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This is week seven of the Sunday Funday blogging initiative.  It's never too late to join in!  You can read more about the challenge  here  if you like.  This week's challenge is to write about our favorite lesson.  I have a hard time picking a favorite lesson, especially one that I have not already blogged about.  I love all of the following: Barbie Zipline - Angle of Elevation Barbie Bungee - Line of Best Fit Logarithm Earthquakes Circle Equation Earthquakes Candy Catapult Quadratics  and Dance Dance Transversal However, I'd like to write about something new.  So today I'm writing about CPM's "How High Will it Bounce?" lesson.  I added some technology to this lesson to connect estimating a line of best fit and using a graphing calculator to find the linear regression line and correlation coefficient.  Here are some screenshots pictures and videos from the lesson. Today in #al...

This is week six of the Sunday Funday blogging initiative.  It's never too late to join in!  You can read more about the challenge  here  if you like.  This week's challenge is to write about our plans for substitutes if we must be out unexpectedly .   First, let me say that I have had a similar version of this plan in a file folder for about 10 years and I've thankfully never had to use it.  Also, since I've switched to a blended model in my classroom, I am completely confident that my students could survive a day or two without me and without any type of sub plan. Here is my current online organization for students: I try to keep lessons posted about a week in advance.  This way, if a student is planning on being out, they can work ahead if needed.  I've also built a routine where students log into Schoology first thing each period to see what the daily assignment is.  I include everything in a Google doc.  This ...

This is week five of the Sunday Funday blogging initiative.  It's never too late to join in!  You can read more about the challenge  here  if you like.  This week's challenge is to write about teacher hacks. I had some trouble thinking of hacks that I use, so I went around my room, looking for creative ideas that I have learned over the years. Hack 1: Never buy a stylus!  Pick them up for free at conferences :) Hack 2: Buy a $20 electric tea kettle.  It's perfect for  Millie's Sipping Broth  and tea during study hall or a planning period.  Hack 3: Tony Riehl   posted this idea to twitter awhile back and then shared it again at #TMC17.  Phones are not the only distraction, so have something large enough to hold, say yearbooks, in May.  I also keep a pad of post-it notes in the box so kids can label their distraction with their name before putting it in the box. Hack 4:  Label all the thing...