I am very excited to say that I've finally settled on a way to save my online resources and ideas. I am sticking with Livebinders.com! I've sort of figured out how the tabs and subtabs work. It is more functional than pretty, but I've made it public so anyone can use it! I don't have many links added yet, mostly to the Number Sense tab, but I am sure that this will change as I am always finding wonderful ideas online! Here is the direct link to my binder: 7/8th Grade Mathematics Like I said its not much...yet!
Oh and as of right now it is designed around the NJCCCS. We haven't officially switched over to the Common Core yet, once we do I will rearrange the tabs.
I hope others will find this useful!
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Some things I am planning for the first week...
The good news is, is that I don't have to turn in formal plans until 9/12! However, I am not naive enough to think that means I don't need lesson plans for that first week!
So I know that most of the first week will focus on procedures and expectations. Then instead of jumping into Unit 1 right away, I am going to do some lessons on general problem solving and do a preassessment.
I plan on using a really neat book The Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith which someone gave me as a gift (thanks Jeralyn!) along with a lesson plan to go with it that I found on the NCTM website! Sweet!
I will also use another book that I really enjoy: Math Stories for Problem Solving Success. I will focus on the number sense and operation problems since that is what our first unit will be based on. I like that this book gives three sets of problems with the stories so that I can use it to differentiate between 7th/8th and also the different levels of my students.
The bad news is that our new interactive whiteboards (Polyvision) won't be installed until the evening of 9/12-9/13! That means I can either do without or "try" to use the Mimio and projector. My problem is a teeny tiny room and the projector gets in the way and I had a ton of trouble with it last year. Can't wait to have the overhead projector!!!
So I know that most of the first week will focus on procedures and expectations. Then instead of jumping into Unit 1 right away, I am going to do some lessons on general problem solving and do a preassessment.
I plan on using a really neat book The Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith which someone gave me as a gift (thanks Jeralyn!) along with a lesson plan to go with it that I found on the NCTM website! Sweet!
I will also use another book that I really enjoy: Math Stories for Problem Solving Success. I will focus on the number sense and operation problems since that is what our first unit will be based on. I like that this book gives three sets of problems with the stories so that I can use it to differentiate between 7th/8th and also the different levels of my students.
The bad news is that our new interactive whiteboards (Polyvision) won't be installed until the evening of 9/12-9/13! That means I can either do without or "try" to use the Mimio and projector. My problem is a teeny tiny room and the projector gets in the way and I had a ton of trouble with it last year. Can't wait to have the overhead projector!!!
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