51.389-07:00It's time for the Back to School Sale!One thing I love about this time of year is new school supplies and new TPT products to purchase for my classroom! I like to change things up so I don't get bored of using the same activities over and over again. I am going to share with you some things that I am glad I purchased last year, and some things that I am super stoked to purchase tomorrow!<br />
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Have you ever used any of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Integers-I-wanna-be-a-Rock-Star-Relay-A-fun-way-to-review-1441463" target="_blank">MissMathDork's relays</a>? Have you been living under a rock!? They are the best thing that has entered my classroom on a review day since I don't know what. This was perfect for my 6th graders last year! She even has bundles for you to create your own.</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-11057293405329038812015-07-31T08:37:00.000-07:002016-07-30T12:57:17.365-07:00Enhancing Basic Skills Without Losing Class Time<br />
Hello, friends! I hope that you have had a wonderful summer so far. It is about that time for me to start thinking about going back to school (as hard as that is right now!) and I began reflecting upon some things that worked for me last year. If you are in Texas, then you know how hard of a shift we made with new standards this year. I found myself feeling a great need to "fill in all the gaps" that my kiddos had. However, we simply didn't have the time. I had to come up with a way to help them without using class time.<br />
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I taught two grades last year: 6th Grade On Level Math, and 7th Grade Pre-AP Math. Needless to say, they had very different gaps. </div>
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On my campus, we have 5 minute passing periods. If you are on an elementary campus or don't have as long of a passing period, you may need to tweak this for your campus.</div>
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Here's what I came up with: I made flash cards (using index cards and a sharpie that still had some life left in it!) for whatever skill it was that my kids were severely struggling with. For my 6th graders, it was multiplication facts at first, and for my 7th graders, it was integer operations. (Can I get an AMEN?!)</div>
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Anyhow, I made about 60 flashcards of varying difficulty for each set and used different colors so that I could easily identify which set was for which grade level. At the end of each class, I would dismiss my kids, and wait at the door for my next class. They were already trained to wait until I told them they could go in, so this was an easy transition. </div>
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They weren't necessarily this easy, but on the back would be the answer like this:<br />
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If the student got the right answer, they went into class and completed whatever task was on the board for them. If the answer was incorrect, I did one of two things. Sometimes, I let the student take the card with them to the back of the line and when they got back up to the front they would need to explain why the answer is what it is. Other times, I would send them to the back of the line to review their notes and when they came back up, they would get a different card. It was a great way to hold them accountable for skills that they should have mastered. </div>
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I'm going to be completely honest here. I didn't think this would work as well as it did. I would use the same exact set for a week or two before switching to something a bit more difficult based on what we were learning in class. I had amazing results! The kids cheered each other on, which was great, and were so proud of themselves when they got the answer right on the first try. They enjoyed being challenged. Which made me ecstatic.</div>
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Remember when I said that my 7th graders were struggling with integer operations? Well, that is because it was now a 6th grade standard and it used to be a 7th grade standard. My students unfortunately did not get very much instruction the prior year and were frustrated big time. This was about the time that my 6th graders were learning integer operations and as a 6th grader walks by during the passing period, he sees the card I am showing to a 7th grader and he yells out, "Hey! How come the 7th graders get easier cards than we do?!" This really motivated my 7th graders to master this and move on to a new stack of cards!</div>
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So, if you are looking to start something like this in your classroom, but don't have time to make the cards yourself, my first two sets are available for purchase in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Multiplication-Facts-Entrance-Cards-1997490" target="_blank">TpT store</a>. More sets will be coming soon. If you have any requests, leave me a comment or send me an email and I will add it to my list!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It feels like a small town in my neighborhood, but we really are suburbanites that can get to Houston for anything else we need. The schools are great, people are super friendly, and the weather (except for the heat of the summer) is amazing! I absolutely hate the humidity, but I think it is a trade-off to not have to shovel snow like we did when I was a little kid living in NJ. Then again...we would have snow days..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lesson that I love deals with teaching volume of pyramids and prisms and having students discover the relationship between the two. You can read more about that <a href="http://livelovemath.blogspot.com/2014/02/conquering-volume.html" target="_blank">here!</a> In fact, it was almost a year ago that I blogged about it and it is such a great activity.</span></div>
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Sometimes 4-day weeks are the slowest and busiest, am I right??</div>
