MTM Celebrations! by Michelle Rinehart https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations Share a celebration related to how you have mattered as a teacher this year! Don't be shy. :) We are here to celebrate!! en-us 2016-11-15 20:22:18 UTC 2017-05-17 04:14:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png I know that everyday there is this one little boy that looks for me to give him a big hug in the morning. That right there can make a bad day into a GREAT day! https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138147401 -J]]> 2016-11-16 16:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138147401 https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138148016 Seeing my students get excited  makes me excited.
-Johnson]]> 2016-11-16 16:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138148016 https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138148438 I matter because I care!
-Johnson]]> 2016-11-16 16:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138148438 https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138491254 I have a student that has had health issues come up lately. She is scared, so she came to me. It makes me feel like what I do really matters. They don't only come to me for math problems, but for real life stuff too.

Jennifer M]]> 2016-11-17 17:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138491254 Football https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138495428 Every Monday we talk about the football game with my 1st period class. I only go to home football games until we go to playoffs. Last week we had a playoff game and the students were all exited to see me there. They were still talking about it on Monday.
Amy]]> 2016-11-17 17:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138495428 At the beginning of the year many students told me that they hated math. Last week, two of them came up to me to tell me that they like math now because of me. https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138563460 Yesenia

]]> 2016-11-17 20:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138563460 Morning and after school tutorials have paid off. Well we took a Test today over Algebraic Reasoning, and only one student failed. Tomorrow will be a day of Math Stations. Students are looking forward to this. https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138570528 AChavez]]> 2016-11-17 21:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138570528 I learn a lot form your class. I love Math! https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138572768 2016-11-17 21:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138572768 It has been a rough couple of weeks, until a mom caught us (6th grade team) outside and told us how much she appreciates what we are doing for her child. Sometimes we also need to hear the positives. https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138575208 2016-11-17 21:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138575208 I love the eagerness of my students this year. They are ready to learn each and every day. Some of my students had a bad experience with a math teacher last year and are "starved" for knowledge this year. They are like sponges and are eager to soak up everything. I just love my kids! https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138575663 Lucy]]> 2016-11-17 21:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138575663 https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138577312 One of my challenging students, that has been written up multiple times this year, had a good day.  He helped explain a concept to the entire class and he worked on his assignment that day.  I emailed his mother at the end of the day explaining his day was really good.  She emailed me back instantly, and said that she's never had a positive email on her son ever.  She always hears the negatives.  She was so happy to hear about his good day.  It brought tears to my eyes, thinking about being a mother and never hearing a positive thing about your son.

]]> 2016-11-17 22:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138577312 I love to see the positive energy about learning some of the students exhibit. They brighten up the room and motivate me to be a better teacher. https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138577960 -Toni]]> 2016-11-17 22:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138577960 This quote was circulated by our principal this year. https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138578332 I've had various challenges the last few years, but this year has been different. It's been wonderful, manageable, and worthwhile. What's different you ask? ME. My attitude. My approach. This year we've had some of the more difficult kids since I got here. My team has 2 new teachers (1 is a first year teacher). I have every reason to be frustrated and down, but the kids keep asking why I'm smiling. I'm smiling because there is nothing I can't handle. I've seen enough to know that it will all work out. The sun will still rise tomorrow. There will still be students to teach. And I will still be needed to teach them. Some will be easier than others, and some will even appreciate me. But regardless, I can and will give them my best every day.  I have a good attitude because I choose to.  No one can "make" me feel any way I'm not willing to.  I choose to have great days and I DO!  (I suspect the kids are learning more - data validation to follow....)
- Tom Kyle

]]> 2016-11-17 22:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138578332 Hello Ya'll! I absolutely love when my students light bulb comes on after struggling with a concept. Their love for learning makes my heart happy and is a constant reminder of why I love doing what I do! Even through all the obstacles and struggles with students academically and socially emotionally, I am glad that we as teachers are placed at the right place at the right time in our students lives. - Whoo Hoo! https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138579156 Crissy D. Zuniga]]> 2016-11-17 22:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138579156 "My teacher last year told me how to do this, but I never understood it until now. Thank you for teaching me the meaning of math." - From a student a few weeks ago. https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580228
I also had a student who showed so much growth  on the ren star test and it all started one time that he came for tutorials and I taught him something to be prepared for the next day.  The next day, I could see his confidence growing and he was so proud to show other students what he had learned.  After that, he comes in for tutorials more often and is working harder.  His average went from a 50 with missing assignments to an 80 the second six weeks.

Diana Morales


]]> 2016-11-17 22:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580228 Student Work https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580438 This year we are doing a lot of looking at student work. Before each test the students do a review. We only comment on their work but don't  mark it right or wrong. They come back the next day and fix their mistakes. This is really making us  look at the processes and not just answers.
Debbie Hammond]]> 2016-11-17 22:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580438 The best part about my job is hearing the successes you all are having in the classrooms!!! Y'all are the boots on the ground and the angels on earth to MANY! https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580505 Diane]]> 2016-11-17 22:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580505 Taking the Time https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580656 I have had several students tell me "thank you" for taking the time to explain the math concepts to them. It seems like a little compliment, but it was huge in my world. I naturally build in time for discussion, and change my daily focus to accommodate the classes current level of understanding. Some days we go faster than others. It is when students make these types of reflections and show their appreciation that make teaching great. 
-- Nikki Parker]]> 2016-11-17 22:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138580656 Teaching all the time! https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138762544 People think that we just teach inside the classroom but in reality most of it is done outside the classroom!  I 'm always teaching my own children and sometimes friends of theirs maybe something simple or big.  Life and the world outside is a great big  classroom.

Richard Villanueva]]> 2016-11-18 16:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mrinehart/MTMCelebrations/wish/138762544