I have been asked to do an all day workshop in the fall on journaling. I was stoked and agreed right away! Now, I'm trying not to panic... how do I go about this? what would participants like to know? what do I bring? where do I start? As fellow educators out there, what would you like to know?
School Supplies!!! I know I'm a little late to the game. I have been keeping myself buried in tutoring and curriculum building.
I just happened to find myself in Walmart for the first time in about a month, when I stumbled upon the seasonal aisle and found heaven. I was in awe. My significant other gave up and walked away.
The beginning of school and fall is my favorite time of the year. Every year, my mom and I kick back and watch You've Got Mail before school starts. When I see school supplies I think of that line in the movie where Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) says, "Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms."
The beginning of school and fall is when my year turns anew and is full of possibilities. One of the tasks I enjoy doing is shopping for school supplies. I haven't been very in depth with my shopping experience this year, so I don't have much to share. If you do, please share!!!
For my first year, I did most of my shopping at Staples. They had the best deals and opportunities for educators. Sadly, I no longer live close to one. This year, I did most of my conservative school supply shopping at the following stores:
Walmart: Bright colored composition books $0.50, expo markers
Dollar Tree: 'teacher journal' composition book, tons of random baskets and tubs
HEB: bold bic pens in multiple colors, basic black composition books $0.50 (they also have them with glitter)
I always buy extra composition books and have them available for the students that couldn't afford to get their own.
Two years ago, I couldn't find these little supplies caddies anywhere. Now, they're everywhere and in a variety of colors. Most of the small ones are just a $1. Those are my favorites.
I have really had to curb my school supply addiction. When we moved the last time, I packed a 8 cubic ft box of writing utensils.
Love love love school supplies!
Pg 5. Non-Central Angles (Need to rethink the title now that I think about it.)
This page consists of a half page fold of two pages glued together with four half page folds on each page. This entire page is pulled from the CSCOPE curriculum and tweaked just a bit.
First, we completed a page/lesson using paper folding and making conclusion based on what we know. When complete, the students would make a conclusion based on the evidence. We wrote that on the front off that page. After we completed all four pages, we went to the front and wrote three summarizing conclusions. I think it went pretty well and soundly build and understanding.
First section:
Left side:
I drew up a general diagram for the following three pages. We then completed the lesson with the same diagrams.
Right side:
Second Section:
Left side:
Right side:
Pg 6. Circles, Lines, and Angles
I want to find a better way to present and organize the following two pages. My students understood, but it didn't make a lasting impact.
Pg 7. Secant and Tangent Relationships
Pg 4. Properties of Circles
We began with taking a half sheet of construction paper and glueing down a pocket. The pocket is used for the three paper folding diagrams we created for the terminology. Next we took three quarter sheets of paper and stapled them together like a magazine to create mini books. (We glued each one down after we completed it.)
I find all the properties and relationships of circles to be quite overwhelming. I decided to take these next few journal pages slow and make them as hands on as possible. I learn so much from my students that much of the written statements are conclusions students made.
With each term that could be applied to a paper fold, we used a printed circle to apply the term. There is a printed circle page for each mini book.
Mini Book 1: Circles and Angles
We used a compass to construct the circles for each term.
:) Student's conclusion and addition: Concentric circles and all circles are similar! I never realized this detail. I cherish it now.
When I remember, I try to always identify and notate a term within the diagram.
Here's the first folded circle. We began with folding the circle in half to identify the center. Point out that the center of the circle doesn't have to be found with perpendicular diameters. It's a go to strategy for most people and can build a slight misconception.
After the center was identified, we located two points ON the circle and drew a central angle. Next, we located a third point ON the circle and drew an inscribed angle.
Mini Book 2: Segments and Lines of Circles
At this point, if I didn't initiate notating the term in the diagram, the students would prompt me on it.
I tried to make a fold for each term to make it more hands on. The paper folding was the favored part of this journal page.
Mini Book 3: Arcs of a Circle
I like this journal page. I learned a lot from my kids!!
I heavily relied on the CSCOPE curriculum, End of Course prep book, and online resources to guide me through this unit. This is my first year to get this far journal wise and thoroughly teach properties of two dimensional figures.
Pg 1. Unit 7 Properties of Two Dimensional Figures
When I get the whole Youtube thing figured out, I will try and share some paper-folding lessons I've learned in workshops and used in my classroom. They strongly support the unit on two dimensional figures and they are fun!!
Pg 2. Polygons
This is an unusual foldable, but I love how it organizes the concepts I'm trying to get over to my students. It's folded into fourths. The right side is folded two times into itself and the the left flap folds over top to the right. (Sorry if this explanation is terribly confusing; hopefully the pictures make more since.)
Again, there's some gray area as far as complex polygons go, and I informed my students as such. Any opinions or suggested resources, please share.
Pg 3. Angles in Regular Polygons
I enjoy teaching this lesson because students need multiple ways to determine angles and experience deriving the formulas from building patterns.
We started with a large polygon on the front and illustrated what is considered the interior and exterior angle. Next, I asked them to make a conclusion based on what they know. They concluded that the interior and exterior angles are supplementary! We added that statement to the top. We then went to the inside and completed the gigantic table to derive the formulas. We finished by writing the important formulas and ideas on the front inside the large polygon.
Students struggled with remembering the formula for the measure of an interior angle. They found another way - determine the measure of an exterior angle (easy), and subtract the measure of exterior angle from 180 to determine the measure of the interior angle. A much longer process (to me), but I was so excited that they could figured an interior angle measure out based on concrete prior knowledge.
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