Showed the pictures of them working, most said they hadn’t noticed me taking pictures. One group said they had. We talked about what was the difference. They ALL (even the group that saw) said the ones who didn’t notice were “locked in” and focused on the task. Great discussion on effective groups

This! I can still recite the preamble from having had to recite it from memory in school several years ago (more than I care to admit!)

I think that’s what I’m going to do as well. Hopefully the context helps bring it in from abstract rules to apply.

That’s how I usually hand it, but it doesn’t seem to be working.

Thank you. I need to get better at using AI to reword thing. This is great!

Desmos activity 🤦‍♀️

I want to thank everyone for their ideas. Today we started with a Desmond discovery activity, then did some quick partner movements before solidifying the lesson with notes. There was so much more engagement!

Thanks for this! I’ve done this in pre years with some success and haven’t tried it yet this year.

I actually did, and got a mix of needing more class time to work and more days on each concept. They also said they talk too much and are distracted. We made a deal that if they’d be more focused I’d give more time. We’ll see. Trying to balance that need with successful kids needing to go faster.

I try to do some, but the room is fairly full. I am climbing over bags and kids as I circulate the room.

It seems we are all just trying to learn how to support everyone else while many of us just barely getting through ourselves. It sucks and I haven’t thought of any way to fix the systemic issues.

I’m pretty sure I don’t look at 90% of my emails before deleting them!

Omg so true! I was at school for 9 hours today. As I was leaving I realized I hadn’t left my room since I got there and I really had to pee!