A Teacher’s Hat: October 2018 Letter
Dear friends,
October has begun and that completes a month of school for most of us. My student teaching placement is out and I am looking forward to teaching Math in November and December and learning from my mentor teacher.
September was a busy month so let’s do a quick recap of the articles that came out:
- If you are looking for ideas to gamify your Math classroom, take a look at my article about using SMILE (Secondary Mathematics Individualized Learning Experiment) cards.
- I read Trevor MacKenzie’s Dive into inquiry over the summer. In the article ‘Embracing Inquiry in Teaching and Learning’, I reflected on the book and also looked at how we can embrace inquiry while teaching, learning and planning.
- As I learn about the theories in assessments, I decided to do a quick review of concepts like validity, reliability, fidelity and fairness, and answering the essential question of why we assess in the first place.
- In her debut article on A Teacher’s Hat, S Johnston shared her love for notebooking and how it has influenced her students’ learning.
For this month, some of articles that will come out are:
I will do a follow up article on assessments about developing certain kinds of assessments. I will also be exploring the idea of medium being the message. Valérie will share her experience of mindfulness in the classroom.
Ending this note with a quote about October that speaks of education and our students.
Have a great October!
Regards,
Kriti
