Twas’ the week before the long weekend… That’s right, it is Thanksgiving this weekend! Not only that, but it is also our community’s big rodeo event and our school’s Spirit Week. All together, this resulted in our student’s having that “Friday afternoon” mentality ALL week long! It was a bit of a nut house, but we all made it through unscathed. Two things that went really well this week are: 1 ) Having My First Evaluation!– On Monday I had my very first evaluation as a first year teacher. I was asked to submit a list of possible dates… Read More
Spirit Week
This week our Student Council organized a Spirit Week leading up to the long weekend. Here are some pics from the week: Backwards Day & “Pie The Teacher” Fundraiser,I couldn’t think of better shirt to wear to this event! I got off pretty safe in the pie-throwing event! Twin Day!Thing 1 & Thing 2 Movie Character Day: Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games
#MTBoS Mission 1: The Power of the Blog
I am participating in the wonderful #MTBoS World this fall as a way to learn more about teaching and assessing math as well as to connect with math educators and grow my PLN. As a new math teacher (teaching Grades 8, 9, & 10 math) I am interested in learning as much as I can and am so thankful to all of the wonderful educators who are willing to share their experiences online! First off, if you haven’t heard about #MTBoS (or the MathTwitterBlogosphere), it is an 8-week series of missions designed to connect dedicated math teachers who are willing and… Read More
2 Stars & A Wish: Week 5
September is behind us and here is my first 2 Stars & A Wish post of October. Teachers always say that the year goes by so quickly and I definitely understand that now! It honestly seems like yesterday was the first day of school and it is almost already Thanksgiving. Two things that went well this week are: 1 ) Reinforcing our Risk Free Environment Policy– I do not have a formal list of rules in my classroom, but I do have a Risk Free Environment Policy that reads as follows: “Our classroom does not discriminate on the basis of disability,… Read More
#FunShirtFriday 2
One of our school goals is to build in classroom spirit activities/routines for our students as a way to help foster school spirit and classroom community. One activity that I came up with for our class is #FunShirtFriday that I’ve seen on Twitter. Every Friday, I encourage my students to wear a “fun shirt” to school. Over the summer I found a lot of funny and interesting shirts online related to math, science, art, and teaching in general so I was pretty excited to share these with my students. To take this spirit activity one step further,… Read More
My New Toy
I am writing this post from my brand new Microsoft Surface tablet that I got from my husband for my birthday! I’ve really wanted a tablet for quite some time because I am always online doing something for school or for the blog but couldn’t decide what brand I wanted. I have an iPhone and really like the way it functions… but I haven’t had awesome experiences with the iPads we have at school. While I’m a fan of awesome apps (who isn’t), I spend 95% of my online time on my blog, reading other blogs, researching for school,… Read More
Edible Cell Models
My Grade 8 Science class has been learning all about Cells & Body Systems (you can check out their blog here) and lately we’ve been discussing the difference between Plant Cells & Animal Cells. After working with the appropriate vocabulary and completing labeled illustrations, we decided to create 3D models of the different types of cells… using edible materials!! As a class my students brainstormed an ingredient list, set a budget, and put themselves into groups of 4. We even went shopping for the ingredients as a class during our math period! Today was the physical creation of the… Read More
October Currently
If you haven’t encountered a “Currently” post before, it is just a fun post at the beginning of each month that serves as a way to share what is Currently going on in your life! You can link up and share your own “Currently” post by visiting the wonderful Farley over at Oh’ Boy 4th Grade. It is finally my favourite month of the year… October!! I LOVE October! October means that fall is officially here, the leaves are changing, my birthday is in October, Thanksgiving is in only 12 days, Halloween arrives, hunting season is upon us, football is in full swing, my… Read More
2 Stars & A Wish: Week 4
I can’t believe that September is already done!! School has already been 1/10 completed and there is only a few short weeks before my first experience writing my own report cards! Everything seems to be going by so quickly and I am so thankful for my blog and the reflection opportunity it provides me. With month 1 done, two things that I am proud of this week are: 1 ) Having My Grade 8s Plan Their 2nd Blog!– That’s right, with only a week under their belts, my Grade 8s asked if they could begin blogging for their math class… Read More
#FunShirtFriday
One of our school goals is to build in classroom spirit activities/routines for our students as a way to help foster school spirit and classroom community. One activity that I came up with for our class is #FunShirtFriday that I’ve seen on Twitter. Every Friday, I encourage my students to wear a “fun shirt” to school. Over the summer I found a lot of funny and interesting shirts online related to math, science, art, and teaching in general so I was pretty excited to share these with my students. To take this spirit activity one step further,… Read More