Students arrived today for the first day of school. Members of the San Jacinto School Board and the District Office were on hand to meet and greet students arriving at Mountain View Alternative School Campus. Today was probably boring to some students as most teachers conduct the traditional briefing by teachers covering the classroom rules and behavior expectations. For teachers we know that this is important because if the classroom environment is not safe and orderly then no learning will take place. Five years ago I had an average of 14 students in my class and now the average is over 21 students and today I was surprised to see 26 12th graders in one single class. Today I shared information about the new math courses that are designed to help students become college and career ready. I have attached the power point presentation for student who may have missed these first two days of school. Students learned that their teacher had published a book entitled " Annapolis Creed."
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This is Dr. Smith's Math Blog about learning mathematics in a secondary classroom. Every day for 180 teaching days during 2017-2018 I will summarize what students are learning in an alternative high school and how they are learning. I will display student work as examples to share with the school community what students are learning in the classroom. I will try to also post connections to schedules and other information as well. This is a monitored blog and all comments must be approved by Dr. Smith before posting. Also from time to time I will post questions or small engagement activities for parent and student engagement.
In this math course we will be looking at patterns and connection to real life to make mathematics visible. So each day we need to make connections to the real world so the investigations below are a warm-up to this type of instruction. So Let's Get Started! Record your time on this one. Questions: 1. How long to find the circles? 2. How many circles in the picture? 3. Close your eyes and then look again. How long the next time to see the circles? 4. Can you not see the circles after viewing it the third time? Place your answers in the comment section and in your math journal. |
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