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So lucky to work with these individuals!

Day 180: First time I missed the last day of school, but for a good reason. Family graduations are definitely worth it. The Ss were left in good hands with a sub they know & with some @mathequalslove Blocko! Plus some candy for Blocko winners helps. #teach180

Day 179: Ss had a fun review with @mrchowmath @Desmos Breakout! Top Chef ...but boy did that chopping slide get them! #teach180

Day 178: Ss used @mrchowmath @desmos 20 Questions Transformations Part 1. They had the option to work in pairs with 2 computers. They were very engaged & I reminded them to read the questions VERY carefully. Many realized after that they got different clues. #teach180

Day 177: Finishing up group presentations of carnival games using a panel with structured questions. This worked very well! #teach180

Day 176: Ss practiced transformations with focus on rotations using patty paper & miras. Nice review of plotting coordinate points & linear relationships. #teach180

Day 175: Ss finished up their carnival report after their carnival game days. Encouraging Ss to elaborate more in each section was challenging. Leaving lots of comments & constant check ins helped. They turned out pretty good. Pictures from one student's doc. #teach180

Day 173: Thank you @pejorgens for sharing your lessons. Had fun having Ss translate & reflect on white boards. It's been a long time since I taught transformations & it's my first time using miras. So fun! #teach180

Day 172: Had Ss thinking about Translations by using a list of coordinate points in order like a dot to dot to trace out a picture. Some Ss came up with simple ones. Was hoping for some non vertical/horizontal paths. #teach180

Day 171: Carnival Game Day 1. I'm so happy most groups had their games up & running before the end of the period. Group members took turns conducting the game & playing games. No paper money this year & still fun! Documenting work is great so far too! #teach180

Day 170: Ss continued working on their carnival games. Finishing up work in their Google Doc with drawing out outcomes to find their theoretical probabilities. #teach180

Day 169: Classes were introduced to transformations. We played Symmetry Shuffle on iPads. Individual practice at first, then had some friendly competition. Fastest time versus least number of moves using solve mode. Strategies? Race mode was intense. #teach180

Day 168: Start of our Carnival Project in groups of 2-3. Students have a time line with check-list to follow. Examples from past classes were shown and students worked on individual Google Docs to document their steps. Looking forward to what games we will have! #teach180

Day 167: Ss learned about expected value using free throw percentage to look at a one-and-one situation. Then we discussed using it with allowance and different situations with spinners, dice, flipping coins, etc. #teach180

Day 166: Used my daughter's clothes to think of combinations for outfits. Started with pants & shirts, then added sweaters. Then we practiced tree diagrams & area models with partners in a gallery walk around class. Movement is good on a Friday last period of the day. #teach180

Day 165: Played Blocko! By @mathequalslove way to think about outcomes of rolling two dice. So much fun! I always get that one student who puts it all on 7. Haven't had that win yet. Tallied each outcome for games using different colors. #teach180

Day 164: Ss focused on tree diagrams today. Very interesting to see how flipping 3 coins is interpreted. 3 branches or just 2 to start? Why? Thanks for putting this together @rnhung #teach180