Master's Program

Lately, I have been into reading blogs but I never had the time to start my own!  Now, I get to start one since it is part of my master's program!  I am getting my master's program through St. Mary's University in Teaching and Learning.  One component of this program and to grow as a teacher is to plan changes that we want to make in our own classrooms. One change that I am focusing on for this semester is during my math block.  I plan on starting math journals in which the students will make flip cards for vocabulary and come up with different ways to illustrate in their journals the important math concepts and ideas that we are learning.  This is different from just writing down the definitions of vocabulary words as we learn them.  This is meant to be a reference for the students to refer back to and learn math in a different way besides just writing definitions.  I am excited to see how my students react to this and how it will enhance their learning in math.  Updates will be coming this semester on this project I am working on!