Welcome Year Three~

Welcome back! My third year of teaching started on September 9th 2015. I'm certainly not a complete beginner anymore but I feel like I still have plenty of work to do. I have awesome students this year that are excited about being 6th graders, excited to be in a new school with new friends and new teachers. To start the year off I decided to lightly introduce scavenger hunts in my class where students get a chance to work together, move around and solve math problems. Take a look below!

The End of the Year

It's been over a month since I've posted. I spent a lot of time finishing up my thesis and I'm proud to say that within the time between this post and my last one, I've obtained my master's degree in Education (MS.Ed). I will also teach summer school and continue to teach 6th graders in the next school year! This year has taught me so much that I'll outline in another post later.

My students have grown and learned so much this year and have even surpassed my ability in many of the thinking and strategic games we play (i.e. Lightbot). More students have also fully completed Dragonbox 2. if I make a mistake while going over a problem (purposely or not), they will sometimes correct me.

Lastly, some students have taken the initative and asked me to teach them specific things in math. My highlight of the day "Mr. E, can you teach me geometry?" Not my favorite sub-topic in math but I am happy that there is a desire to learn and grow! We have been playing educational and/or practice games. Here are some of the more recent videos below:

P.S. - Is the power of multiplayer/network games in mathematics not apparent from the video below? Technology is such a strong tool in education and the level of engagement is unmatched. Ultimately, I want to take the time and use the experience I have with video games to create my own engaging game(s) for math. Coding comes first.

Welcome to 2015! Happy New Year!

I am wishing all of my students, parents, staff, co workers, family and friends a wonderful and blessed new year! I have learned so much in 2014. I grew a lot personally towards the end of the year, I became a far better teacher, and I accomplished one of the biggest goals of my life.

I sincerely hope that 2015 will make us even more refined, give us more than what we started with, and help us grow in all areas of our lives!

I have plenty of things that I want to finish and start this year, but the ones related to teaching are:

A) Starting up my lunch program to help/offer students become more proficient
B) More signs around the room for students to refer to
C) Continue to be consistent
D) More opportunities for students to practice practice practice


1st post of 2015!