Thanks to all of you who donated markers! If I can fend off the marauding students, I’ll have enough to last the rest of the year. If anybody is confused about missing class participation points, here are the most common reasons: 1) Unexcused absence 2) Not using class time to work on math 3) Packing […]
We’ve got dry erase marker problems. I’m running low, and students are forgetting to bring in their own. These are really the same problem; I’m running low because students who forget them are using mine. Please pester kids about bringing markers! And if anybody has markers to donate, I’d really appreciate it. If anybody is […]
Remember, if somebody turns in Khan Academy assignments late, I have no way of knowing. I need an email in order to know that I should go into Khan Academy and find updated scores. Late work can never be above 80%, and if it’s more than a week late, it’s a zero. Probably best to […]
Remember those charged laptops and dry erase markers! Also, please note that if you do Khan Academy assignments late, I have no way of knowing. I’ll need an email from you in order to know that I need to go into Khan Academy and find your updated scores. Remember that late work can never be […]
We’ve finally got a couple normal, five-day school weeks and we’re making the most of them! But we also need to remember some routine stuff: 1) Every student is required to have their own dry erase marker 2) Every student needs a charged laptop. 3) Snacks are for the first five minutes of third hour. […]
We’re busy as always. Lots of math to learn. Important reminder of something that should definitely not need a reminder: make sure to actually do unit tests when I assign them! They’re worth a lot of points and they’re on Khan Academy, which means they should be pretty easy points. You can still watch videos […]
A friendly reminder: bring your own dry erase markers to class! What we’re up to this week: Calculus 3: We’re calculating distances between parallel planes and learning about quadric surfaces. Calculus 2: We’re reviewing how to apply definite integrals to motion problems, as well as some other types. Calculus 1: We’re learning about differentiability at […]
Life is good here in room 510. Lots of learning, lots of math. How can it get better? How about better class participation grades! Everybody wants those free points each week. Common reasons for missing class participation points: 1) Unexcused absence 2) No dry erase marker 3) No computer (or computer not charged) What we’re […]
Hello again! MAP testing’s all done, and it’s time to get down to business. First order of business: make sure students are at school. There’s a huge amount that we discuss in class that just cannot be made up. I’m not talking about points in a gradebook; obviously for excused absences, students can make up […]
…at least for this school year. Hello again! We’re midway through MAP testing, and it’s going well. Remember that anybody who gets their best score of the year (this is our third MAP test this year) on this test gets 100 extra credit points! What we’ve been up to: Calculus II has finished off all […]
