Lessons With Coffee

Ok.  It is the first day of spring break and I am sitting here thinking about what I am going to differently about next year.  Yes...Already. HOMEWORK  This year I was wishy washy.  About January (ok yes I was gone for about 2 months) I noticed that the only students that I had that were getting an A were the ones that were turning in all of their homework.  So I started making EVERYTHING count.  I mean do nows, homework, daily-work, exit tickets.  They were all worth 4 points meaning that each day you had the possibility of getting 16 points.  Worked amazing for student buy in....sucked to be me.  I have 156 students.  I am going to go little MATHY on you....that is 624 assignments that I was grading per day, or 2,496 points per day. I tried rewarding students...but then I would forget. <---bad teacher. I tried a sticker chart...I tried a stamping thing.  Problem is....I WAS TRYING IT. NEXT YEAR: a student will have ...

I just found out about my daily schedule.  We are going to adopt an AB schedule.  Which means that we will only get 2-3 days a week for PLC but I am happy that I have any time honestly! Period one - A-PLC  B-Advisory (homeroom) Period two - 6th grade math Period three - Prep Period four - 6th grade math Period five - math support Period six - 6th grade math Period seven- math support I am excited about this schedule for a few reasons the kids that need math support are going to get it still. the kids that need math support will only have one math teacher the kids that need math support will have me for a block, meaning no longer having to have math 1st hour and support 6th hour I will have a smaller caseload of students (about 60-70 kids) meaning that I will get to know them better. I might be able to come to school a little later than I did last year as there is a copy machine in the PLC room! I am unexcited about this schedule for a few reasons tw...