Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
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 had big plans for Saturday: lead Sidewalk Sunday School, take Joan shopping, clean the bathroom, vacuum the carpet, do the laundry, and finish my report cards. Pft. As you likely know, I haven’t been sleeping well. Despite that fact, I chose to stay up late Friday night (to watch [...]
O’Ceallaigh started this over at his place, so you might want to read his post first: One day awhile back, OC was griping about the faults of Blogger, and he threatened to move to WordPress. I was fed up with Blogger, so I acted on his threat and moved. Boy [...]
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. [...]
Math class. Order of Operations. I explain PEMDAS, we work several problems together on the white board as a class. I give the students an assignment to work on in small groups. Almost immediately I go to group 3 to help somebody with a problem. From across the room, Rico [...]