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My husband had a total knee replacement (no, he's not 80!) almost two weeks ago and my weeks now consist of running home right after work to pick him up and take him to physical therapy. It's amazing to see the progress that he has made in such a short amount of time! Tomorrow is his follow-up appointment and we see if he is ready to go back to work. I hope so!</div>
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I am just getting back from my sister's bachelorette party this weekend in Austin and in less than 3 weeks her bridal shower is at my house. I haven't been focused on that since I have been planning the bachelorette weekend, but now I can focus on that. 6 weeks until the wedding!</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-49449254692974097752015-01-15T06:00:00.000-08:002015-07-31T10:37:00.905-07:00Secondary Smorgasbord Link-Up: Out of the Deep Freeze!I sure would like things to thaw out around here...we haven't seen the sun in what seems like weeks! Cold and rainy around these here parts! This seems like the perfect time to join in with a bunch of secondary bloggers and take our best products out of the deep freeze!<br />
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Today marks the start of the 4 month countdown to my 30th birthday. I am in mourning.<br />
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BUT! January 1 also means time to link up with Farley for her monthly link-up! I have been a terrible blogger lately because there is so much going on that I just haven't had a second to think about blogging. I hope to get back into it because I really love having a place to document what is going on in my classroom and my life at home.<br />
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I need our insurance company to get the heck together. My husband has a knee replacement scheduled for Tuesday. As in 5 days from now. We are both employed in the same school district and we changed insurance companies as of today. Or so we thought. Turns out we have a big 'ole gap in coverage because our district scheduled the new coverage to start on the 3rd. I mean, have you ever heard of anything so stupid?? Regardless, the new insurance company won't authorize the surgery until we are "customers" and that won't be official until the first business day after we are customers. Which turns out to be next Monday. A whopping 24 hours before said scheduled surgery. We are ridiculously stressed out. My sister's wedding is in 8 weeks and we are both in the wedding--no walkers or canes allowed! And, being that we are both teachers, you KNOW how much planning went into my 3 days of sub plans (teaching two different grade levels) and his 2 WEEKS of sub plans for his 8th graders. Just UGH. Here's hoping that everything proceeds as scheduled!</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-42880916870822602562014-12-31T06:00:00.000-08:002014-12-31T06:00:08.832-08:00My Favorite Moments of 2014!I always say I am going to do some sort of recap at the end of the year and I never do. So, here goes! Some of my favorite moments of 2014 in no particular order!<br />
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My sister got married at the tail end of 2013 and is getting married in just 2 months! I cannot wait to stand next to her when she says "I do!"</div>
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This was one of my favorite days of teaching last year when I actually remembered to snap a pic! This girl was so into what she was doing she had to take her glasses off to concentrate ;)</div>
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The first of many moving pictures. We decided just one week before state testing to put our house on the market which meant we needed to declutter and start packing!</div>
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One of the days that our sweet pup, Banjo, was at day camp there was a party! He came home with party favors and pictures. I cannot stop loving this picture!</div>
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They were getting ready to pour the slab...things were getting real!</div>
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My love took me to the Melting Pot for my birthday! It is the only time of year that we go since he isn't the biggest fan. But, the birthday girl always gets to choose!</div>
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My best friend and I took our mommas out to Pinot's Palette to celebrate my birthday and Mother's Day. We had a blast! And, no. I do not have a bald spot...not sure what that is!</div>
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We took Banjo to see the house and he fell in love with the lake across the street!</div>
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How cute are these hardhats!?</div>
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The highlight of my summer was meeting TPT Amy at the conference! Swoon!</div>
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We hosted our first Thanksgiving in our brand new house. It was a success!</div>
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We just celebrated at my sister's first wedding shower last weekend. I am not sure why I don't have a picture with her, but my BFF and I look great so I had to post something :)</div>
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I hope that this post finds most of you on Winter Break or very close to it. You may have noticed that I have been MIA for quite a while and will catch you all up on what I have been up to in a post very soon! For now, I am thrilled to be a part of the iHeart Math Holiday Blog Hop. You can click on any of the blog buttons in the image above to re-visit any of the other fabulous blog posts in this series.<br />
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<b>Stocking Stuffer #1: Re-evaluate and Re-adjust</b> </div>
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I just love the schedule that I have this year and I love my students even more. Although I loved my 8th graders last year and thought that was where I needed to be, I decided to split 6th & 7th grade to help both teams. I have to say that I love it so much. My teammates are wonderful and I just love the curriculum.<br />
