What I'm teaching

Hi all, I'm Dan Lemay. I teach at Oxbow HS in Bradford, VT.

I'm the lone hold out that is still teaching a SIMMS Integrated math course. I have three sections of students that either are the "Can't do's" and in some cases the "won't dos". I pick and chose modules that will fill in the gaps of what they've seen in their 9^th and 10^th grade courses. I have until January to do what I can with them. I'm planning on getting through Child's Chances and If the Shoe Fits modules before NECAP (our NCLB test). After the exam I'm going to do And The Survey Says. After that I need to see where they need work and fill in with modules and maybe a traditional unit of two.

I'm finding it very interesting that a colleague that began teaching a traditional geometry course last year is returning to the use of SIMMS modules for at least part of the year. Our students can't handle the tradition material (a "won't do" situation)

Later.