For the first time in my 44 years as a teacher I have the entire Thanksgiving week off with no students. I am NOT complaining.
I will spend a lot of the time with my wood pile. I also will spend a fair amount of time uploading files to the new SIMMS share site.
Because of the limits of people allowed on the old site my friend and colleague Sue L has created a new site where all SIMMS teachers can post files for use by all with no limits on use. I encourage all interested SIMMS people to make use of this site. I have included the address below. The only cost to you will be a quick message of thanks to Sue (lornitzo @ charter.net)
I am almost through the No Place Like Home module with my level 2 class. We are spending more time than usual refreshing our skills with the trig functions and revisiting our old friend Pythagoras.
In my level four class I have taken a five day break from SIMMS, and we are working on strengthening our factoring skills. After Thanksgiving break we will go into the Big Business module in the level three book. This should drive home the factoring we have been strengthening.
I am having problems coming to grips that we only have 5 weeks left in this semester. We are a 4 by 4 block so the classes will end at the conclusion of the semester.
Again if anyone stumbles onto this post I encourage you to check out the new SIMMS share site. Happy holidays to all and to all a good night. Jim in Maine
http://216.136.47.99/