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Something that I love to do at the end of each semester (right before exams) is give an evaluation sheet to each of my students. I tell them it is anonymous and to not write their name. Some still do, but it is an amazing way to see how you are doing from the perspective of your students. They are very honest, and that is a good thing! I want to know if they think I am being fair to everyone, if I play favorites, etc. Even though I like to think that I treat everyone equally, it doesn't really matter if the kids think you don't. I am sharing my word document below for you to be able to edit to suit your needs! Feel free to use when you get back from the break or this week if you are still in school. Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xkkba2f99v7r2m/Teacher%20Evaluation%20Form.docx?dl=0" target="_blank">here</a> to download!<br />
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<b>Stocking Stuffer #2: Giving Back</b></div>
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Anyhow, the culminating task was that students closed their eyes and thought about someone who has positively influenced them. Then, I gave everyone a sheet of paper and they wrote a letter to that person. Some wrote to their favorite teacher from a past year. Some wrote to grandparents who had passed on. It was beautiful. I guess my point of this story is that is is sometimes so hard to cram in all of the curriculum that we teach in the short amount of time that we have with these kids. However, I think my kids learned more in those 25 minutes than I could have taught them in a week! They talked about be thankful for what you have and not what others have. They talked about those less fortunate and how we can help as a school and a community. I was so proud. If you have any spare time, these can sometimes be the best teachable moments that kids remember.</div>
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I am linking up with several other like-minded teachers who are great consumers of interactive notebooks in their own classrooms. I am thrilled to be part of the same blog hop hosted by 4mulafun!<br />
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Let me first start by telling you what INBs are NOT: I was in a professional development hosted by my regional service center here about this time last year. I was so excited to see composition notebooks on the tables when we walked in and were told to take one. I was even MORE excited to find that mine had grid paper inside. Am I a nerd or what? I was the only person stoked to be at a PD at 7:30 AM on a random Thursday. Because of grid paper. It really is the little things. Anyhow, long story short, all we did was glue random worksheets that we did in our notebook. I feel like it would have been better suited for a folder.<br />
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Needless to say, I didn't keep that notebook long. I like spirals better anyhow!<br />
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So, let me tell you what works in my classroom. And let me also state FOR THE RECORD that just because something works in my room doesn't mean that it will be a best fit for you and vice versa. Only you know your kids and what will work. I will tell you what DOES work for every classroom if the budget allows it--and that, my friends, is colored paper. Oh, mylanta. When the kids see that they get SO EXCITED. For real. One student said to me just today, "I just want to thank you for making our foldables on colored paper. It makes me look forward to your class."<br />
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Colored paper was the trigger. This, of course, I already knew. I mean, I love colored paper, so why wouldn't they?! But, I digress.<br />
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The point is that you have to find something that kids will look forward to each day. Something that keeps them on their toes.<br />
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We are just 8 days into the school year, and we are going strong with our notebooks. I have 6th grade regular math and 7th grade Pre-AP math this year, so I am keeping a notebook for each class. I am going to share with you what we have done so far in 7th grade so you can get an idea of how I set up my notebooks at the beginning of the year.<br />
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First page is always the table of contents. I printed all year on one legal size sheet of paper to save time each day.</div>
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Next, I had them put their syllabus in so that they have it to reference.</div>
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We are a goal-setting campus! Students can set anywhere from 3-5 math goals for the year, but they must follow up each one with an action plan. I was so proud of how serious they were with their goals. We have a big conversation about making them reasonable as well as attainable.</div>
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So, unfortunately, my Pre-AP babies didn't come to me with all of the skills that they need to be successful. Some did, some didn't. It depended on their placement last year. SO--we made some cheat sheets that they can reference. I know that this is way more teacher input than output, but sometimes curriculum pacing guides don't allow time for reflection or student output for everything!</div>
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Actually, giving them these cheat sheets has made them accountable for pre-requisite skills and they have already deemed their notebooks as their math bibles! A teacher's dream :)</div>
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We start every unit with vocabulary. The first unit, I model how I want them to do it, and then for subsequent units, they come up with the way that they want to display it themselves. In this case, I chose a simple tab foldable. Underneath, students write a definition and provide examples. </div>
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This one here...I am particularly proud of! We had to classify numbers and although it seems like an easy task, I could tell by conversation the previous day that this was going to be an issue for some. This solved it all, and it was so easy to do! Layering the circles helped the students see which groups the values belonged to.</div>
