http://bmiatke.edublogs.org "To know how to suggest is the art of teaching." Mon, 19 May 2008 22:52:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/operation-kermit-winners/ Our student teacher Mr Miatke set up a mission: FIND KERMIT THE FROG!!! We find out that Kermit had been "puppet-napped". Mr Miatke has been teaching us about fractions. He put us into pairs and we went outside. When outside each pair was given one clue to start with. My partner was Lucy. ... http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/15/operation-kermit/ Week 2 began bright and early monday morning. This week is quite a normal week with no days off for the students and classes are back to normal. I am teaching maths everyday plus PE lessons on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. This should be a good week!! Cheers  Ben http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/13/week-2-begins/ 1. Persisting - Sticking to the Job - seeing it through to the completion of the task. Looking for ways to solve the problems when you come up against them. 2. Managing Implusivity - Take your time and think before you act. Remain calm, thoughtful and deliberative.  3. Listening with Understanding and Empathy - ... http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/the-16-habits/ Day four of teaching rounds was again enjoyable and full of action. The day started off with Literacy, where the students went through handwriting, spelling and a bit of grammar. Maths was after recess and I again took this session. We continued on with fraction equivalency and we tried ... http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/day-four/ Today was Day Three of my placement at Horsham West P.S in the Year 6 classroom. I ventured into fractions for my first whole class maths lesson of the week - explaining fractions and their equivalency with decimals and percentages. I tried to fill the lesson with games and as little sitting ... http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/07/42/ Government Unit http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/eight-lesson-government-unit/ Rotational Symmetry http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/rotational-symmetry/ Code Breakers http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/code-breaker/ Billiard Balls Bouncing http://bmiatke.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/billiard-balls-bouncing/