Proving my wisdom to SMS readers one post at a time. An Author in Our Midst. F? It took me a few periods to get through, but when I did, I was BLOWN AWAY. Check it out and tell Ryan what you think of his work. I know I was IMPRESSED. The howling wind whistled through the trees as if sending a message.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Regie Routman in her book Reading Essentials. Comments that teachers work too hard. Fortunately, I am beginning to notice some positive things as well. Monday, February 27, 2012. To make a long story sh.

Blogging while playing with Hot Wheels. Monday, March 5, 2012. Last week I had my second observation from my field instructor. It was a little nerve wracking since I was teaching a math lesson and it was only the second time I had ever taught math to my students. That combined with the fact that the material of the lesson was new to the kids, and fairly complex at that, made me worried. By using some of those strategies as entry point, my kids who are struggling with the concep.

Reflections on my teaching journey. Asymp; Leave a comment. There way of seeing the world always amazes me. They were always so excited when they discovered something like that the number in the ones place repeated across all the columns, and that the number in the tens column always got bigger by 2. Asymp; Leave a comment. Asymp; Leave a comment. Asymp; Leave a comment. Who would have thought little dots could be so much fun? Different Folks, Different Strokes.

Friday, March 9, 2012. The most important part of learning how to teach students math is to be in an actual classroom working with actual students on math. I found this in-class work to be an essential part to better understanding student thinking. Being mindful to represent student thinking in their work and not my thinking in their work is something I will try to keep in the forefront of my math teaching. The first thing we realized was.