I realized today that I was tired. I was tired enough to sit down in the front of the classroom. I had trouble finding words, I was tired. I taught four periods in a row as I do on every Thursday. By the last period, I felt my energy level drop. I did have coffee in my coffee cup, so I drank that while I taught. My lesson was good.
My students were very "excited" to do fractions. Since when do middle school students enjoy fractions? What really happened was... I told my 6th grade students that fractions were my favorite part of math. Since they like me, they want to like things that I like. So, since I told them I liked fractions, they decided that they too would like fractions.
Teaching fractions are one of the easier things for me to teach. My class at Pace University has been preparing me for these lessons. My students are working on a project and we have a kit of fraction pieces that they made. These kits tend to help them understand some concrete things about fractions.
Off to bed again.
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