My Favorite Way To Change It Up

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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What a Great Teaching Day Looks Like

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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Week 6 or What I've Had For Dinner

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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Sharing is Giving Gratitude

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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Math Blogger Initiative Week 4: Pictures!

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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Rocky, PEMDAS, and the Best Darn Article

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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