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These are just SOME examples that I have used this week in my class. Stay tuned throughout the year to see more ideas. Whatever you do, the key here is to make it interactive. The best thing is when you see students pull out their notebooks instead of asking you a question. Not that I don't like the questions, but sometimes it gives me (as well as the student) so much more pleasure to find the answer themselves. </div>
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One other thing that I love the INBs for is organization. In order for it to be truly useful for the kiddos, I try to make things easy to find. I LOVE these tabs:</div>
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Within each grade level, there are two types of questions: open ended questions and parallel tasks. The open -ended questions are exactly what they sound like--open ended. These are great because they not only correlate to the big idea from the standard, but they also have suggested answers, teaching tips, and examples. My favorite question that I asked from this book last year was:</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"You divide two fractions and the numerator of the quotient is four. What could the two fractions be?"</span></i> </div>
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I love this question for so many reasons. The vocabulary used is vocabulary that we want our kids to use. This reinforces the proper academic vocabulary for the content being assessed. Also, it requires students to come up with a strategy that may be different from their classmate's strategy. There is no "right" answer, there is an infinite amount of correct answers. It also allows the kids to all be able to share their solutions instead of one student answering and moving on. </div>
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Starting to ask questions (especially warm-ups or exit tickets) in this way totally transformed my teaching. I was now asking purposeful questions. They were planned. I got excited to get the part of the lesson when we could share responses. We did this every day, and the results were amazing!</div>
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The parallel tasks are just as good, if not better. Parallel tasks are based on one topic, but there are two questions. One is sometimes more challenging than the other, but it is always disguised by having what students would refer to as "friendly numbers." The point is that you tell them they only have to answer one question. In my opinion, they end up working out both to see which is easier! Kids are so funny. Here is an example of one of my favorites:</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Choice 1: How far would he drive in 20 minutes?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Choice 2: How far would he drive in 2.5 hours?"</span></i></div>
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Both questions involve some analysis before proceeding. Students inherently want to figure out which one is "easier" or will take less time. Many students of mine started out by answering choice 1, but then qiuckly switched to choice 2. </div>
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These are just two examples of types of questions in this wonderful book. I encourage all of you to give it a try! </div>
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I am linking up with <a href="http://www.theteacherstudio.com/" target="_blank">Meg from The Teacher Studio</a> to share a lesson that I loved! You know the lessons that I am talking about...the one that went better than you ever thought it could. The kids were engaged, asking great questions, helping each other out, not one student was texting under their desk, and IN WALKS THE PRINCIPAL to do an informal walkthrough.<br />
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The heavens literally opened up and sang, "Hallelujah!" Things couldn't have been going better. That is the lesson that I am going to share with you today.<br />
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Y'all, teaching middle school math can be hard some days! Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but there are some things that kids just have a plain old tough time understanding. One of those things is the difference between volume and surface area. They don't understand conceptually where the formulas come from, therefore can't figure out how to solve the problems. I don't want to be that teacher who just tells them to use the chart and plug in the values, I want them to understand WHY that formula makes sense.<br />
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I SO wish that students aren't told to find volume by multiplying length x width x height. It takes me a full day to explain the formula V = Bh is the real formula for prisms. The one that they learn in elementary school only works for rectangular prisms, so that is fine until they get to my class, but most students feel like their whole life was a lie when that is no longer on the formula chart! I feel like I have to start from scratch and tell them that volume is a stack of 2D objects. We need to find the area of the base first. If I had a nickel every time I corrected a student regarding "b" (which is just base) or "B" (which is AREA of the base), I could have retired this week.<br />
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Literally, I am emotionally exhausted from saying, "what does big B stand for?"<br />
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Me: "No. You don't get to say base loudly because it is a capital letter."<br />
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Students: "Oh, right! AREA of the base!"<br />
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My lord. I hope they still remember next week when we have a test.<br />
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One thing I wanted to share that they were JUST NOT GETTING was why we multiply by 1/3 for volume of a pyramid (and cones for that matter). I had finally sold them on the formulas for prisms and cylinders and they totally understood it conceptually. YES! But, then we hit a wall with pyramids. They wanted to know why we multiply by 1/3. Or divide by 3. Yes, we had a conversation that those were the same thing. Minds were blown. It wasn't enough for me to tell them that it takes the volume of 3 pyramids to make a prism. I had to show them.<br />
