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About my class

In addition to the typical Covid-19 challenges, students seem demoralized. There’s a propensity to seek online alternatives when in-person school seems overwhelming. Students exhibit an apathy for learning, understandable when life in general has a chaotic edge. In response, I want to ...*Increase student enjoyment of the classroom and engagement with math content. *Maximize classroom pros: Interaction with others and instructional variety based on student response. *Remove unnecessary obstacles to the learning environment. *Use a combination of technology and hands-on materials to teach math content to the best of my ability. *Put more emphasis on helping students reach their personal math goals. Buzzers, counters, Algebra Games, balls among other items will help me increase student engagement through game play, turning hum-drum practice into a novelty. Spinners, geometric solids, nets, Sir Cumference book, beads, and diffusing circles are the supplies needed to take upcoming math units up to the next level with hands-on activities and labs. We differentiate given our small class sizes. Pentominoes, tangrams, a multiplication wrap-up are for personalized enrichment and remediation. Counting back change is a requested skill by parents and high school students. Play Money allows me to address that personal math need. Finally, the following remove obstacles to teaching during that magical full-attendance, class-time window: Whiteboard supplies, pencil sharpener, flex-space seating, and lap blanket. Graphing whiteboards allow students to show their work from over 6 feet away. Flex seating opens seats near the board as needed. Lap blanket addresses the emotional agitation students are exhibiting in the classroom unlike any other year. We have and use technology daily! It’s these hands-on staples that take abstract concepts and make them tangible, game supplies, and items that support a learning environment that I need. Investing in my classroom, impacts Taloga math students from 7th to 11th grade.