Talking with my best friend, I have realized that I need to do some reading with my students. The textbook we have is quite good, and I would like to be able to have them read it and get something out of it.
Besides, how would I feel if I sent honors students off to a [...]
Archive for January 25th, 2008
Active Reading
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged reading, science, textbook on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Warm-up Problems
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daily, math, problem, warm-up on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been using these with great success. I just use problems from the back of the book, so they are nearly always math problems. My main goal at the beginning was just to occupy them with something chemistry related while I took attendance, etc, but I have found them useful in other ways. I [...]
Wasted Time
Posted in difficulties, students, tagged wasted time on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First period has it rough. First of all, they are so sleepy that everything takes longer. They are at a definite disadvantage just by class starting so early. Second, on homeroom days, the most minutes are taken out of first period. I thought all the classes were treated equally, 5 minutes from every period or [...]
