tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post8464676557092012426..comments2024-03-22T13:39:55.941-07:00Comments on Math Mama Writes...: First Day of ClassSue VanHattumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-77870473431923386072011-10-17T17:09:42.731-07:002011-10-17T17:09:42.731-07:00Those sound great, Yetta. Can you send me copies?Those sound great, Yetta. Can you send me copies?Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-7415804251534204782011-10-17T13:40:33.884-07:002011-10-17T13:40:33.884-07:00Hi Sue,
I was at the CI workshop too and I also u...Hi Sue,<br /><br />I was at the CI workshop too and I also used the axis activity at the beginning of my school year. I made a bunch of easier ones to help my 9th graders get started and my 11-12th. The easier ones I gave my 9th graders included 4 x values pointing to the same y value and one with four data points along y=x. The little bit of scaffolding really helped with the interpretation of the final graph with the square looking graph. <br /><br />Hope your year is going well.<br />YettaKHMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873093528350286523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-79115802929628727822011-09-02T05:39:56.797-07:002011-09-02T05:39:56.797-07:00It works great the second time around, too. I did ...It works great the second time around, too. I did it in the past few days with my Calc II and PreCalc classes, after I moved people to new groups. The Calc II has the logic of it down. The Precalc is still learning from the logic part of the exercise.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-48305266077952213622011-09-01T17:58:49.550-07:002011-09-01T17:58:49.550-07:00I like the label-the-axes get-to-know-you thing. I...I like the label-the-axes get-to-know-you thing. I'm aiming for students getting more chances to know their classmates a little better this year. I'd like to do one GTKY thing every time we change seats (every 5 weeks or so). Thanks for sharing it so I can file it away.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14229054922453438248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-16430690714276219132011-08-23T12:14:32.228-07:002011-08-23T12:14:32.228-07:00Thanks for your comment, Tom. I hope someone here ...Thanks for your comment, Tom. I hope someone here will say yes. If not, maybe I could work something up for next semester.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-64800095473553370812011-08-23T03:04:28.637-07:002011-08-23T03:04:28.637-07:00Thanks for the thoughts on First Day of Class. The...Thanks for the thoughts on First Day of Class. There are some other examples of First Day sessions as digital media case stories at <br /><br />http://elixr.merlot.org/case-stories/course-preparation--design/first-day-of-class/goals-for-first-day-of-class7<br /><br />We don't have a math case story in this collection, anyone interested in putting one together?<br /><br />Tom Carey<br />tcarey@projects.sdsu.eduTom Careynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-30690950928062513272011-08-17T14:48:46.803-07:002011-08-17T14:48:46.803-07:00Ahh, I was a chalk girl too, and scared the marker...Ahh, I was a chalk girl too, and scared the markers would give me headaches. (Turns out they don't.) <br /><br />But now... There is so much online I want to show them. A circle I made using geogebra. For Kate Nowak's crossing squares problem,I wanted to show them the interactive goegebra thingie. Wolfram Alpha. The pi song (linked on my pi day post). Neurons. That's all in 3 days.<br /><br />And I want them to use google when we have questions. There was a good one today. I'll blog it.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-72495550313577118382011-08-17T11:16:49.145-07:002011-08-17T11:16:49.145-07:00ARG! Reading this makes me itch to get back into t...ARG! Reading this makes me itch to get back into the classroom (and I would kill to switch rooms with you - I'm TOTALLY a chalk girl).<br /><br />Thanks for sharing, Sue!Bon Crowderhttp://mathfour.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-84561531904932603132011-08-17T10:51:40.724-07:002011-08-17T10:51:40.724-07:00That's a loooong first day!
I do a syllabus ...That's a loooong first day! <br /><br />I do a syllabus group exercise. I break the syllabus into part and have each group summarize part of the syllabus. They have to decide together what is most important and report out (and say their names).<br /><br />It gives me a chance to comment if they leave things out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-15462330298589391802011-08-16T18:40:29.556-07:002011-08-16T18:40:29.556-07:00Thanks for checking, Owen.
It's not google do...Thanks for checking, Owen.<br /><br />It's not google docs being bad, it's the way I did it, apparently. I made the folder they're in public, so I thought each file would be public. Maybe not... I'll go make each one public.<br /><br />Perhaps the time thing is silly, but making estimates and then finding out how wrong I was may help me improve my future estimates.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-35782797270110270792011-08-16T11:32:49.300-07:002011-08-16T11:32:49.300-07:00brain breaks & flower power...
ordinary URL li...brain breaks & flower power...<br />ordinary URL links... worked fine.<br /><br />the first gargle.docs thing i looked at...<br />the <b>axes exercise</b>... worked<br />okay but then g'docs decided to mess<br />with me and every other thing i tried<br />with them got me<br /><br />"You need permission to access this item.<br /><br />You are signed in as vlorbik@gmail.com, but you don't have permission to access this item. You can request access from the owner or sign-in as a different user"<br /><br />or worse. blag.<br /><br />thanks for all your hard work<br />(documenting all your hard work).<br /><br />"The times I used on my plan were no use at all."<br />i *was* sort of amazed the way<br />you had it blocked out. i'd never<br />even think of doing it that way<br />unless made to. in which case<br />i'd tell lies so preposterous nobody<br />would even be tempted to believe 'em<br />and wing it anyway.owen thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09249915192605437832noreply@blogger.com