Dana Bjornson

Math/Physics HS T. @UBCMET graduate. Lover of most things nerdy & @SBChaletMW (she/her)

[Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime]

A case against posting marks on walls.
Please stop mark-shaming your students.
Please stop propagating the cycle of negative self-talk & negative comparisons to others.
Help your students quiet their inner bully.
Help your students manage their anxiety.https://t.co/lOEVRLkf4L

[Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime]

Welcome to Victoria, @mattgallowaycbc !!! Restaurant recommendations: Ramen Arashi— nectar of the gods; Vista 18— views from the heavens (fab food, too!) 👍😁

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Super stoked— a student who wouldn’t do group test for the ENTIRE semester, just did their first group test. They overcame their social anxiety fears. AND they are contributing!!!! #teacherwin

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@MsMagaryPhysics Agreed! Maybe they don’t know that sine90=1? 🤔Also, some folks just want to have the fewest routes possible to get the job done. #sinelawcrutch and our friend, the #quadraticformulacrutch… that one gets my goat, too 🫣😩

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Am I wrong?? If you teach postsecondary physics, how do you feel about sine law on right triangles? I try… I really do. Yet we are halfway through and one of my top students pulled this out. 😭 Perhaps I am overreacting. What say you? 🤔

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@MatthewIwama @bctf It was so hard entering teaching, making ends meet. What kept me going was teaching summer school. But now, it is seniority based; top grid Ts get the jobs. I don’t think that’s right. New Ts should get the summer school jobs, imo. Keeping new Ts in the game is critical!

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@RicciFlat Last year, my son gifted me some of this chalk for Mother’s Day. Last week, a student gifted me some more… my people really know me! #bestchalkever #whiteboardsjustdontcutit

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This is so good on multiple levels! I would be inclined to award a bonus mark to anyone email complaining about the denominator…

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@QueerInBC

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Is this enough for mastery? Maybe not. But over the years, I noticed my strongest students doing extra without me telling them to do it. This system allows ALL abilities to move forward in the course and earn course credit. People do not tend to drop my class. #teacherwin

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One thing I do for math class is allow students to adapt their practice according to their needs. For the Michelson workbook, students do the letters of each assigned number that form the word “adaptive”:aediptv (“tv”are always optional.)

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If they can’t get a letter correct before hand in,they can do an unassigned letter instead. If they have reduced practice on their IEP, I allow them to choose half or more of adeiptv. If they fall behind, I allow them to do half of the assigned until they catch up— for FULL marks

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@vickidroberts @sd61schools Haha— I think we all appreciate it when luck is onside! 😂🍀

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@angryfermion

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@DarrenLaur @impishchimp Haha! I could!!! I anticipate landing in the Comox Valley after I leave regular teaching, tho! #myhappyplace {@SBChaletMW}

[Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime]

@OmdreaW I wish you were in my immediate family— nobody I know is a stronger advocate for their inner circle! 💪

[Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime]

Brilliant!

[Berkeley Everett @BerkeleyEverett]

Hundreds chart at an elementary school!

[Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime]

@_TaniaBishop_ @nytimes Hilarious…. Same. Boat!

[Martin Bauer @martinmbauer]

Physics is when nature checks your math.