Thanksgiving Break

I wanted to start a blog to follow my first year having a 1:1 classroom in 6th grade math.  I was ecstatic when I found out that my PLC team was selected to be Nexgen this year! I have already seen engagement in the classroom double and I have only just begun.

 It is already Thanksgiving break and I thought it was time to get started on my blog!  My team has a visit from Nexgen administration next week and I need to get started on the lesson we are going to use.

I have used Desmos Labs in my classroom only once so far this year, but my students really responded to the card sort and have been requesting to work on another one.  Our unit is Order of Operations and Nexgen will be visiting on Day 2 of the lesson.  I thought I would go for it again.  I will create a Desmos Lab card sort and recording sheet to go along.  The students will work the problems on their recording sheet and match the cards in the card sort.  Ok, this sounds like a worksheet but having the ability to see their cards light up green (when they make the correct match) on the projector motivates them to continue.  It is a great check for understanding and the students get so excited when I call them by name and praise them for all their matching cards.  If you haven't used Desmos Labs card sort I would recommend trying it.

Stay tuned and I will show the final outcome after next week!

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