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Another interesting week!So this week we took our first semester Math Benchmark. I was VERY nervous, for several reasons...
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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...
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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! It's...
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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 where...
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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 doing really...
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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 miss a...
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This week was awesome!! On Monday we completed the prime/composite project we had begun from the week before.Then I had forgotten that I had to be out of town for two different trainings on Wednesday and Thursday, so I left a pre-recorded lesson with my...
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I've officially made it through Six Weeks of Flipping! Woo Hoo!MondayToday we took our state's MSTAR test to test algebra readiness. We'll take it again in May, but we took the test and I had all the students input their answers into their project share...
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