tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post8376066463786497830..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: L'Shana TovaPissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-6907023482211148462010-09-19T23:58:35.851-04:002010-09-19T23:58:35.851-04:00L'Shanah Tovah Tikvateinu!!L'Shanah Tovah Tikvateinu!!Ms. Tsourisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-82390467726251464252010-09-19T11:40:46.698-04:002010-09-19T11:40:46.698-04:00Happy Holidays!Happy Holidays!Yaelhttp://www.organicskincarepro.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-10390238611119960232010-09-19T11:24:53.449-04:002010-09-19T11:24:53.449-04:00I thought that whole class similar to your 9th per...I thought that whole class similar to your 9th period last year w/o the behavioral problems. That said, how unfair to both halves of your class.<br />In elementary school we would group the kids so the advanced kids could help the other kids. But I worked in a cooperative style. Also I would get different workbooks for the kids. Of course this year class sizes are exploding making it difficult for teachers to do their jobs. The problem with math on the elementary level is the same content is introduced over and over again each year. If the curriculum would spent more time on each content instead of a little taste, then a majority of the kids would be able to master it. By the time they got to Jr HS,<br />it would be easy for them. Before EveryDay Math, I would do this, I would also teach the concepts I thought made the most sense instead of following the calendar.<br />To me understanding place value and expanded notation in the beginning made it easier to teach computation skills. Knowing and understanding the properties made addition and multiplication easier.<br />Next came terminology. Without understanding the vocabulary, (what is the product and/or quotient) children could not do word problems. But that was then. This is now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-1899334827441684422010-09-19T08:08:49.175-04:002010-09-19T08:08:49.175-04:00I have my usual program which always includes some...I have my usual program which always includes some bottom kids, which I don't mind. My class has about 1/2 who failed last year. It is not fair to the others to keep reviewing. The good kids are owed an education too. As for Mr. AP, we are on polite, speakiog terms as of the moment. I always do what I want much to his dismay.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-72169411139911964542010-09-19T07:30:09.441-04:002010-09-19T07:30:09.441-04:00Sometimes I wonder; if my colleagues in other scho...Sometimes I wonder; if my colleagues in other schools were able to take the time to really get to know the kids in their classes, would those students' performances improve? I have a personal relationship with every student in CHS (there are only 77 of them at the moment, so this is possible). I don't have every one of them in my classes, but I know all their names. As a result of these relationships, everyone - teachers and kids - seems more invested in the process. <br /><br />My classes are set up around a central table so we all - me, included - sit together on the same level. Of course, I have a ton of advantages that my colleagues don't have; I set my own curriculum, I have plenty of time during the day to actually interact with the students, and my discipline (English) encourages that kind of connection; we're working stuff out about the material rather than my explaining to them how to work out an equation or how an experiment has to be run. It is, by its nature, a dialogue.<br /><br />Really, I think that many of the problems in education are similar to the ones we hear about in health care; not enough time with the "patient," people who aren't actually DOING the job are the ones making all the important decisions, that sort of thing. Working in the environment I do has helped me to see how very true this is.Mrs. Chilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814787474739856911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-81175539041885146422010-09-19T00:11:12.008-04:002010-09-19T00:11:12.008-04:00For some reason I thought you were getting better ...For some reason I thought you were getting better classes this year. But knowing you, you will work with these kids. At this point when you are thinking about retirement, why don't you just say F-it and work on reviewing with these kids. How many times have we been told to reteach until it's mastered? I think they will learn more once they got the basics down with a teacher like you. The kids will appreciate it. Who care what Mr. AP thinks. He can't be much of an educator if he keeps passing these kids to the advanced classes.<br />Any way you cut it, it's social promotion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com