I'm sleepy/tired, but I'm having fun with my students. Highlights of this week:
* one of my 8th graders today was staying for geometry tutoring, and apparently her bra was too tight (ask me how I know). She talked at length about it, but each time she said bra, her voice went down to a whisper.
* one of my 11th graders mentioned that she gives hugs more frequently when she's stressed. I've been getting a ton of hugs lately. Especially since I have her for 2 classes and an advisory.
* my students are LOVING the soldering in the Digital Electronics class. We're each of us feeling like "all that" since we're doing something that seemed unmanageable.
* I'm taking the online computer science course with one of my students. Her current grade is higher than mine (don't ask). She's giving me "fun" grief about it. Game on! is what I say.
* I came up with a good activity that was useful and effective in geometry on the fly today (maybe more later). Good feeling.
* Our school is right by a place that has coffee and cookies, and all the math teachers have last block off. Today we mosied down for a short 15 minute break and yapped and caffeinated before we got back to it.
* I dived into introducing the TI-nspire calculator to my precalculus class (I used the "Scavenger Hunt" activity). The kids thought the calculator was the coolest thing.
I would love to hear more about the geometry activity!
ReplyDeleteYour teacher-student bonding activities sure sound fun, thats how education should be. Be careful while soldering though-you don't want a permanent memento on your skin because you were careless while handling the extremely hot soldering flux. Peace.
ReplyDeleteNice conversations there for the geometry activities . They helps in solving the match related problems and also helps in training of ipcc online coaching
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