Today I want to share a set of new SBG Posters I created. This year, I have decided to switch from my A/B/Not Yet SBG scale to a 1-4 SBG scale. When I tweeted about stopping A/B/Not Yet, I got several questions about why I was making this decision. I absolutely loved the A/B/Not Yet …
I spent most of this morning making new posters for my classroom and most of this afternoon writing quizzes (4 versions of each) for our first unit in trigonometry. Today I want to share a set of What Should Your Answer Look Like Posters. I think it’s finally hit me that school is RIGHT around …
One of my favorite strategies to use during group/team work is red/yellow/green cups. I have also heard these referred to as traffic light cups in the past. I bought a package of each color of cups at Party City a few years ago. I’m still using the same cups, so they’ve held up well. I …
A continual focus in my classroom is helping my students build a growth mindset. One quote I’ve seen time and time again when it comes to growth mindset is “Mistakes are expected, respected, inspected, and corrected.” I’ve seen this quote attributed to Jo Boaler and her “How to Learn Math” course. This summer, I decided …
Today I’m sharing left and right posters with you. I feel like I need to apologize in advanced because this blog is getting ready to be taken over by posters. I’ve got a new classroom to decorate, and I’m taking full advantage of that fact. (There’s also the fact that my husband has a new …
I’m excited to share these new TEAMS Group Work Norm Posters with you today. I think I’ve finally gotten over my “Oh my goodness school is out and grad school is done and I don’t have to do anything productive” phase. Yesterday, I wrote out a new SBG skills list for Algebra 1 for next …
This year, I am having a terrible time getting my posters to stay on the wall. Every day, I play the “let’s see how many posters fell down overnight” game. #sofun This summer, I made a set of Convince Me posters. They started out hanging under my dry erase board. But, every day, I would …
I want to share a set of cardinal direction posters I created. I’ve had left and right signs up in my high school math classroom for multiple years now. If you’re not a teacher, you’re probably reading this and thinking I’m crazy. But, if you are a teacher, you know why they’re up there. Sooooo many …
Elissa posted her weekly warm-up schedule, and it inspired me to think about how I want to structure my warm-ups this year. 2014-2015 Weekly Bellwork Schedule Well, I’ve decided on my weekly bellwork schedule for the upcoming school year. This past year, I had 3 special weekly tasks – Good Things Mondays, Weird and …
I saw this GRIT poster on pinterest, and I decided I had to recreate it for my classroom this year. G – Give it your allR – Redo if necessaryI – Ignore giving upT – Take time to do it right Here’s my typed version of the GRIT Poster. I have formatted this GRIT Poster …