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Week Thirteen – Dec 3-7, 2012

Wow, talk about exhausted!  So after attending the Ron Clark Academy the week before (you can check out more about my trip at http://ninjaroadtrip.blogspot.com) there were quite a few things I wanted to do differently in my class this week.  And man did they make…

Week Twelve – Nov 26-30, 2012

Another great week! We spent class time Monday working with my studnets on their new iPhone 4’s.  It’s surprising to me the lack of knowledge there is with this device.  I had assumed they kids would know what they were doing already, and they don’t!…

Week Eleven – Nov 12-16, 2012

This week was probably our best week by far! My team and I decided to try a new schedule.  I teach 3 fifth grade math classes.  Instead of having a rotation where I teach all classes in one day we decided to try a schedule…

Week Ten – Nov 5-Nov 9, 2012

Another good week! There are still so many holes in my student’s education that I’m having to spend A LOT of time on remedial math 🙁 Monday was more or less another housekeeping day.  We went over homework, passed out papers, etc.  The students are…

Week Nine – Oct 29-Nov 2, 2012

Another fun week! Monday we had another “house cleaning” day.  We went over the CBA from Thursday, did new vocabulary cards, and worked on FastMath (a program that helps students memorize their multiplication facts). Tuesday I was out at ANOTHER training, but the students didn’t…