MEL3E – Day 8
September 15, 2016
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Today’s warm up was another from Mary Bourassa’s Warm Up booklet (couldn’t find it on the wouldyourathermath.com site). Again I asked for the “gut check”!
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Mastery Day – MEL3E Day 7
September 14, 2016
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Today was our first Mastery day. It’s a day where the students get a chance to improve on their skills. In their previous math classes
Random Winner Game – MEL3E Day 6
September 13, 2016
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I’ve decided to spread some skills (expectations) around as warm ups. Today our warm up involved pay schedules. They highlighted every two weeks on their
Percent Pile Up – MEL3E Day 5
September 12, 2016
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Today I wanted to see what my class’s prior knowledge was around percent. Since they are 16-17 year olds they have been exposed to percent
MEL3E – Day 4
September 9, 2016
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Oh man…. I was so glad it was a tad cooler today. Much more comfortable to work and think in! Today’s warm up is a
MEL3E – Day 3
September 8, 2016
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I was so pumped for today’s lesson other than the fact that it was 30+ degrees in my classroom. We all sweated together! Again we
MEL3E – Day 2
September 7, 2016
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Today’s warm up was from Would You Rather. Student first took “gut check” guesses and they were split evenly on the two choices. I asked if
It begins! [Day 1]
September 6, 2016
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So….let’s do this! Day 1 is done! This semester I’m teaching grade 9 applied period 1, MEL3E (grade 11 workplace) period 2, and MHF4U (Advanced
One Second a Day!
June 22, 2016
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February of this year my friend Mark Giufre wrote a post about capturing 1 second of everyday from class (picture or video) using the app
Double Clothesline – Solving Equations
May 16, 2016
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I have always taught solving 2-step linear equations by starting with a balance scale. Having students whittle their way down to see how many marbles
From Circles to Polygons
March 8, 2016
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My previous attempts at teaching the sum of interior angles in a polygon with grade 9 applied students went like this: Day 1: Teach the
Slope & Clothesline
February 13, 2016
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I’ve loved the idea of using a clothesline in math class. I first read about the strategy from Chris Shore and Andrew Stadel and have been looking
