Now as I begin to teach Geometry for the first time, it is terrifying. It has never been my favorite piece of mathematics, but then I know how the students feel that approach it apprehensively.
Today I introduced
conditionals, converses, inverses, and contraposatives.
These are very confusing words with very similar meanings so I devised this to help my students distinguish between the three.
Conditionals: original if-then statement
Converse: exchange the hypothesis and the conclusion
"Conman"- Can't stay in one plate, they will get caught! Conmen must move places.
Inverse: Negate the hypothesis and the the conclusion
"Infant" - Like a small child, says no to everything!
Contrapositive: Exchange and negate both the hypothesis and the conclusion
"Conman's child" - If a conman had a child, they would have both of the above characteristics.
It's a way that helps me remember it. Hopefully it will help the kids. I'll let you know.
-Teaching to learn and learning to teach
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
First days of school
I began my teaching career this week. Overall it's been going pretty well. First hour prep the first day was agonizing just waiting for the students to show up. I've been busy this week trying to catch up and figure out just what I need to do each day. It's been a little crazy but good.
When I went into staff trainings, it was actually a bit of a break from the regular pace of camp and since I didn't really slow down I was able to be extra productive. So far working to cure my procrastination has been paying off.
Classroom management was the part of this job that I was the most worried about but that seems to be going pretty well. The students for the most part are behaved and I even found out from one of the other teachers that I'm considered a "mean" teacher already. I hope it's not bad that I kind of like that.
The current problems I'm facing right now is trying to figure out how to approach a class that is talking a lot when they are not supposed be as well as still learning names. I wish I had popsicle sticks with names at the beginning of the week, but hopefully by next week I will be able to start using them.
So far that's the insights I have for you.
Just starting out.... learning to teach.
When I went into staff trainings, it was actually a bit of a break from the regular pace of camp and since I didn't really slow down I was able to be extra productive. So far working to cure my procrastination has been paying off.
Classroom management was the part of this job that I was the most worried about but that seems to be going pretty well. The students for the most part are behaved and I even found out from one of the other teachers that I'm considered a "mean" teacher already. I hope it's not bad that I kind of like that.
The current problems I'm facing right now is trying to figure out how to approach a class that is talking a lot when they are not supposed be as well as still learning names. I wish I had popsicle sticks with names at the beginning of the week, but hopefully by next week I will be able to start using them.
So far that's the insights I have for you.
Just starting out.... learning to teach.
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