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There were several factors to consider: hourly rate, number of movers, trip charge, insured/bonded, etc. We ended up with 3 movers for $110 per hour with a $45 trip charge. BEST $675 I EVER spent :)</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-41929331276786249982014-08-03T05:00:00.000-07:002014-08-03T05:00:02.997-07:00It's the TPT Back to School Sale! I am so excited to announce that I am throwing a sale with a bunch of other secondary sellers on <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Live-Love-Math" target="_blank">TPT</a> this Monday and Tuesday, August 4th and 5th! Back to school only happens once a year, so it is time to stock up on all of the wonderful activities that you have on your wishlists!<br />
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Can we stop and talk about how cute this image is!? Danielle Knight of <a href="http://studyallknight.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Study All Knight</a> compiled all of our high school pictures and our store logos to make this. I am in awe of her skills!<br />
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I will be putting my entire store on sale for 20% off, and with the Promo Code of BTS14, you can get an ADDITIONAL 10% off. The promo code is important: I can't tell you how many times I have been so excited to get all of my goodies and I FORGOT the Promo Code! So, don't forget.</div>
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Anyhow, I would love to stay and chat, but I am off to fill my shopping cart :)</div>
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Here are all of the sellers that are putting their store up to 20% off:</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-21722655831426021252014-08-01T15:00:00.002-07:002014-08-02T18:06:30.310-07:00Currently August!I know I say this every month. But, I literally cannot believe it is August! Didn't we just end the school year?? Where did the time go? As most of you know, our house is ALMOST finished, and I just cannot wait to get moved in!<br />
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This week's deal should be a popular one! Many of you have it wishlisted and I thought it would be helpful if any of you have the individual products on your wishlists already. Maybe you teach one grade level, but get moved next year. Or, you want to use one grade level at the beginning of the year and another one at the end of the year. Maybe you teach a regular level class and a Pre-AP level class. This BUNDLE is for you!</div>
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This is a bundle of 3 very popular products! Click the image to be taken to the listing. If you go to the individual product listings, you will see each one is $9 a piece. The bundle is normally $21 for all 3, so at 50% off, that brings it down to $10.50! It doesn't get much better than that, y'all!</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882177819617935687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931436019718894196.post-30455137195712204482014-07-31T08:13:00.001-07:002014-07-31T08:13:53.124-07:00Winners announced!Thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway! I am excited to announce the winners:<br />
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If your students are like mine, it takes them FOREVER to set up their Interactive Notebooks that first week of school. Maybe they are still on summer break, maybe they are perfectionists, maybe it is something else, but it drives me bananas that they cannot number from 1-160 in less than 5 minutes. I do not know why it is so hard. But, then again, there is a lot about middle schoolers that leaves me completely befuddled.</div>
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So, after several years of going through the agony that is setting up the table of contents page, I am ELIMINATING the worst part by printing out the table of contents page for them. I am going to print this two sheets to a page, front and back to get this all on one sheet of legal paper. As soon as I get to the copier at school, I will post a picture on my FB page to show you what I mean!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, if you haven't done so already, be sure to enter the giveaway on my blog that can be found <a href="http://livelovemath.blogspot.com/2014/07/monday-made-it-100th-post-read-all-way.html" target="_blank">here</a>. It ends on Wednesday at 11:59 PM! Remember, you can enter once a day :)</span><br />
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This may not be anything too exciting to you all...but I have NEEDED something to keep my life in order at school. I am the queen of post-its! Which is fine, except they blow away, get covered by other post-its, kids can see them, etc. I needed something that would organize me! So, after about 2 hours yesterday, I came up with this:</div>
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Can you just pretend with me for a second that this is LIFE-CHANGING!? I think it is so great that I am giving it to my blog followers for FREE! Just click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0o14eqraptslea9/To%20Do%20List.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to download as a PDF!</div>
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You may have noticed I only have one "Made It"... that is because I am JUST getting into the groove of creating things again, so it is taking me a bit to get back in the saddle. I'm sure you won't mind, because in honor of my 100th post, I have decided to have a little giveaway!</div>
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AND, the best part is that the more entries we get, the more winners we will have! For every 500 entries, there will be TWO winners! So, be sure to share the giveaway image everywhere to increase the number of winners :) I will choose a winner July 31st after the giveaway ends.</div>
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Good Luck, and thanks for being a loyal follower!<br />
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