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ShowMe — Creating Video Tutorials – Mrs. K in the Middle
https://mrskinthemiddle.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/showme-creating-video-tutorials
Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. ShowMe — Creating Video Tutorials. So, you can imagine my frustration when I hear, “Um… Miss… I didn’t do my homework… I mean, I didn’t get it.”. Me: Okay, show me what you didn’t understand on the homework. Student: I… uh… well, I didn’t get any of it. (Shows me a blank paper.). Me: So… you didn’t try anything at all? Student: But you didn’t help me, so…. Me, aloud: You know, I would have loved to help. Did you look at your notes? The videos ...
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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Non-Teaching Time | Edutopia – Mrs. K in the Middle
https://mrskinthemiddle.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/5-ways-to-make-the-most-of-your-non-teaching-time-edutopia
Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Non-Teaching Time Edutopia. Image Credit: Thinkstock and Edutopia. 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Non-Teaching Time Edutopia. I love articles that provide. For fixing my “issues” that I can apply right away; this article in particular has some really smart ideas that I’ll definitely be using to help me be more efficient and less stressed out this year. My favorite tip from this article? Check out her blog HERE.
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Sharing a Tiny Victory – Mrs. K in the Middle
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Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. Sharing a Tiny Victory. Today, our district has a SNOW DAY! And, I’m very pleased that I decided not. To bring any work home last night. A fellow math teacher and I finished up our Math League competition season with our district meet, and we left school after 7 o’clock yesterday evening, and there was no way. That I was going to be doing any work when I got home! Why not just WRITE? Two Fs in the 91 tests and this many As and Bs? The Hour of ...
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Sorting Key Words and Symbols – Mrs. K in the Middle
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Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. Sorting Key Words and Symbols. I’m baaaack… 😉 After a long hiatus, I’m ready to begin blogging again. Last year was incredibly difficult and I couldn’t bring myself to write about school when it was so tough. I was, however, incredibly fortunate to be honored as one of my school’s two Teachers of the Year (! Last year, and, after the year I had, I really feel like I earned it! More about that later…. Learning in the Fast Lane. Students’...
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The Hour of Code – Mrs. K in the Middle
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Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. The Hour of Code. I hope all of my teacher-friends had an awesome and relaxing Winter Break, and of course, for those of you who follow along and aren’t teachers (wow, thanks for following! I hope you all had a great holiday season with your families. I’ll be blunt: I’m terrible. With New Year’s Resolutions! I do the usual “resolution slide.” You know, that thing where you’re like,. Aw yeah, resolution, day 1, check! Day 4… shoot! I’d lo...
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Getting to Know You – Mrs. K in the Middle
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Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. Getting to Know You. I HAD to share this — I haven’t been this excited to blog about school in a while! Every year, I give kids a “Getting to Know You” assignment. It has the minions from. Some of the questions are:. If I had $100 to spend, I would buy…. If I had $1,000,000 to spend, I would buy…. My favorite movies are…. One thing my teacher can do to support me this year is…. When I grow up, I want to be a…. Geez — I hope I’m one...Okay̷...
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“I can’t math.” – Mrs. K in the Middle
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Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. 8220;I can’t math.”. This, ladies and gentlemen, cracks me up and depresses me all at once. Kudos to Tanya Chen at Buzzfeed. The responses to this test are hilarious and shameful, but I enjoyed this post all the same. Definitely worth clicking the link above to see how people did. Yes, this is what I teach. Image credit: http:/ www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/heres-what-happens-when-a-bunch-of-adults-try-to-do-5th-grad. September 14, 2014. Let'...
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An Open Letter to Whoopi Goldberg and The View Regarding Teacher Tenure | M. Shannon Hernandez – Mrs. K in the Middle
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Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. An Open Letter to Whoopi Goldberg and The View Regarding Teacher Tenure M. Shannon Hernandez. An Open Letter to Whoopi Goldberg and The View Regarding Teacher Tenure M. Shannon Hernandez. Thank you to my friend Sharon for sharing this on Facebook, and to the Huffington Post for publishing it. August 10, 2014. What do you think? Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Creating...
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Hard. – Mrs. K in the Middle
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Mrs K in the Middle. My life as a middle school math teacher. Unfortunately, today, I just can’t do it. I can’t post something silly. I am sad and discouraged today. Today, I am frighteningly aware of my own limitations. Today, I am at a loss, because my kids have been finding equivalent fractions, reducing fractions, and changing mixed fractions into improper fractions (and vice versa) like champs — and then today, I graded their quizzes. So… many… Fs. Today, I’m heartbroken. I’m assigning online ...