May 15th-23rd

I am in desperate need of updated my phone!  It is currently out of memory for pictures and has prevented me from blogging!

Monday- Students worked on post it to prove it for Pythagorean theorem. They continued into a desmos activity for graphing linear relations
Tuesday- I was away at Slo'Pitch.  Students worked on Modelling Linear Relations with Equations, and EQAO practice
Wednesday- Students solved a proportion for their post it to prove it.  We continued some work on solving proportions
Thursday- Students completed a review.
Tuesday- CELEBRATION OF LEARNING- Cycle 4 Test!

Tuesday, May, 9th

Today, we started with a geometry post it question.




Next, we did a three act math and had them try and find out in how many minutes will the candle would burn out.  Students struggled and tried multiple ways to try and solve this low floor-high ceiling question.

Monday, May 8th

Students practiced their Monday skills on Pythagorean Theorem or PT!

Today, students completed an assignment to show their knowledge of rate of change, initial values, table of values, and graphing!  They seemed to be well done!

Friday, May 5th

We started the class with my post it to prove it!  However, we really needed to pull back knowledge about distributive property in an equation especially when negative numbers are involved!  The question needed to be explained with different numbers at the front of the classroom in parts.  Then from those parts the students worked in pairs to try and solve it.  It went ok but they definitely need more practice.


After the long time it took to go over the warm up question, we moved along to practicing rate of change, graphing and coming up with an equation.  It was well done.

Happy Friday!!

Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 4

Students were great!  They worked on mastering the concepts of finding rate of change and initial value from an equation, table of values, and graph.  They were able to determine if they were partial and direct variation.

Around my department

I just wanted to share some pictures of the great things that are happening in my department that are hands on, progress on growth mindset and creative lessons by my colleagues.

Tuesday, May 2nd

Today, we started with an EQAO Geometry question.  It forced students to think about how many angles were in a four sided shape.


Next, students did a cut and paste activity that required them to sort tables, equations and graphs into groups of partial or direct variation.  I have posted direct variation on one side of the room and partial variation on the other side.  Hopefully, the movement will help students remember which side of the room they walked to when it is time for a formal assessment.

Some of the table of values were not so easy to just find if they were partial or direct because the x being equal to 0 did not appear.  Students had to do some calculating to help them decide. 

 Then, we moved on to calculating the rule from a graph!  Students were very successful at this process.  We started by deciding if it was partial or direct variation, this allows students to determine if the rule would have a rate of change and an initial value or just a rate of change.  Students did a great job doing this activity.  Before, they left they completed an exit card that required them to connect to the steepness of a line.

Monday, May 1

 Today, we started our class with the Post It Activity.  Notice that each sign has the matching colour sticky note below it!  I also included a grid so that I could know which students have completed the task, and I am able to see which students are truly understanding the material.


We then moved on to looking at patterns with an initial value or a constant.  We are moving terminology towards using initial value.  We graphed them in partners and discussed as a group.

We moved their thinking towards what the graph looks like and why it starts on the y axis.  We then discussed what the meaning of direct and partial variation.  I then had students draw a direct or partial variation in the forms of an equation, table of values and graph.  

I corrected my door!  As I didn't notice last time that some kids in the hall had re-arranged my stuff :)

Friday, April 28th

We started the class with my usual, "Post It's"!

 Students are still struggling the most with rates, ratios and proportions.

 We moved on to finding the rules and changing the our words.  No longer the multiplier, it is now the Rate of Change and no longer the constant, it is now initial value!

 A glimpse of my classroom for Monday!!!  Spiraling each of the concepts each day!

Thursday, April 28th

Students completed an assignment on calculating the multiplier and the constant.

Wednesday, April 26

We started Wednesday the exact same way with my post it notes.

Students are struggling with Geometry so I did an activity to try and solidify their understanding on the topic.  It helped a lot of students to realize that these angles are actually the same.

We then moved on to determining the rules.  I re-did the sheets so that the table of values were in sequential order.  I reflected and thought EQAO doesn't test on a table out of order.  I think it helped students to determine the multiplier and constant with ease.