Dread

For some reason, I dreaded today. Maybe because the lesson I planned to teach didn't have a lot of background to it, plus the kids didn't latch onto yesterday's lesson well. If I had my dream classroom, there would have been tons of manipulatives so they could discover volume of solids on their own. No luck. And they have never been especially good at memorizing, or even practicing using, formulas. Add to this the fact that these two sections were not part of the "official" curriculum (but I have seen questions on volume on tests before), and my excitement level was low.

But hey, two of my classes did pretty well with the idea. I got to explain it in different ways, and each class had a large handful engaged and interested, so I call that a win. My honors class got a nice talking-to from the guidance counselor. Heh. That might slow them down a bit in their disrespectful behavior, but probably not.