Math Rotations

Snow, snow, snow!

I keep seeing on most teacher’s blog, Instagram, and Facebook stuck at home with the snow. I am knee deep in snow myself and no sign of any relief or stopping.

This week is my vacation week and I am snowbound. I tried to drive yesterday to feel like I was ice skating on the road. This Mississippi girl is not caring very much for all of this snow. It was beautiful at first, but enough is enough. I am suffering from cabin fever.

Today I began working on a review for math. PARCC is quickly approaching. My kiddos needed a little review of all the skills that were previously taught throughout the year. I made a different center before vacation and realized that we needed a few reminders of a couple of skills.  I learned last week though how not to make a double sided book. ( Still working on that format) My kiddos were a little confused flipping back and forth through answer book. I did not want to waste paper so they survived my mistake.

This new center includes 7 centers. I did not make these linked to any month or holiday. It does say February, however you can use these centers anytime throughout the year and can be a great way to reinforce skills.

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I am 60 days away from our big day. I am so excited and I am now sprinting to the wedding day. I have already had 2 showers in 2 states. My girls did a fantastic job and I cannot wait for our day to arrive. Of course I may change my name but the blog will always remain Miss Stetson’s Classroom in honor of my special guy. My grandpa who passed away this summer to lung cancer was always proud of me and I will always be a Stetson girl.

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Happy Snow Week, ( or sunshine if your lucky)

Miss Stetson

Reflective Bins

   Last school year I found myself getting overwhelmed by grading my students work. If you are a teacher you understand the hassle of trying to balance lesson planning, assessments, and grading papers. Well, I admit I have not mastered the art of not having a stack of papers as tall as I am to grade. So this year I was looking for a solution to at least making it to the papers of the students who need my help. I saw on Pinterest different ideas about how to turn in work. So naturally I created one myself after seeing many examples. 

The purpose of the bin is to encourage the students to reflect on the activity. Many times there is a student who does not wish to raise his/her hand or finds themselves wanting to ask but nervous to ask. I am hoping by dividing the bins into 3 categories this may help ease some stress around peers. 

 I will use them for the students to turn in everyday activities. I have thought about having them underline there name in a marker in the coordinating color. Attached to the document from TPT is an example letter that I will send home to the parents explaining the coloring in the corner or the underlined name. I believe this will help the student to communicate with myself and the parents about the confidence level of academics. 

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Reflective Bin on Teacher Pay Teacher

I look forward to trying this in my classroom. Please leave any comments below if you have used this style of turning in work and how it worked in your classroom. 

Thanks for reading. 

Miss Stetson