Lessons With Coffee

Ok It is wednesday and I forgot to link up with  Mrs. Laffin's Laughings for A Peek At My Week! AND...Success IN Secondary with  4mula Fun! So here it goes!  Week FIVE.  I am already having a desperate need for our MEA break.  FIRST OF ALL because we are doing a Midwest Blogger Meet-up.  I am trying to nail down the location as we speak...one of the reasons that I have not posted in a while.  With that, school, LWCcreates and OH having a life....I got caught up. This week we are done with our instruction of the main concepts behind LCM, GCF and Factor Trees (OK actually I taught factor trees on Monday...we are POST testing on Friday so this week is a lot Monday-Factor Trees Tuesday -Choiceboard/Flex Group Wednesday-Choice Board/ Flex Groups Thrusday - Choice Board/Flexgroup Friday - POST learning quiz As a team we have decided if we do not have 80% of our learners at proficient or exceeding we are going to spend another w...

It is Sunday again...which means it is time for me to link up with  Mrs. Laffin's Laughings for A Peek At My Week! AND...Success IN Secondary with 4mula Fun! So here it goes!  Week Four.  This week we start officially teaching 6th grade standards!  The beginning of my week is a little boring but that is because I am making up Friday from last week. Monday-prequiz Tuesday -day2 of iPad boot Camp Wednesday-Multiples LCM Thrusday - Factors trees Friday - GCF That will take us into GCF on Monday of next week!!! I have not heard anything about my social studies class yet...but I will update you as soon as I know. Here we go...Lesson Plans! This is one of my favorite units.  Last year we started the year with an algebra strand and found out quickly that our students are not successful at manipulating fractions and decimals yet...so how can we expect them to be able to solve for them yet? This year we decided to spe...