Week 1 2017
Agenda
4:00 – 4:30: Logistics with Janice of CA Teach
Syllabus – Website: https://sites.google.com/site/teachmathtomiddleschool/
Think-Pair-Share: What do you think will be the most challenging part of teaching?
Discussion: Effective teachers have things under control on day 1.
Homework:
1. Listen to this: Why would anyone want to teach middle school? (Click the red box)
We will discuss this in class next week.
2. Reading #1: Teaching Secrets: Get Back inTouch With Your Inner Student
Reading Response: Answer the questions posed by the author. Then make your own All about Me poster from the perspective of you as a middle school student. What would you have written at age 12 or 13?
Think about the following: How would remembering your middle school experience make you a better teacher?
3. Take the Survey
Lincoln Middle School: http://www.lincoln.smmusd.org/calendar.html
Want more?
If you give a 12 year old a phone
Teaching Channel - Observation Challenge
Atlantic: How I became an Unfair Teacher
New York Times: When you're in charge, your whisper feels like a shout
