We did another pair programming activity with even less direction. Some students really hit a frustration point and were spinning their wheels more than I liked. In the future, I need to probably provide more structure for this day. They had to read documentation for random() and mouseX and mouseY and use that in their code.
I am really struck by how many students have previous knowledge in this class this year. It is pretty extreme (or maybe I am more aware of it this year since I know a lot of the students). I feel like I need to address this gap somehow but with 3 preps already I don't think I can really make "two tracks" for students here.
AP CSP
We started the internet simulator today. It went fast. In my first hour, some students insisted they couldn't do it - they didn't know how. In my second class, I reminded them that they might get stuck and they needed to practice our class norm of "try something" (which is my re-wording of "take risks" - "try something" sounds a bit more accessible to students). It went better in my second hour. The class went about 10 minute short.
Geometry
Loved this lesson with geo sticks! Had Ss make as mavy triangles as they could and then they sorted them into categories however they felt was best. Every category needed a description. Then we pulled out vocabulary. #mtbos pic.twitter.com/YiAOoq0WiP— Kaitie O'Bryan (@Kaitie_Obryan) September 7, 2018
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