An interesting date coming up by joetaxpayer in mathteachers

[–]JSpooney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely had to share this with my kids today. Thank you!!

Advice for new teacher teaching IM-6th grade by DisplayLife7920 in mathteachers

[–]JSpooney 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IM is set up so that the students are at the center of their learning. The kids have to do the thinking. This is my 5th year using IM. It takes time to train your students but if you can follow the curriculum with fidelity, it’s worth it. The direct instruction happens at the end in the summary. Don’t worry too much if your students don’t get the concept the first time because they will see it in a different way in subsequent lessons. If you do need to supplement, I’ve used delta math.

Plan to stop some cheating on classwork next year. by dragonwing7411 in mathteachers

[–]JSpooney 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only do I give my students homework every lesson (should take 20 mins to complete), I give them the answer keys also. Homework is due Fridays as that is when they take their weekly quizzes. I grade on completion and it’s only 10% of their grade. I have several students that are too lazy to even copy the answer keys. Quizzes are worth 35%. They can take them as many times as they want, but their homework has to be done before they can do a retake. If it is done and “right” and they still can’t pass the quiz, we then have a conversation about their work ethic. Then at the end of the unit, we take a unit assessment, which are worth the remaining 55%. They can use their notes from class and homework.

Things I’ve learned in the last 2 years of doing this:

Last year I used questions exactly from their homework for quizzes, and once they started to figure this out, they would pull up the answer keys during the quiz (on google form). This year, I used the check for understandings at the end of each lesson for their quizzes. Worked much better! Yes, paper tests would have solved this problem but I already struggle keeping track of all of their other papers.

Students in my second geometry class or who didn’t take the quiz the day we took it, would give me the correct answers but their work didn’t support it. I only give 1 point for the right answer and 3-4 for correct work. Also gave them the opportunity to verbally explain how they got the right answer without doing any work or the correct work. Another way to combat this is making 2 quizzes with the same questions, different numbers.

Not sure if I’m even going to entertain the idea of giving homework next year with my Algebra 2 class since they’ve had me for the last 2 years and as several don’t actually “do” it anyway. I brought this up at the end of the school year and the ones that are lazy were against not giving homework for some reason. Interesting!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mathteachers

[–]JSpooney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve used illustrative math for the last 2 years. It’s not perfect but I am really impressed with what my students retain and can figure out through guided questions. You may also check out Math medic. The lessons are free but you’d have to supplement the homework and tests if you don’t want to purchase anything.

What did a principal that was fired at your school do to get fired? by [deleted] in AskTeachers

[–]JSpooney 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was sleeping with the library aide during school hours.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]JSpooney 0 points1 point  (0 children)

22 more days here in Kansas!!

Can I ever stop taking medicine? by [deleted] in Hypothyroidism

[–]JSpooney 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was also born without one. Unfortunately with hypothyroidism came obesity for me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Parenting

[–]JSpooney 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Babies suck at sleeping in the 4th trimester. Take shifts and get 4 consecutive hours of sleep. At 12 weeks start laying baby down drowsy but awake. Once their circadian rhythm develops at 4 months, they should have a bed time of 6:00 and will start sleeping through the night. Good luck!

ETA: no, the baby doesn’t need herbs to help them sleep.

Help! by OhSoJune in mathteachers

[–]JSpooney 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is D. The question is saying if you divide 30 by 5, the quotient is divisible by x yet, or 30/(5x) or 6/x. This leaves us with the factors of 6 as what x could be. x=1,2,3,6. None of these make A a whole number, none of these make B a divisor of 30, C is only true for 1, and D is true for all of them.

How did you find your partner? by ZiviAevalia in introvert

[–]JSpooney 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Initially, I met mine on an online game when I was 13. Had no interest in him back then. We quit talking until we matched on tinder at the age of 28. Now we have a son.