It's been a long semester full of long hours after school brainstorming ideas and hoping that my lessons would use my students time in a really effective manner. I sincerely hope that they left my classroom better than when they entered it.
I've taken advantage of the LearnAlberta resources that were available to teachers on their website, ARPDC resource provided by Colin Veldkamp, and the MathWorks textbook as well. I have long since thought that creating my own resources from several different sources will give my students a very effective education, even if it means a lot of work on my part. The result is a whole series of booklets that I complete with the help of my students.
I prize brainstorming activities, questions that make my students think, questions that challenge me to wait for responses, and activities that fill my classroom with noise and interaction. My favorite activity this semester had to be russian roulette with nerf guns.
My course calendar began very differently than what it ended up as. I am certainly glad I had a plan to begin with but even more happy with how the course turned out. Here is the new
Math 30-3 Course Calendar that I will be following from now on!
All of my workbooks and activities are
available here .
