Annie Forest

My students have been blogging for a few months now and it's going great!  I highly recommend it as a reflection tool. I've tried to comment on each student's blog at least twice and I encourage the students to comment on each other's blogs.  When I'm looking at the blogs I do notice the difference in detail, explanations, and understanding that each student writes.  I wanted a way to showcase the students that are doing great math, writing interesting reflections, or just have something about their blog that stands out among the rest.  I decided to try a "Weekly Blog Hall of Fame" where I provide links to the posts that caught my eye so that the students can check them out.  Hopefully, by seeing these examples, it will help everyone step up their game with their own blogs. Here are last week's picks: Last Week's Blog Hall of Fame These students did some great math! http://michelledmathblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/graphing-standard-for...

Here's the pic from last week (32 weeks).  I still have super swollen feet, so I'm limited to 3 pairs of shoes that fit… it is making it tough to get around the classroom, but the kids have been great and really sweet.  I asked a girl to get me my water bottle off my desk and bring it to me and she almost ran to get it! When I wore this same shirt in the picture to school my students said I looked like eos lip balm !  Ha ha, I kind of do see the resemblance! 32 weeks pregnant = eos Lip Balm?

It's no secret that one of the ways to get better at something is to teach it!  Being able to analyze how something is done, organize your thoughts, and present it to others can be a powerful learning tool.  I wanted my students to have this experience in math class.  We are learning about using substitution to solve systems of equations.  I gave students a choice of which problem they wanted to explain.  They then made a "how to" video and I taught them how to embed their video on their math blog. Check out these examples of student's videos! Daisy B Kyra R

30 weeks and I'm getting lots of kicks from Baby Girl!  I also have pretty swollen feet so I only have about 3 pairs of shoes that fit.  My students are being so nice and encouraging me to put my feet up… but that doesn't work too well when you are a teacher!  My best classroom management tip is proximity, so walking around is key.  I'll just have to make sure I can rest a bit on the weekends. :) 30 weeks (pic taken in the nursery)

Here is the desktop background I'm using this month… super cute and Springy! :)

I've seen this story from Yahoo! shared a few times on Facebook.  Usually when I see things on Facebook that I either disagree with or have a different opinion, I can just think, "Hmmm, that's not what I believe but it's okay, everyone is entitled to their own opinion."  This article, however, I was not able to shrug off so easily.  My poor husband has gotten an earful the past two nights as I've outlined my objections (he agrees with me) and contemplated what I would write in my blog post. The article was written about a father's response on his child's homework.  I guess the father shared this on Facebook and got tons of shares and likes.  Here is what he wrote on the assignment: Here are my thoughts... Dear Frustrated Parent, 1. Why are you, as a parent, writing on your child's homework assignment?  To be funny?  To have something to post on Facebook?  How selfish.  Now you child has to go to school and turn this in to t...

Week 27: Feeling pretty good!  Third trimester is just around the corner… people are already asking me when I'm due and looking surprised that I'm not delivering tomorrow! Sorry for the glare in this photo… I had to move the full length mirror because the nursery is next to be painted.  This was taken in the 3rd bedroom that we painted a color called "Aqua Smoke" by Behr.  It looks pretty in the daylight… but I took this picture when it was still dark out this morning.  I found the color inspiration  here :