Work in progress

A fellow teacher and I recently went over how our 7th & 8th-grade math teachers input classwork/homework into the grade book. I’m pleased with how we’ve decided to change things. For the most part, it follows the main ideas of standards-based grading, without ignoring our district principals about homework. Next on my list is tackling the assessment situation, but that will have to wait until after Rwanda.

In the meantime, I’ve enjoyed revamping my first day of school activities and playing around with SMARTboard lessons. I’ve found some great resources and am taking things and making them my own. In these last few days before leaving for Rwanda, I will go into my classroom to decorate (pictures to be posted later), and continue to steal ideas and mold them to be my own. Sharing is caring, and I care about you a lot, so I will be posting ideas and activities as they come.