Sarah Hall's "Tales of a High School Math Teacher
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Sarah Hall is a bright and creative high school math teacher. She teaches the same subjects and grade level I am aiming for, so I found much of her content personally relevant. Colorful and easy to navigate, “Tales of a High School Math Teacher,” includes a biography, years worth of blog entries, contact methods, freebies, and a complete section on Interactive Notebooks. Hall has multiple photos of her classroom. Her daily board was neat and easy to read. Students know what to expect for the entire week with one glance. With my background in Special Education, I know how important knowing what happens next is to some students. Her classroom is well organized and user-friendly.
I love Interactive Notebooks. I worked in a high school for ten years, and we began using Interactive Notebooks several years ago. Hall's version is similar to Chapman High School’s composition books but had many helpful tips and free printable resources to get me started. She explains the purpose and benefits of this instruction style here. Check out an example of an Interactive Notebooks here.
I found her exit slips particularly helpful. Students complete a task and rate their level of confidence on a scale from one to four. I plan to implement this strategy in my classroom when the time comes. Exit slips generate data for skill assessment and provide an open channel of communication between the teacher and each student individually. Again, she has instructions, examples, and free printable resources to help her fellow teachers.
Tips on grading organization, creating a syllabus, and data tracking supplements the available lessons on specific math skills. Hall's sections for Algebra include solving equations, variables, expressions, functions, properties. For Geometry, she added necessary skills, transversals, logic, and proofs. On a fun note, she shares activities for the first day of school as well as games to reinforce the skills she introduces.
I found “Tales of a High School Math Teacher” informative, inviting, and full of real classroom examples. I would recommend this website to others interested in teaching high school mathematics.
Find Sarah Hall on Pinterest here as Sarah Hall, on Twitter here @sclayton43, and Tales of a High School Math Teacher here.
Sarah Hall is a bright and creative high school math teacher. She teaches the same subjects and grade level I am aiming for, so I found much of her content personally relevant. Colorful and easy to navigate, “Tales of a High School Math Teacher,” includes a biography, years worth of blog entries, contact methods, freebies, and a complete section on Interactive Notebooks. Hall has multiple photos of her classroom. Her daily board was neat and easy to read. Students know what to expect for the entire week with one glance. With my background in Special Education, I know how important knowing what happens next is to some students. Her classroom is well organized and user-friendly.
I love Interactive Notebooks. I worked in a high school for ten years, and we began using Interactive Notebooks several years ago. Hall's version is similar to Chapman High School’s composition books but had many helpful tips and free printable resources to get me started. She explains the purpose and benefits of this instruction style here. Check out an example of an Interactive Notebooks here.
I found her exit slips particularly helpful. Students complete a task and rate their level of confidence on a scale from one to four. I plan to implement this strategy in my classroom when the time comes. Exit slips generate data for skill assessment and provide an open channel of communication between the teacher and each student individually. Again, she has instructions, examples, and free printable resources to help her fellow teachers.
Tips on grading organization, creating a syllabus, and data tracking supplements the available lessons on specific math skills. Hall's sections for Algebra include solving equations, variables, expressions, functions, properties. For Geometry, she added necessary skills, transversals, logic, and proofs. On a fun note, she shares activities for the first day of school as well as games to reinforce the skills she introduces.
I found “Tales of a High School Math Teacher” informative, inviting, and full of real classroom examples. I would recommend this website to others interested in teaching high school mathematics.
Find Sarah Hall on Pinterest here as Sarah Hall, on Twitter here @sclayton43, and Tales of a High School Math Teacher here.