Restless.......
Having restless moments which are directly connected to several things but mostly teaching. I feel inadequate but today went well and I'm starting to think that perhaps as time goes on, I'll regain that confidence. That or I'll go completely insane. Whichever comes first.
We have a math quiz tomorrow. I'm not entirely sure the kids are ready to be honest with you, but I'd like to get this quiz done, see how they did, and revisit it later. To be honest, I'd like to make my own quiz/chapter test for this. The kids are learning about double bar graphs and intervals and they make the intervals so high (think high hundreds) that the kids can't do the calculation. Which leads me to want to let them use a calculator on the quiz. The question then becomes a) do I have enough working calculators and b) do they know how to USE a calculator. I would say no to both of the above. By the way, the whole problem with them not being able to do the calculations is they are still learning multiplication. The basic multiplication. It makes it kind of hard to do any 4th grade math without it. ::sigh::
That's really it. I guess.
Fly home on the 24th for an eye doctor appointment. Thank god because these stitches are driving me nuts!
We have a math quiz tomorrow. I'm not entirely sure the kids are ready to be honest with you, but I'd like to get this quiz done, see how they did, and revisit it later. To be honest, I'd like to make my own quiz/chapter test for this. The kids are learning about double bar graphs and intervals and they make the intervals so high (think high hundreds) that the kids can't do the calculation. Which leads me to want to let them use a calculator on the quiz. The question then becomes a) do I have enough working calculators and b) do they know how to USE a calculator. I would say no to both of the above. By the way, the whole problem with them not being able to do the calculations is they are still learning multiplication. The basic multiplication. It makes it kind of hard to do any 4th grade math without it. ::sigh::
That's really it. I guess.
Fly home on the 24th for an eye doctor appointment. Thank god because these stitches are driving me nuts!