Ugh, Why, after 26+ years, must I have school nightmares? Last night it was that I missed teaching my first period class. Just forgot the schedule and decided to come in time for the third period. I avoid everyone and

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My daughter, a Senior in High School, asked me to post her Tufts 1 minute application video. The prompt is: You may have heard the quote "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't

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If I only I had read Teach like a Champion 27 years ago. Okay maybe 10 years ago. I wasn't probably ready to read it sooner. It is still intimidating for me to think about being consistent. I am consistently

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I saw a friend of mine after the Winter Choir Concert who has beaten breast cancer. She is an amazingly sunny-outlook person. She allowed herself to be sad and angry and ask "why me?" only one day...then she went for

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First up, the next time I post about my teaching day...I think I should include my non-teaching day, like the 6 takes I took to make this simple video to solve a simple system of linear equations using Edureations. I

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A Day in the Life of a Math Teacher 5:30am Hit snooze button 3 times 6:00am Rise, do a few sun salutations, Pilates 100, and a few planks 6:15am get dressed, change 6 times, ignore DH's comment, "it is just

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Friday while we were making Hexaflexagons: "I am going to be a Hexflexa Mast-a" "This is going to be Hecka hexaflexa fun." "This is Hexaflexa confusing." And on Monday, one of the least "mathy" students brings me a perfect paper

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Hey, Hey, I have been sewing my fingers to the bone. I show at ONE craft fair each year. It is a groovy fundraiser with no crocheted tissue box covers or starched doily angels. Each year the unaffiliated group chooses

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We woke up this morning to the patut-patut-patut of the local field hands shaking and picking the last of the apples. I was too tired to stop them, even though this year I was determined to pick and can every

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I am hydrating for a run, so I have two minutes to write (Drinking watered down orange juice with Postassium Chloride Powder--yummy). Ha-ha! I also have 2 minutes to grade those papers. And two minutes to hang the laundry and

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Dang, no pictures, but wanted to add: Saturday: Ravolis with pesto and tuna melts on English Muffins Sunday: Ginger Carrot soup with Cauliflower and Potato, Garlic Bread and Salad I didn't want to cook Sunday. Nope wasn't going to do

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My very best friend in the kitchen this week is my Black and Decker Mini Chopper ( the only food processor I own). Ever since I was told by a relatively sane person that tomatoes in cans were bad for

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The cousins from the previous Great Teaching Day got New Year's money again, however, this time, they got different amounts of money, but saved or spent at the same rate...and guess what? Wha-La! The students found out about parallel lines

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I am linking up with #MyFavFriday to share my favorite ways to assign tasks and sometimes groups. If I am working in groups of 3and 4 students, I like to find ways for them to get to know each other

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Please oh please come visit me on my Blog...I know you are already here, but I just made my first video using Educreations! I have a sub today (It is Yom Kippur...frustrating that one teacher said to me, "I hope

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As promised, here are the amazing cooperative graphs my Algebra 1 students made. Not only are they beautiful, they were made during the last period of the day before the homecoming football game! The students were given very little direct

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I should be loading grades. I am planned. First period papers are graded...nothing I can do about making copies at 10pm on Sunday night, so I might as well tell you all what I made for dinner! (Can't wait to

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Today I am meeting with a friend who has never taught Middle School before. She is a military mom and moves a lot. She is always last hired, nearly always temporary, and although a mighty fine teacher, never is usually

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Wow. This has been wonderful. I hope we can keep connected. For week 4 I would like to share some student work from my Algebra 1 Classes. I had an epiphany about how to get students to see the difference

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Math Blogger Initiative Week 3 I was super excited to have my week 2 post picked up by one of the blogging initiators. Lots of hits, 2 comments, one of which is mine...insecurity settling in...but wait, writing is for me...right...carry

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I am sooooo proud of my Algebra 1 Syllabus! Most kids get 4 pages of "Blah, Blah, Blah" like when the teacher talks in a Peanuts Cartoon. I made mine into a flip book that goes straight into their IN

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Hi there, This is my first attempt at content blogging, outside of my teacher pages and our travel blog. Glad to be here. Thank you for inviting me and making this sound easy. I am about to start my 27

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