Rebecca McKee 🌹

I teach math, and I guess I use twitter. 8th year teacher, second year trying a Thinking Classroom! she/her

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@AnkerMath Me 🙋🏻‍♀️

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@MrDeltaMath Thanks so much for the response! Those features sound cool, if you ever need beta testers let me know :)

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

Hey @MrDeltaMath quick Q, is there anyway to somehow disable the “answer must be submitted in simplest form” condition and allow equivalent correct, but unreduced answers to earn credit?

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@MrsCarson4 @teachbk Definitely do not do this.

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@mathteacher24 @mdsteele47 It’s not even college I worry about, it’s everyday life. Not being able to do basic math is akin to being illiterate. I agree it’s demoralizing and I don’t genuinely intend to fail them, but they are lacking essential numeracy skills and I want to support them developing these.

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

An unpopular take but I am struggling to justify giving passing grades to HS juniors who don’t know their basic times tables. What does #mtbos think of requiring timed tests on times tables at the high school level? And any suggestions for teaching times tables to 16 y/os? Lol

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@MrsSheehanMath I know in my heart of hearts that you are right, and they do have a multiplication table already or just doesn’t occur to them to use it! They get stuck in a problem when they need to know how to multiply and then they give up. It makes problems FEEL so much harder to them

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

Three different sets of “notes to your future selves” on the same topic. I gave Ss the learning goal, and the problems they solved on their boards, and they created this 🤩 #ThinkingClassroom #iteachmath #mtbos

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@mcotteri @Aaron_Good_ Can I borrow this book when ur done

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

One of my students from last year who’s in AP calc now stoped by my classroom just to say “thank you for forcing me to learn the unit circle it is so helpful now” 🤩💯

[Sarah Carter @mathequalslove]

I thought I was being nice giving my AP Calc students a colorful unit circle to put in their binders as a reference. Then, one of my students referred to it as "The Wheel of Doom."

#mtbos #iteachmath #teach180 #calcchat #apcalc

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@mcotteri 🙋🏻‍♀️

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

How we Show Our Understanding in this #ThinkingClassroom! Before the test Ss record their current score for each topic, then highlight the topics they still need to show or improve! #iteachmath #mtbos

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

Heard a (male) S calling out his friend, another male, for comparing two girls today, saying one is “better” than the other. S1: “Bro that’s messed up, you don’t talk about people that way, how would you feel if she said she preferred (another S) over you?” 👏🏼👏🏼 love to hear it

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

Anyone got good #ThinkingClassroom lessons for teaching the graphs of rational functions? Usually I use @Desmos for this but the internet is currently unusable in my district 🥲

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@abbybates24 @AnkerMath @MrsSheehanMath @KellyMSpoon @Mathowitz Lemme get back to you Monday at work, I can’t bring myself to do work on the weekends 😬

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@AnkerMath @abbybates24 @MrsSheehanMath @KellyMSpoon @Mathowitz Hi I do! DM me I need a minute to compile them (it’s my first year doing SBG, second doing thinking classroom). I’m no expert but I’ll share what I’ve got!

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@howie_hua B for sure. I do this for 7x6 too 😬

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

Student generated notes are starting to look so good! Notice every student picked their own example, and everyone’s look different because KIDS decided how to structure their own notes! #ThinkingClassroom #iteachmath #mtbos

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

@SLKutschinski @stacieb3 here’s the materials!

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

Today’s lesson in our #ThinkingClassroom was on domain and range! I included a couple of student generated notes - they chose their own examples and color coded/annotated! #iteachmath #mtbos

[Rebecca McKee 🌹 @mckeemath]

One thing I didn’t anticipate Ss wanting to learn today was how to draw an ampersand 🙃 #iteachmath #mtbos