Yesterday the math teacher who’s re-vamping our “entry level” math course came by and, mirabile dictu, I was actually working on The How To Do Long Division Lesson. So, I had that gazinta up on the screen. Yes, I had hated the hand-drawn one. Turns out Nikki had hated what she had drawn, too. HOW […]
April 26, 2022
Well, not really! However, we’re in a situation where my job as currently defined would be deemed (as all the other folks’ jobs in the Center for Academic Success) unnecessary. (Yes, the grant that funded them was for the purpose of institutionalizing these positions but — that grant was applied for by people with different […]
April 21, 2022
Okay, I am trying to remember all the little fragments that should be on my to do list. There’s a person here that has several score of postits on their wall (on an attractive bulletin board or something) that I may emulate ;P BUT I have gotten a first draft of a “get started with […]
April 19, 2022
Sigh, first reflection is that no, I’m not very good at this. I *know* other people would have gotten lots more engagement by doin’ the nonverbal parts. But, it’s going to be me in the summer, too. SO! I hope to build in a *ton* more “progress monitoring” and feedback, so you sit down and […]
April 14, 2022
I need to practice the clapping part for Turn The World Around 😉 ’cause we’re singing it and I’m the one who’s supposed to be good at that. We aren’t doing this other song called “Connections” that’s a perfect match but that’s ’cause our director has a really good sense of what Too Much is […]
April 14, 2022
On the bus today b/c storms be a-comin’. I had an interesting lesson w/ the Tuesday Teens. Four were there, two were participating, so … yes, I got to be in my comfort zone addressing individuals. Class dynamics — I’m woefully out of practice. We’d introduced “halfiness” from the “Transitions” fractions section. My friend who […]
April 27, 2022
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