Pi Takes The Cake- Where Math and Science Adds Up to Sweet Success

Changes     It's been a long time since  I have written a post. Since my last post, I have switched from teaching seventh grade mathematics to Algebra 1 at the high school. Our standards and our state assessments changed last year. WOW! What a year! Weekly Lesson Plans      A person's point of view could determine the importance of  writing weekly lesson plans (LPs). For some teachers, it is the moment of  dreed of facing a dead line and doing  the same task each week. A spark of excitement may surge through some teachers as they write and create their master piece lesson plans.       When I was a new teacher, I handwrote my LPs in the traditional lesson planning book that my school district provided. At the end of the year, I had to turn in my lesson plan book to my principal. I soon began to wonder if I was writing the same thing year after year. I didn't have a ...

 I have created foldable graphic organizers for the upcoming lessons for this week. I have uploaded them to the Teachers Pay Teachers website for FREE. Description: This is a three tab foldable graphic organizer that I have recently created for my classes. It reviews the following: 1) Mid-point, 2) Distance, 3) Direct Variation, 4) Slope-Intercept, 5) Point Slope, and 6) Arithmetic Sequence. I have left the graphic organizers blank so that teachers can write their own examples. Twitter: @pitakesthecake

 I I was cleaning the photos off my phone to make room for photos that would be taken at our family celebration for Thanksgiving. I came across a photo that I took on our family vacation in July. This photo was taken at a rest area in New Mexico. I thought this would be a great to introduce statistics and have students dicuss that sample type and the validity of its results.

It's been awhile since I have posted anything. I had laid my blog to side and had focused on teaching 7th grade math.   Last school year was very challenging for me. Everything that I had know to be successful I had to do away with and find new things that work in my classroom.  I have been given the opportunity to move up to the high school and teach Algebra 1 for this school year. I am trying to navigate my through TN Ready standards and thus was able to attend the NCTM Regional conference in Nashville last week.  I met one of my favorite bloggers, Pam J. Wilson! Since attending this conference, I have become inspired to start blogging and using Twitter more!   

 We were out of school for a week due to icy roads. Today was my first day back. WOW! WHAT A DAY!  Hopefully,  I will be able to add more files soon. 

 My copy of the INB is some what different than the students' INBs. I post student quotes, teaching ideas and ideas for the next year. (The Unit Title Page and the Real Number System was downloaded from Math = Love blog .) 

My new agenda poster!  I attached magnets on the back so that I can easily take it down each day and change the information. I wonder what my students will think about it tomorrow. Here's a picture of my updated assignment board for this upcoming week.