But you've NEVER taught us that!

Doncha love it?

You teach a concept for 2 weeks, a month.

You assess during the lesson.

You announce a quiz.

The kids get the quiz and scream "You have never taught this!"

Sigh.

Life, Liberty, . . .

My students (well, some of them this year) seem to subscribe to this philosophy.

The literary qualities of math

Six Word Saturday

I don't understand any of it.



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You have been teaching a topic for 2 weeks. You have worked examples on the board (and told the students to copy it down). You have elicited previous knowledge in class discussions. You have had various students work problems on the board. You have had classwork days of working problems.

It is the day before a quiz/test and you ask if there are questions.

"I don't understand any of it."

OK, where did I lose you?

"I don't understand any of it."

Half of what you are doing is based on material they should have mastered 2 or more years ago.

I have no clue where to start explaining anything at this point. I usually rework whatever I am doing, knowing full well that the student is 1) yanking my chain to get Eddie-Haskell attention or 2) has finally awakened from a Sleeping-beauty doze to see the world has passed him/her by.

Put more than one of these students in a class (did you know that 5 * 7 is 18? or that the operation happening near W in A = LW is addition?) of 36 with no other adult in the room and Oy Vey! I have no clue had to fix it!

Happy Saturday!

Gripe. Bitch. Moan.

Six Word Saturday

Fall is here! Bring it on!!



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Here is a way we might be able to protect American honeybees. Supplement their pollen gathering with processed sugar for a generation or two.

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