Day 19... Rough Day

I talked more today than I like.   Sadly,  days like that happen from time to time.  I realized that I had talked too much today when I noticed this "dot game" happening at one of the tables.   Maybe tomorrow will be a better day. ..

Day 18... Jigsaw Reading

We needed to wrap up a few details with regard to experimental design vocabulary so I gave each group four pages of text to read.   One person read about blinding,  one about statistical significance,  one about placebos, and the final one was about blocking.   Each student had 5 minutes to read and annotate their section before we broke into article based groups.   They had 5 minutes with their article based group to discuss the question on the board and other things they found interesting.   Finally they went back and shared out within their home groups.

Day 17... Against All Odds

We continued learning about experiments today and watched the Against All Odds video about studies.   After the video,  I asked students to do a 3-2-1 reflection with 3 things they learned,  2 vocabulary terms and their definitions and 1 question they had after the video.

Day 16... Word Toss

Today was a block day,  so after the Card Sort,  we worked on some language of experiments.   For their exit ticket,  we used the Word Toss strategy that I learned this summer in AVID training.   Students were given 8 words from the lesson (observational,  assignment,  treatment,  subject,  experiment,  response,  factor,  and random) and asked to write a single,  coherent sentence using as many of the words as possible.  

Day 15.. Classifying Studies

After the quiz today,  students spent about 5 minutes reading some studies and sorting them into two piles.  I love listening in while students are discussing math!

Day 14... Quiz Review

Today was a dull day as we reviewed for our first quiz, but I do love seeing students refer back to their notes while working through some problems!

Day 13... District Pep Rally

Today was a PD day for our district,  starting with the yearly pep really and competition for the coveted spirit award.   One of the highlights of the rally this year was our motivational speaker.  He was a chalk artist and this is what he drew during his speech. .. I'm in total awe of his talent!   His speech was about focusing on our strengths not our weaknesses because our weakness might go from weak to average but our strength could go from good to great.   What a powerful message!