I am starting
this blog but wanted to give some background on myself, so those who don’t know
me can better understand. I am a nerdy
math geek, who became a teacher. I
yearned for kids to be as passionate about math as I am. I started my career eleven years ago in a
self-contained fifth grade classroom in a very small town. I found that I spent a majority of my class
time teaching math, because I love it.
It’s sad to say other subjects got the short-end of the stick. After that year, I took a sixth grade math
position at an intermediate campus, which I loved (they moved us to middle
school later),. I taught sixth grade
math for 5 years. I left that position
to come to my current district as the math specialist for third through eighth
grade. This position allowed me to get
my kid fix and help teachers improve their math instruction, and create great
resources to use. Currently, I am in my second year as an assistant
principal. Just a little about me….but
back to my blog.
Does anyone feel
a knot in your stomach when you’re about to teach a concept or subject that is
just not your comfort zone? You’re
standing there, in front of your class or teachers perhaps, palms are sweating
and your thinking you might lose your cheerios from breakfast. The fear makes you think, I should have
stayed up later preparing more. I felt
(and secretly still do) this way often in the classroom and presenting staff
development. I believe for many teachers
and kids that math makes them feel this way.
My goal here is to help teachers have fun with math, enjoy it. Build confidence in teaching math and making
mistakes too. We learn from mistakes and
kids need to see that adults make mistakes too.
Great mathematicians had to make numerous mistakes before solving difficult
theorems and algorithms.
Follow along with
me and I’ll give you some tips and fun games to make Math your favorite subject…
Leaving you with
a great Math video. I follow her on
youtube.
Shannon
I'm following! I am so excited for you! I loved that video too!
ReplyDeleteI really love her video on doodling but it's pretty advanced in mathematical terms...didn't want everyone to know I was that much of a nerd. Lol
DeleteI can't wait to read more from you. It will be great to read about your different perspectives on teaching :) I am heading over via recommendation from Reagan :) Welcome to blogging.
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My (Not So) Elementary Life
Welcome Heidi
DeleteReagan has been a huge help. I've been lucky to have had the opprotunities that have fallen in my lap. I have to say that helping teachers enjoy teaching math (and playing math games with the kids) are my favorite things to do. I love to pop into a classroom and ask the teacher if I can play a game with their class. We all have a good time. I'll be sharing lots of fun games to play.
Reagan sent me! I love reading about new ideas for math!!
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Welcome Amber! Excited to have you following along
ReplyDeleteYahooooo, you did it. Great job, you make math fun. Love the video.
ReplyDeleteThanks...I love giving you stuff to help our struggling kiddos.
DeleteA happy hello to blogging.
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Thanks and welcome!
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