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DEATH TO GRADES: The “Reveal” | What is 5?
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. DEATH TO GRADES: The “Reveal”. Throughout every presentation I saw mixed reactions on the faces of parents. I did see a lot of little smiles and agreeing nods when I mentioned things like there shouldn’t be a time limit on learning, or when I showed them Bowman’s Angry Birds SBG analogy. Here’s the kicker, I sent home with the parents a feedback form asking the following 3 questions:.
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. Things I need right now…. I need to have more free time at home with my family. Not doing the show will hopefully free up a lot of time for me to just be able to be at home and have free time to hang out with my wife, play with my baby, and cook dinner (my wife especially encouraged this part). I need to be a (much) better teacher in general. I need to write better assessments. Family, te...
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Think Big, Start Small – Reflecting on TMC14 | What is 5?
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. Think Big, Start Small – Reflecting on TMC14. I came into my classroom today (partly to think in a quiet space, partly to remind/scare myself about how much I still have to do in the next 3 weeks) to try to process and write up my thoughts on my experience at TMC14. On the advice of Glenn. Was the one who made the statement:. Glenn Waddell, Jr. (@gwaddellnvhs) July 24, 2014. So if you are...
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Too Ambitious for One Year? | What is 5?
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. Too Ambitious for One Year? Lot’s to do. Here’s my list (partly so that hopefully this will hold me more accountable):. 1 Figure out how SBG will work in my classroom. Who gave me some great ideas that I’ve been mulling over. I’m now in the process of reading as many blogs as I can on SBG and try to take my favorite parts from each system and adapt it to what I need. This is the first yea...
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DEATH TO GRADES!!! | What is 5?
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. Note: This is part 1 of what will be an ongoing commentary of my experiences this school year NOT giving grades. Kid: “Hey mom look, I got a B in math class this trimester! Mom: “That’s great sweetie, you must have learned a lot! What kinds of things did you learn? Kid: “Ummm… I don’t know…”. Grades need to be killed off. Seriously. A little back story on how I got to my current situation:.
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10 Things I Learned at CMC North 2013 | What is 5?
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. 10 Things I Learned at CMC North 2013. This was my first year at CMC North (my school finally sprung for me to go) but I can tell you that after this weekend I will be back every year (on my own dime if necessary). It was that good. So what did I learn at CMC North this year? I’m glad you asked. And if you didn’t ask, hey, you clicked on the blog link. 4 Ignite talks are crazy! The turnou...
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This One Time, When I Was an 8th Grader Again… | What is 5?
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. This One Time, When I Was an 8th Grader Again…. From Grant Wiggins and I knew I had to make this finally happen. So I put in for a sub, my principal made me a class schedule, and there I was, back in 8. I digress. Where was I? Oh yes, my class schedule. I didn’t get my class schedule until the day before my day as an 8. My schedule for the day looked like this:. Period 2: Language Arts.
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Students Like When We Suffer (with them) | What is 5?
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Trying to change attitudes and perceptions about math, one middle schooler at a time. Daily Dose of Teaching Awesome. Students Like When We Suffer (with them). I’m not exactly sure yet, but it’s definitely something worth thinking about. This entry was posted in Random Thoughts. January 14, 2014. 10 Things I Learned at CMC North 2013. Think Big, Start Small – Reflecting on TMC14 →. 2 thoughts on “ Students Like When We Suffer (with them). January 14, 2014 at 9:36 pm. January 15, 2014 at 12:03 pm. On Thin...
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Lessons & Ideas | What is 5?
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