C4T #1 (Posts 1 & 2)

Summaries of More than a Maths Teacher

1) (An Unusual) Measure for Measure
To me, this blog post was a little hard to understand because she is from the UK and they use different measurements than we do. I reread this post several time to try and understand what she was talking about. The jist of the post was that she had to move rocks form the store to her house and she was concerned that they would not fit in her car so she used a different unit of measurement to figure out that her car was capable of moving the rocks.

My comment said that I enjoyed how she used math in every day life. It shows students and everyone that math is important and we need to not just learn stuff for a test but learn it so we can use it in our day to day lives.


2) Back to School-Time to Set Goals
She says that she is having a harder and harder time learning her students names so she sets a goal of two weeks to learn all her students names. She also sets a goal for the about of time she sets back for just school work. She said last year it got a little crazy so her idea on how to make that happen is to set out a calendar with reminders of times she needs to work and times she needs to do other things.

My comment said that I like that she set realistic goals for the year. Also, having goals for the school year is a really good idea because it makes you focused on what you want to accomplish even if it seems hard right now you are working towards a purpose.

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