I've been debating for most of the summer on whether or not to start a blog. I love reading blogs (Sarah Carter's mathequalslove is an inspiration!) and I love the idea of documenting successes and failures in a permanent, public way. Historically, however, I have been AWFUL at keeping journals. Obviously, I've decided to give it a try, hoping that readers will keep me accountable! haha! I've spent a lot of time reading blogs, twitter posts and generally exploring the #MTBoS community over the past couple of weeks. I'm in awe of some of the teachers' creativity and slightly jealous of teachers setting up their classrooms! My school has been hard at work ALL summer putting in an HVAC system (hallelujah!) and has therefore restricted access to the school until recently. My classroom is not ready for me yet so I'm anxiously awaiting the email telling me can finally unpack the boxes and prepare for my second year! Until then, I'm stockpiling my spoils and making sure all my procedures and plans for the first two weeks are ready to go! To finish off this first blog post, I wanted to list my goals for the year. I'll do a post later reflecting on my fantastic first year, but these are the three areas I know I want to work on this year: consistent start of class routines, intervention and extension plans and meaningful, productive group work.
Goal 1: Successfully integrate meaningful daily warm-ups and journals that will provide formative assessment for both of us. Goal 2: Use the daily intervention/extension time intentionally to both provide support for struggling students and give all students the opportunity to learn math beyond the standards. Goal 3: Teach students how to work in a group and use group work to have successful student-led lessons.
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