As for the Order of Operations? Forget PEMDAS! I love love LOVE the "Boss Triangle" (also on my math posters). Again, kids think they know what operations are and how they work, but they really don't! I also think this is paramount for making connections from integers to polynomials like the modules do. Operations I love this progression found on the math page here.I am not afraid to use the notation as in college either, I have made a poster! What is a set? A set of dishes, a set of tools, a set of numbers.I think this a good flow into the different number sets like the natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, etc. In 9th grade, students think they know what math is about, but I guess I want to shatter that illusion. What is a number? Is "12" a numeral? What is the value? Why wouldn't we use "(8-5)*4" to represent "12"? I want to have rich discussions, or even arguments, over what a number is.I love, love LOVE this quote! So inspiring and relevant! "Like other languages, Mathematics has its own vocabulary, grammar (principles that govern the correct use of a language), syntax (the part of grammar that concerns rules of word order), synonyms, negations, conventions, abbreviations, and sentence structure" ( Esty). Music, German, and Klingon are all languages. On the back, students have an opportunity to explain their grade for instance, maybe they were absent for a period of time and didn't know where to get the notes, maybe they had a hockey tournament and didn't bring their notebook, or maybe they are sloppy and haven't paid attention to detail. I grade the notebook out of 6 possible points, 3 from organization and neatness and 3 from completeness and quality. For now, these interactive notebooks seem to be working out really well! So far, I have created a rubric in which the students grade themselves and their progress each time, and I assess afterwards. Someday, perhaps, I can get them into writing about math and analyzing math in the news.
Things were too crazy, and class time was needed to establish my classroom goals, rather than introduce another weekly task that could perhaps drive them away from the math. I wanted to keep you all in the loop as to how things are going!įirst, the blogs had to get nixed. Somehow I survived the chaos and I am barely keeping my head afloat. I have Word 16.36 set to format my fractions: But Word formats only two such fractions: 1/3 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 Is there another setting or preference. A few things have occurred to keep me occupied: I moved, got married, my grandmother passed away, and I am the advisor for student council, who is responsible for the homecoming court and dance. Phew! It certainly has been a while since my last post.
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