Aim to Be Awesome, Not Perfect

     So as part of my new-ish job, I am trying to learn and practice new strategies so that I can share them with teachers.  Since I am a former math teacher, I practice with math lessons I used to teach. One of the new things I have been learning about is Hyperdocs . I highly recommend you click on that link and learn more about them! Also, you should check out this episode of the Google Teacher Tribe podcast where they talk about Hyperdocs! I am really impressed how they are taking student- directed learning to a whole new level.  I have done something like it before (see my Probability Slides assignment  or my Proportional/Non-Proportional slides assignment ) but I hadn't ever thought of including all the student work in the same document! Anyway, I had to start playing.  I started with my Proportional/Non-Proportional assignment and turned it into this Hyperdoc . I was definitely impressed with how much more engaging the hyperdoc looked. ...

This week I am hoping to incorporate more inquiry in my lessons, specificially in my onlevel classes. This week we are learning about circumference and area of circles, and rather than just teach them the formulas, I thought it would be more meaningful for them to actually experience it.  It is also a great unit to read some story books - like  Sir Cumference and the First Round Table . Tuesday's plan is to read them the book to help with vocabulary and then have them work on an activity that has them examining the relationship of the circumference and diameter using yarn, and then measuring the diameter with a ruler to estimate the circumference.  I got it from For the Love of Teaching Math , but I can't find the actual file, which is why I haven't linked it.  There are similar activities in her store. I think the story will help with recall of circle vocabulary and by seeing that a little more than 3 diameters make the circumference will make this "stick"...