{"id":118,"date":"2014-05-05T20:45:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T00:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coast2coast.me\/carl\/?p=118"},"modified":"2014-05-07T00:38:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T04:38:38","slug":"this-week-rolling-dice-perfecting-lessons-and-mice-infestations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coast2coast.me\/carl\/2014\/05\/05\/this-week-rolling-dice-perfecting-lessons-and-mice-infestations\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week: Rolling Dice, Perfecting Lessons, and Mice Infestations"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week is my first full week of teaching since break, except for a few meetings I have to attend. \u00a0Now\u00a0the preparation is replaced by action and adjusting, as each this cycle begins it’s narrative. \u00a0Will this be the cycle I get all my classes to do insanely well? \u00a0Will this be the cycle that I learn how to respond to all my students needs? \u00a0Will this be the cycle that I blog for a week and a half and then give up? \u00a0The answer to all of these questions will be much clearer by the end of this week.<\/p>\n

What I’m Teaching this week:<\/h3>\n

This week I plan to introduce probability to my equations and patterns class. \u00a0We will do a task that which\u00a0explores the law of large numbers through rolling lots and lots of dice<\/a>. \u00a0I have been doing a task for the past few years, but I am hoping to find ways to improve it and make it better.<\/p>\n

In my Investing class, I want to find a website that allows students to invest in the real stock market. \u00a0Investing in the stock market is a fraction as exciting as kids expect, and my enthusiasm isn’t really good either. \u00a0Last time I did it, I explained the basic info in the Wall Street Journal, talked about the information\u00a0available online and I gave them $1 million to spend in a virtual simulator. \u00a0Despite all this, kids ended up looking the brands they recognized, and did only superficial research. \u00a0Do you know of an effective way to teach students to invest?<\/p>\n

What I’m Blogging\u00a0this week:<\/h3>\n

This week on the blog. I on outlining how I intend to dominate my next observation.\u00a0 I want to try to meet the description of highly effective in every area of classroom instruction according to Charlotte Danielson measures of effective teaching rubric. \u00a0Doing this would be the equivalent of pitching a \u00a0perfect game. \u00a0This was something that I wanted to try when it was announced that NYC was\u00a0trying this new evaluation system. Also, there is a good chance that this system will be changed, now is my last chance to be evaluated on all these features.\u00a0 I’ll document my preparation and the observation this week with as much detail as possible for how it goes.<\/p>\n

What I’m Thinking\u00a0this week:<\/h3>\n

This week I’m thinking about a file cabinet that up until now was very successful at keeping food safe. \u00a0Apparently mice were going in and out of this\u00a0metal cabinet, eating most of\u00a0an unopened bag of microwave popcorn. \u00a0While cleaning up the mess, I drifted to thoughts of\u00a0vengeance immediately\u00a0as I looked for ways to seal up the file cabinet and catch the mice.<\/p>\n

As I thought about it more, I realized it\u00a0was my fault. \u00a0If I cared more about stopping mice from running around, I would have not let his happen. \u00a0This made me think about a lot of other things that I don’t care about. \u00a0Sometimes I get so into what I’m doing that I let lots of little things slide. \u00a0I realized that I needed to do a lot more of the little things, like filing papers. \u00a0After school I spent an hour cleaning the mess in my file cabinet, and filing papers until I could see my desk afterwards, and there was no room to for mice to run around. \u00a0What’s the small stuff that you’re forgetting to do?<\/p>\n

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9\/30 #MTBoS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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