Every year our conference hosts a math contest in March. During the last contest all the math teachers collectively agreed not to do it this year. Well the conference Superintendents decided that we should still have it. Albeit without any questions to any of the teachers. So, the conference math teachers got together and decided one school was going hosting it this year. So here we are in February, and we just found out that the other school is not hosting it and we are doing it again. With the contest only 2 weeks away we have 2 months of planning. Which is not really enough time to make all the decisions and get everything done, but I guess it will get done. We have a total of 5 teachers with one who doesn't do anything. Not only planning this in 2 weeks, I am also starting track and field next week which takes a major amount of time. So what is going to suffer? Hopefully not my classes, but we shall see. Oh well, this is the life of a teacher huh!
Live long and learn lots.
Mr. Love
@mrlove314
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Introduction to Polynomial Functions
I was wanting a way to Introduce Polynomials functions in a cool way. So I did the best thing I could think of, I went on Twitter. I asked my tweeps to help me out a little and so I got into a conversation with @druinok, @jeff_lay, and they all brought out ideas that led me to this lesson.
I had not said anything about graphing polynomial functions or degrees or leading coefficients before the lesson. I made up this page to show the students.
I had them text their answers into http://www.polleverywhere.com. Once everyone texted their findings we went back and looked at what they found. Many of the items I was wanting them to find, they did. For instance, the seen where the degree of the equation was the same as the number of times the graph went through the x-axis. When we browsed the results, I made sure we understood that we can't assume all of these properties worked with every equation and graph.
This was a great way and an easy way for them to understand how polynomial equations work and how they are graphed.
Live long and learn lots
Mr. Love
#mrlove314
I had not said anything about graphing polynomial functions or degrees or leading coefficients before the lesson. I made up this page to show the students.
I had them text their answers into http://www.polleverywhere.com. Once everyone texted their findings we went back and looked at what they found. Many of the items I was wanting them to find, they did. For instance, the seen where the degree of the equation was the same as the number of times the graph went through the x-axis. When we browsed the results, I made sure we understood that we can't assume all of these properties worked with every equation and graph.
This was a great way and an easy way for them to understand how polynomial equations work and how they are graphed.
Live long and learn lots
Mr. Love
#mrlove314
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Observers are coming! Observers are coming!
Found out last week that I am going to have a few visitors this week. Well I was all prepared for them to come today, but my tiny morsel of a brain didn't really check the date, and they are really coming on Friday. But it got me thinking about PD and if this will be useful to the observers and/or myself. The teachers are coming as a PD day for their school, and they picked our school to come and observe. I really can't wait for them to come cause I am pretty excited to share what I do with anyone who will listen. I don't want to sound like I know everything because, well I don't know that much. I just know what works in my room and hopefully that will help others in their room.
What I am looking to get out of this is being able to connect with these other teachers and hopefully we will get to share many thoughts and ideas for a long time to come. I am always looking to build my PLN and meet new people that share the same interests as I do.
I would love for my school to do the same thing our neighboring school is doing. I would love to go to another school and watch how things are done at their school. Oh well, hope all goes well and I get to add a few people to my PLN.
As always
Live long and Learn Lots
Mr. Love
@mrlove314
What I am looking to get out of this is being able to connect with these other teachers and hopefully we will get to share many thoughts and ideas for a long time to come. I am always looking to build my PLN and meet new people that share the same interests as I do.
I would love for my school to do the same thing our neighboring school is doing. I would love to go to another school and watch how things are done at their school. Oh well, hope all goes well and I get to add a few people to my PLN.
As always
Live long and Learn Lots
Mr. Love
@mrlove314
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