Five Things Friday: Book 13

We've made it to Fri ane time more. And, what a crazy calendar week it has been! On top of my regular schedule of Cookie Club on Mon flush in addition to teaching a cast at church building on Midweek nights amongst my husband, I had things such every bit a talent show, a pupil walk-out, Math Teachers' Circle, a day-long observation yesteryear a instructor from some other district, in addition to a coming together most the possibility of going on smasher inward a few weeks. Let's but tell that I'm glad that nosotros solely direct hold ane to a greater extent than calendar week of schoolhouse earlier Spring Break is here!

As commons for a Friday, I'm posting 5 modest things I've been upwards to which aren't precisely worthy of an private weblog post. I detect this is a dainty means to capture the smaller things that boot the bucket along every bit a teacher.

1. Chemistry participated inward a "Naming Compounds Manhunt" action this week. I'm ordinarily pretty proficient most keeping my Algebra kids upwards in addition to moving to a greater extent than or less the room away from their seats, but doing this action made me realize I direct hold non done a proficient chore of this amongst my chemical scientific discipline cast this year. As a teacher, at that topographic point is ever room for improvement!

thirty compounds were hidden to a greater extent than or less the room. Students had to locate them in addition to render either the scream of the chemical compound (if the formula had been given) or the formula of the compounds (if the scream had been given).

2. As I mentioned at the outset of this post, at that topographic point is a possibility that Oklahoma teachers volition boot the bucket along smasher Apr 2nd. Let's but tell that Oklahoma teachers are tired of beingness ranked 50th when it comes to instructor pay. We're tired of the the world legislature cutting pedagogy funding yr afterwards year. We're tired of constantly feeling disrespected in addition to taken wages of. We're tired of beingness told that nosotros knew what nosotros were getting ourselves into when nosotros decided to boot the bucket Oklahoma teachers. 

My district's schoolhouse board has voted that our entire district volition nigh downwards then that teachers tin (and must) smasher if the pedagogy union's demands are non met yesteryear Apr 1st which is the deadline for the Oklahoma legislature to transcend a budget. It's a crazy fourth dimension to live a teacher. I'm hoping that our legislature steps upwards then that a smasher is non necessary. The house I desire to live to a greater extent than than anywhere else is inward my classroom teaching my kids. 

3. On a lighter in addition to happier note, nosotros did some crafting this calendar week inward chemistry. We built covalent chemical compound models out of piping cleaners in addition to pony beads. These volition shortly live gracing ane of the bulletin boards inward my classroom! 

4. On Midweek night, our lesson at church building amongst our quaternary flat cast was most beingness prepared for when Christ returns. While thinking most what game nosotros could play every bit an instance of beingness prepared, Shaun idea most the game of Nim. Having played the game earlier (I learned the game from my sixth flat math teacher), nosotros were much to a greater extent than prepared than our students who had never heard of the game before. They had lots of fun competing against each other. Then, I challenged students to play me. They were shocked that I was able to shell them EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Of course, I had to confess in addition to tell them that I had "prepared" earlier cast then that I could shell them. Can y'all tell that my hubby in addition to I bask plumbing equipment math-y activities into bible lessons?    

5. Last black at the Tulsa Math Teachers' Circle, nosotros got to explore the basis of perfect bill of fare shuffling. This was a fun in addition to rather shocking activity. Our chore was to response the query of how many perfect shuffles are required to render a deck of cards to its master copy ordering. Let's but tell I did non expression the response nosotros found! 

Another fun matter that happened at Math Teachers' Circle was getting to consider the giant pentominoes! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 local man child lookout adult man made a laid of giant plastic pentominoes for the math subdivision at TU for a service projection to earn his Eagle Scout ranking. They are ginormous, in addition to I'm already scheming a means to exercise something like for my ain classroom! 

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