This guy, Kalid Azad, is good. He has a website called “Better Explained.” It’s all about how to make sense of math.
Here’s his video about trigonometry:
Category: Math
Involving Students in Creating Rubrics
Diane Gallucci, 8th grade English teacher says, “it is the most powerful thing I have ever done in my classroom!”
https://education.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/ntcon/Gallucci.pdf
I teach geometry. I think it would also be powerful in geometry. One added step is accessing the Common Core State Standards for High School Geometry.
They are available here: http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/HSG/introduction/
Name Tags/Name Tents for Student Desks — Excellent First Day and Week of School Routine
I heard about name tents last year, during an excellent professional development training from CPM (College Preparatory Mathematics). The facilitator mentioned name tents, and this website has a worksheet/paper copy ready to use. The cool thing is that inside the name tent (really a name tag that sits on the desk) is a place for students to give you feedback. During the first week, I got some positive feedback from students which was uplifting, as well as some useful information like how a couple students couldn’t see the board very well, which allowed me to move them to the front of the room.
Here’s the link. Thank you to the awesome teacher who shared this: https://www.saravanderwerf.com/week-1-day-1-name-tents-with-feedback/