Today is my last Monday of Summer 2019. We officially report back on Wednesday and kids come next week. As a result, I've been back and forth on trying to get things done versus trying to shut down and enjoy the last few days of break. I am teaching the same preps this year, so I've not been extremely motivated on the lesson plan front, but I guess I probably should get on that soon! :)
But first, let's take a look at the pretties for this week! :)
Made4Math #1 - Sum It Up Puzzle
I've been trying to find some new puzzles for my puzzle table this summer. While digging around in my stack of books, I found this series called Solve It that I had picked up years ago at Mardel.
While flipping through the book, I ran across this number puzzle that reminded me a lot of an Open Middle problem :) Since I already have sets of 1 to 9 tiles, it was pretty simple just to make a page for the puzzle frame and a new puzzle is done! :)
If you want to download the file, click here
Made4Math #2 - Notes from the Teacher
Last spring, I ran across this tweet from Emily DeLuca about writing 4 notes per day to her students. I loved the idea, but just didn't follow through with it.
So I'm going to *try* to do better this year! I made a couple of pages of small notes on PPT - the first page just says "A Note from Mrs. ____", while the second page can be seen at the left. I printed them on colored paper, cut them out, and now I have some notes to slip to students daily!
I would love some ideas for growth mindset / positive affirmations that wouldn't sound weird coming from your 40-something year old math teacher... any ideas? :)
If you want this file, click here. You will need the Sunberry font
Made4Math #3 - Teaching Binder and Meeting Binder
I've already posted about my binders this week, but here they are all finished!
On the left is the meetings binder all bound with the small discs and a nifty little pocket that I made from a letter size page of cardstock. Just fold it in half, cut at a diagonal, hole punch, and tape the bottom!
On the right is my teaching binder - isn't that cover just lovely?? :) I added a nameplate and a couple of dividers and it's ready for the new year!
I know many of you are heading back to school this week, so best wishes on a new year! :)
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