Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
I am sorry my post is so late today. For those who have been waiting impatiently, without further ado: After lunch today I stepped to the front of the classroom and called for my student’s attention. I wanted to introduce them to the temporary sub, while I left the class [...]
I am teaching graphing and coordinate pairs. The kids are all using graph paper to play the game Battleship and reinforce x & y axis coordinates. They keep yelling, “Miss!” And I am running around the room to answer them — except they mean, “You didn’t score a hit,” not “Come and help [...]
If you give away seven cents, what is the probability of getting a $1.75 in return? I told my after-school tutoring kids we were going to work on probability. I handed each of them a penny. As I pressed the penny into each student’s palm, I said, “Here. I want [...]
I have never taught a class who had such a hard time with negative numbers. I told them it was just a matter of subtracting more than you actually had. I showed them how to count backward on the number line. I talked to them about borrowing money. They didn’t [...]
I let my hair go too long without a haircut. My hair is thick and heavy, and it grew long enough that even hair spray couldn’t keep my bangs out of my eyes. The other day in the classroom they kept falling into my face. Finally I got fed up. [...]