Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Name Game

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

I mentioned in an earlier post that one of my goals was to learn every student’s name by the end of the week.  Though I can’t say that I know all their names, I did learn about 90% of them … Continue reading →

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Reflection 8/25

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

In Precalculus today we focused on reviewing concepts from algebra.  The students spent much of the period with a worksheet that consisted of problems such as graphing linear/parabolic functions, working with fractions and exponents, solving for x, and a few … Continue reading →

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Reflection – 8/24

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

Today was the first day of actual classes (last week was PD/freshmen orientation and Monday was a whole school orientation). Lesson: We spent about 1/2 the period today introducing the class, welcoming the students and reviewing classroom norms.  Specific points … Continue reading →

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Orientation – Part Two

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

Today was the entire school orientation (last week was freshmen and transfers only).  Among other things, today I worked in a class where we reviewed safety drills (fire/earthquake/intruder).  We taught this lesson twice during the day to two different groups … Continue reading →

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Orientation – Part One

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

Yesterday was the first day of freshman orientation – my first glimpse of the students I will be working with throughout the year.  The last week has been staff development, so I’ve heard plenty about the school’s culture, but this is the … Continue reading →

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