Quick blog post to brag about my Physics students and to grovel on the ground and beg you to vote for them.
I think I mentioned before that they are in the top ten in the nationwide Raytheon competition. Voting is live to see who wins the fame and the fortune (and by fortune I mean $2,000 classroom grant)! You can vote today and tomorrow on facebook. The link to the video and the voting is: http://bit.ly/11F6ROE
Please “like” the MathMovesU page first and go back and vote again in 24 hours. Voting closes at midnight tomorrow May17th.
THANK YOU!!! : )
After a disappointing past couple weeks, my first group of final exams are in (Seniors take their exams a week earlier than everyone else) and as the last question on both my Physics and Physical Science exams, I asked the students this: Write at least three paragraphs describing what you think is the most IMPORTANT…
read more »This week I was highly disappointed in my students. And of course, Teach for America has trained me to think this is my fault and I have not done enough. I didn’t build strong enough relationships, I did not create a classroom vision my students bought into, my classroom culture was not strong enough, I…
read more »This week, and next week, I have two Physical Science classes and my Physics class…my other three classes are Biology tutorials. State tests are approaching (May 5th is less than two weeks away!?!) and once again I find myself teaching Biology. I thought this summer was the end of it, but when our students are…
read more »…is currently a mess. But that’s okay! Because we made solar ovens this week to wrap up our electricity unit. So there are little scraps of foil and aluminum foil and tape scattered on the floor and under desks and strange foil-covered pizza boxes are covering all available desks and flat spaces. It is so…
read more »Yesterday, I was told that my high school Physics teacher, Mr. Wertz, had terminal liver cancer. I was in the process of writing him a letter last night to send him and let him know how much he inspired me. Then my best friend called me and told me he passed away today. So here is my…
read more »So far, it has been a good week back to school from Spring Break. We started the unit on electricity in Physical Science, which I think students are enjoying it because it is so relevant. And my Physics students have had some really great attitudes lately, which just makes class so much more pleasant. {SIDE…
read more »The title for today’s blog is what I do NOT want to happen. And so, I am working on my lesson plans today instead of going out and spending my Friday off doing more interesting and fun things. But it will be worth it when I can enjoy my Sunday birthday free of lesson planning…
read more »Yesterday, we had ProSat. Which was annoying because we just had ProSat two weeks ago, but with both Mississippi and Arkansas Spring Breaks coming up (yes, I am counting down the days and it is five) they had to be scheduled very close together. Anyway, at our Diversity and Inclusiveness session, my MTLD asked us…
read more »I sent Nick this text message Tuesday afternoon: “My 4A block was the wooooooorst today. I nearly hit someone with a stapler. But I didn’t. So the good news is I’m still employed.” And then when I returned to school on Wednesday morning to a 1B block that was almost as terrible as my 4A,…
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