Katie Lyn
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Salisbury, Maryland, United States
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This is my 13th year in teaching middle school; six years as a 6th grade math teacher and six years as a 7th grade teacher. I've found that with the change to Common Core, our textbooks are just outdated and don't match my way of teaching concrete math in order to help understanding. My goal every year for my students who express to me that they don't like math, is to have them at least for one day (hopefully more) to say that they had enjoyed the class and the lesson when they didn't expect to.
This is my eighth year of teaching majority of special education classes. I think by teaching these classes I have become a better mathematician and a better teacher because of learning how to concretely get them to understand a topic before getting into algorithms.
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6NSC8 Finding Distances Between Two Points
This PowerPoint serves as a minilesson when it comes to finding distances between two points on a coordinate plane. This lesson breaks it up into six stages:
1) Finding the distance between two cities with the given information and the visual of a map.
2) Making the connection between the map questions and the coordinate plane.
3) Finding the distance between two coordinates with the coordinate plane.
4) Identifying same and different quadrants of given coordinates without the coordinate plane
6th - 8th
Algebra, Graphing, Numbers
CCSS
6.NS.C.8
6NSC6 Reflections (Across the X and Y axis)
Under the 6.NS.C.6 standard, this product practices part b in which students will:
"Understand signs of numbers in ordered pairs as indicating locations in quadrants of the coordinate plane; recognize that when two ordered pairs differ only by signs, the locations of the points are related by reflections across one or both axes."
This PowerPoint can serve as an introduction, or minilesson for students.
9 practice slides on reflecting across the y axis
9 practice slides on reflecting across t
6th - 8th
Graphing, Math
CCSS
6.NS.C.6
, 6.NS.C.6b
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Experience
This is my 13th year in teaching middle school; six years as a 6th grade math teacher and six years as a 7th grade teacher. I've found that with the change to Common Core, our textbooks are just outdated and don't match my way of teaching concrete math in order to help understanding. My goal every year for my students who express to me that they don't like math, is to have them at least for one day (hopefully more) to say that they had enjoyed the class and the lesson when they didn't expect to.
This is my eighth year of teaching majority of special education classes. I think by teaching these classes I have become a better mathematician and a better teacher because of learning how to concretely get them to understand a topic before getting into algorithms.
Teaching style
I like student centered activities; any exploration or use of manipulatives in the classroom is the best way to get students engaged. I like using PowerPoint for practice where students can use dry erase boards. I probably using this type of practice at least twice a week.
As I moved to 7th grade I found it challenging to find activities that students like to do. I focus more on scaffolding so that we, teacher and student, can take small steps in grasping the concept.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Year 2021 for my middle school
My own education history
Salisbury University Class of 2010, Major in Elementary Education and a Minor in Mathematics.
Graduated with my Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016.
Additional biographical information
Couldn't imagine doing anything else besides teaching :)
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