180 Days @ NHS

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Day 157: Being a Class Sponsor

It is a rough job. You get asked to do things above and beyond what you think you're capable of. People help you even when you aren't sure how to help yourself. Today we are 4 days away from prom and my principal gave me this. I needed a reminder that all my hard work was appreciated.

Day 151: Whatever works

This kid is REALLY tall, and he doesn't fit in the desk. He sat like this almost every day for the rest of the year. As long as he did his work, I did not care. :)

Day 149: Area Approximation

I had them draw their hand on a piece of graph paper. Then I told them to approximate the area. I loved seeing all the different methods the kids used. It allowed us to talk more deeply about why/how this might be useful for graphs.

and then there's this.

Day 148: Senior Baseball Night

Love these boys! They made it to playoffs this year, and it had been since 1992!

Day 144: Do I really look like that?

Sometimes children are mean. Or maybe they just lack artistic ability.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Day 140: Grading is fun.

These things are normal.

Day 139: Parametric Equations

This was Day 2 of parametric and we were experimenting with the calculators. Turd kid #1 (who I love a whole lot) decided he was going to be smarter than me and say, "I already figured this out miss." To which I replied, "Cool. Teach the class." Worked well. The rest of the class was engaged and I was able to problem solve with individual students while he gave the calculator instructions. And bonus: he wasn't distracting or off task. WIN COLUMN!

Day 137: Folding Conics

We did this activity in the Pre-Cal session at TMC 14, and I thought it would be a nice extension activity for conics. It was a testing day for the rest of the school, so I needed something to fill an extra day when I would be missing some students.

The kids thought it was neat, once they figured out how to fold patty paper. Oy vey...children.

Day 136: Kindness goes a long way.

Another teacher and I found out one of our kids kitchen burned. Thankfully no one was injured, but they haven't been able to cook for weeks because their stove is gone and hasn't been replaced yet. My friend and I brought their family dinner and the next day, I got this sweet note from her and her siblings.

Day 132: Senior Dress-up Day

So much crazy

The kids I dressed up. The girl HATES Frozen. Muahahaha :)

Dora AKA my class president and son (not really he just calls me mom)

Day 131: Making Costumes

This week is senior auction. The kids auction themselves off and their friends/teachers can dress them up however on Friday. It's Thursday, and I have not even started working on my kids costumes because I have been so busy working on the auction part. During advisory, I let one of my students work her magic. Olaf turned out pretty well.

Day 129: Sidewalk Chalk!

Sidewalk Chalk day is stolen from my cartoon robot friend. I gave them a day to graph two types of polar graphs, one rose curve and one limacon. They could make up their own or they could use one of the ones I gave them. Here's some fun pictures! Sorry 1st period...you didn't get any pictures. :(

2nd period