Please e-mail me or comment below if you have trouble getting the Lab Gear Activities for Algebra 1 binder. I no longer see it on the McGraw-Hill Web site, and would like to know if it is no longer available.If that is indeed the case, I'll try to get it to you some other way.UPDATE … Continue reading Lab Gear Activities for Algebra 1
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Escape from the Textbook! Conference
A date has been set for the first Escape from the Textbook! conference: Saturday, Feb 12, 2011. The conference will be held at the Urban School of San Francisco. Planning will start in earnest during the summer.--Henri
Summer Workshops: Early Bird discount deadline
This is the last reminder about my summer workshops for math teachers.* June 1 is the last day to take advantage of the early bird discount for my workshops in San Francisco (Visual Algebra and Hands-On Geometry. In between those, Kate Mackrell will offer a workshop on Cabri 3D.)* There are still openings in the… Continue reading Summer Workshops: Early Bird discount deadline
Pentomino art lesson
A correspondent writes:I am planning to incorporate pentominoes into my art lesson on designing houses. Do you have comments or help on this concept.One possibility is pentomino-tiled floors. There's a lesson on tiling with polyominoes in my Geometry Labs book (Lab 7.1), but the basic idea is straightforward: find ways to tile with each of… Continue reading Pentomino art lesson
Middle school job in SF
The San Francisco School has an opening for a math teacher for 2010-11 -- grades 7-8. See announcement below.--Henri---------------------------------------------------------------------The San Francisco SchoolJob AnnouncementMIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHERSeventh-Eighth Grade Starts August 2010 (with summer prep time)Overview of PositionThe San Francisco School seeks a Middle School Math Teacher interested in strengthening mathematical reasoning and deepening conceptual understanding among… Continue reading Middle school job in SF
Teacher Perfectionism
Every teacher knows that teaching is an emotional roller coaster -- we are thrilled if a class goes well, depressed if it doesn't. But the reality, I'm afraid, is that every class we teach, even the good ones, is a failure in one respect or another: some students found it too difficult or too easy;… Continue reading Teacher Perfectionism
Student Perfectionism
Some years ago, we surveyed the students at Urban about how they experienced the math program. As I remember it, we tried to ask separate questions about what students enjoyed, and what helped them learn. These are of course not necessarily the same thing, and we wanted them to develop an awareness of that distinction… Continue reading Student Perfectionism
Astronomy!
I just posted a six-week naked-eye astronomy unit I developed as an elementary school teacher, decades ago. The documents are a little shabby, but the lessons should work in grades 4 and up. --Henri
I was the worst student in the class
I am back at school after a year away from teaching. During that time, I was a student three times. I took a painting class -- four hours a day, every weekday, for a whole month at the Arts Students League of New York -- wonderfully relaxing and energizing. I took a Web design class… Continue reading I was the worst student in the class
IWBs: PS
One thing I do with IWBs which I couldn't do without is annotate the board after the fact. When I have time after class, I go through the day's boards and type in clarifying comments, highlight important words, remove confusing items, and reorganize things so they are easier to decipher. Then I post the annotated… Continue reading IWBs: PS
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