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Archive for March 31st, 2008

I have discovered that there are certain banned words in my classroom. I have started referring to some things as “banned.” In the future I hope to make a poster.
“I hate________ (logarithms, chemistry, dissolution, math, etc)”
“I don’t get it.”
“I can’t do ____________ (stoichiometry, logarithms, diagramming, etc)”
This is not because I dislike questions. I love questions. [...]

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The new quarter

Overall, the new quarter is going well. It is going very quickly.
I feel like I have got my stride. I spend less time figuring out what I need to do.
My motto has been, babysteps, practice, babysteps, practice. I don’t let myself show them an equation, or teach them anything, unless they get to use it [...]

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