On Friday while walking through the hallways with students during a class change, one of my students asked me what Australia smells like. I told her I didn’t know but I knew someone I could ask. When I got back to my classroom, I tweeted @malynmawby who lives in Australia to see what she thought in… Continue reading What does Australia smell like?
Category: Students
Let them eat cake!
I decided to teach my geologic laws lesson this year using a new metaphorical style. I had done a modified new metaphorical last year, but I didn’t include the evocative question, and I gave my students more guidance. This year, I let them get more creative. I started with the evocative question: How are the… Continue reading Let them eat cake!
Mrs. Wilson, you tricked us!
These were words I heard several times today. We were wrapping up our Great Rock Mix Up unit, and once students had identified all of their rock types, subtypes, and names, they realized there was a pattern to the rock names. All of the rock names were listed in alphabetical order! My students exclaimed I… Continue reading Mrs. Wilson, you tricked us!
My Philosophy of Teaching
I was nominated for teacher of the year at my school. It’s quite an honor! So, I am currently working on my application for the next round of the process. (It’s due Tuesday.) One of the questions is to share my philosophy of teaching. I thought I would share it here, too. ___________ I believe… Continue reading My Philosophy of Teaching
Back to School!
It’s that time again; one of my favorite times of the year: back to school! I spent this past week in pre-planning with my colleagues getting ready for this new school year. I had also spent some time the previous week unpacking and setting up my new classroom. (Sixth grade teachers moved from the first… Continue reading Back to School!
Class Blogging with Students
This post is for activity 5 of the Blogging with Students challenge. I’ll be honest. I am having a really hard time with this one. I know I want to have students contribute to our class blog, but I really have not worked out in what capacity. When the school year started, I thought I… Continue reading Class Blogging with Students
An Epiphany: Student Commenting
Last week, I wondered how I could engage students in commenting on the class blog. Today, I decided to conduct an experiment. We had spent the day in the computer lab doing a variety of activities related to air masses, fronts, weather predictions, and storms. The students seemed to enjoy the activities, but I was… Continue reading An Epiphany: Student Commenting