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Understanding Grades
“What’s my average?” I can’t even tell you how many times I get asked that question by my students. In one sense, it’s great that the students care about their grades. On the other hand, this...
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Keeping Track of Homework
Organization is probably the thing I struggle with most as a teacher. My method (or lack thereof) of keeping track of homework is something that I know I need to reorganize this year. I am happy with...
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Making Expectations Clear from the Very Beginning
As pretty much any teacher would say, it can’t be stressed enough just how important it is to set clear expectations for your students from the first day of school. This includes expectations for...
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Assignment Checklists
Happy Labor Day! Tomorrow is my first day back at school so I figured I would write one more summer blog post about how I am getting organized for this school year. Today’s post is about one of those...
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Ideas for Setting Up Math Notebooks
With all the buzz on interactive notebooks lately, I thought I’d share how I do notebooks in my math classes for people who are looking for an alternative to cutting and pasting foldables into a...
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Holding Students Accountable for Homework
Today I thought I’d share my new homework policy for next year which I’m pretty excited about! My homework assignments are worth 2 points each and I grade them only for completion. While students work...
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Organizing Student Notebooks with Dividers
Today I’m sharing my newest step towards improved organization in the classroom: notebook divider tabs. (I got the idea from a blog post by Sarah Carter and knew that I wanted to modify them to work...
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