still sick...chills off and on, even with the ibuprofen! This is a bug...my RA flare ups would leave me limping and unable to walk on my right foot. (No exaggeration)
I had all but 2 students show today and the conferences went really well! I have walked away trying to come up with one of those open ended math choice boards where kids who need "challenge" can choose to do different activities every week for the homework. My goal is to make the same one for awhile, so I am trying to have them come up with a number between 9 and 15 (for example) and find as many ways to build that number using 2 numbers. Explain how you found your answer.
And maybe a function box or math puzzle where there is an empty square, they add 12 then take away 5 and what do they get? (or they write in their own functions) Etc...I found a bunch. I guess I would have to explain a little about negative numbers!
No offense to parents out there, but I also provided a LENGTHY list of online math educational games that are rather sophisticated. All of the kids whose parents requested the math challenge have computers. I would like to think that would be sufficient...I do challenge the kids in class!
If S ends up being advanced (he's pretty average so far but exH was a math qhiz) then I will be happy with whatever because starting in 3rd to 4th grade, the work gets more challenging!! So read alot, research on topics, make your own books, buy those higher grade math workbooks at Costco....I am busy desigining behavior plans, making lessons more engaging and differentiated instruction that I teach IN class EVERY DAY. I hope I don't sound like a whiner..I teach FIRST GRADE, FOLKS!! relax
Opposing view points are welcome.
me,34 exH,34 S,16 months S:3/31/09-left for OW started DBing 10/09 d final: sometime 10/10 current: http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2022856&page=1 met in 2004
