I had a great year. But just because I did didn't necessarily mean the students agreed with me. I think it's important to get their feedback to see what they thought and if there are any major disconnects.
I loved these kids... and I think it was reciprocated. :)
**These are only responses from my Honors Precalculus students. I gave them the option of keeping their input anonymous so they didn't feel like they had to suck up (most kids still put their names). I've deleted the responses that said "good" or "fine" without any extra detail. Everything else stayed.
Question 1:
How
did you feel about how class was run? Warmups, notes, etc...
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I thought the notes were really
great. It was incredibly helpful and I like the warmups too. Overall, I
thought the class setup was really great. It helped me learn everything and
was super easy to look back on as well.
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Very smooth and effective
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I liked the the way it was run and
how we took notes.
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They were nice. They involved what
we were doing in class and gave us something to look into.
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Perfectly
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I really liked the warmups and
notes. Notes helped me so much.
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I liked the way class was run, the
warmups were a fun/easy way to start class, and I was really interested in
the ones about the Jeopardy guy or other current events. I liked how the
notes were organized and how all worksheets went with the notes. Also loved
the colored packets, made taking notes not as bad!
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I loved how class was run. Going
over the notes as a class helped me so much.
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I loved the way class was run this
year. Felt prepared for every test
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I think warm-ups are a good way to
ease us into the class as it can be fun, especially if we do those puzzles
from that book. I also think that doing notes together is great because we
can easily ask questions if we have them.
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I like the system that we take
notes in
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Great! Everything was a perfect
pace & worked really well with how I learn.
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I really liked how organized it
was and the note packets. I also liked the warmups because they were fun and
a good break in the day
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I really liked how in class work
was done. The notes were always clear and questions were always answered. I
don't think anyone felt too lost at times.
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I really enjoyed this class! I
loved how notes were online and accessible. I did like the videos at the end
of the year, it helped a lot with catching up with the class.
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They were fun, sometimes. I'm not
good at puzzles but it was nice to do warm ups instead of jumping right into
class. Also the Note packets were INCREDIBLY helpful and should 1000% be
continued!!
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i liked the way you ran the note
but the warm ups sometimes felt like a waste of time.
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Paced very well and I liked how
you gave us notes to write in
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I loved how we got to do warm ups!
The notes were very easy to follow and I wasn't scared to ask questions
during notes.
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It went really smoothly and it
helped me keep my skills up. Each warm-up was similar to what we were
learning, or sometimes it was just fun puzzles to get the day started. Also
notes were really helpful, I loved how they were laid out and they were
organized, which helped me a ton!
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I thought the colored note packets
were really helpful. Also, I liked using the warm-ups as a way to start class
and transition into the content.
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Class was run excellently. The way
we did notes was really helpful and the warm-ups were great for review.
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I liked it and it helped to
understand material better
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I feel like class was run well and
I would do it the same way next year
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They were good at refocusing on
material we have already learned
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I like how there was an order and
I could look at the weeks schedule in advance to know what we would be doing
in class.
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I really enjoyed the laid back
feel of this class. It was different from some of the other classes I've
taken in that it was paced well without feeling like it was nothing but work.
I liked the fun warmups and the review games. I was never a fan of
trashketball because I can't throw, but it was a lighthearted change from
worksheets.
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I think that the way you ran this
class was very useful and efficient.
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My take-away: One student said that the warm-ups were a waste of time. Many others referred to them as fun or helpful. They'll stay, as will the notes packets.
Question 2:
This
year I chose not to record MathXL assignments as a grade. Was this a good
choice? Is there a better alternative? Do you have any other input on
homework?
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This was a great choice. MathXL is
a really frustrating program and deltamath is much better. I also think that
Kuta worksheets are great, I am not sure how well that would work out with
precalc but I like what you did.
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I like this because it gives us an
option for it. If we know the content well we don't have to do the MathXL
anyways
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No that was a good choice because
sometimes I didn’t need to do them
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I liked this as some people may
revise better in other ways so if they wanted to do the MathX they can or
they can spend that time going over notes or other things.
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Yeah. It's very time consuming and
most of the time I don't do it.
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I think math xl should be a grade
because it would motivate people to study
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Personally I don't appreciate Math
XL and I didn't like when it was taken as a grade. It was a great tool to
have for test corrections, but I don't think they should be taken as a grade.
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I really liked that because I was
able to do just the ones that I needed extra help with and skip the ones that
I felt pretty confident in. This saved me very valuable time to do other
homework.
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Yes it was a good idea
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This was a good choice, because at
that point MathXL would be just busy work.
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I liked it cause sometimes you
wouldn't need to do it so it would be a waste of time but it was there in
case you needed the extra practice
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I think the MathXL's should be a
grade. For me at least, the MathXL's were very helpful and since I struggled
on tests the MathXL's could've been a little extra help to my grade.
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I thought this was a good idea.
There were a lot of assignments that I didn't need the extra practice on, and
the math xl would've just been excessive. It might have helped grades a
little bit if more of the worksheets were taken as grades.
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Yes keep doing this.
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This was a great choice as it
prepared student for calc classes where homework will not be graded but you
have to do it if you want to be prepared for tests.
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I think having the mathXLs as
optional is good because it was not always needed, but it allowed for extra
practice.
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Yes, I liked the small amount of
homework but also I still had the option to review at any time if I needed
to.
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I think it was good, it only helps
you learn the concepts, doesn’t hurt you.
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Yes!!! The amount of homework you
gave was perfect & the packets paired with the in-class lessons made it
incredibly easy to follow along and fully understand the material.
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Yes, I liked not having homework
as a grade because I didn't really need to do homework so it would have felt
like a waste of time if I had to do it
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Yes this was a great choice. I,
for one, do not have time to do mathXL's every night, so I think it was a
perfect compromise to make it optional.
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I liked not having MathXL
assignments, the weekly Delta Math was fine!
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Yes I think that was a good
choice. Extra help was offered to those who needed it, but not required for
those who thoroughly understood the subject. Personally, I think delta math
is better than math XL and I didn't mind doing the weekly assignments (:
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yes that was a good choice because
for a class like this most students wont need much extra practice on these
topics because they are smart. Having them optional helps the students that
need the extra practice and dont waste the time of the students that dont
need it.
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Yes this was a good choice because
I would always forget to do them...ha!
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I didnt do the Math XL assignments
and I felt fine with out them. I liked that they were optional because you
weren't stressed because you had to do them and also it was nice to have the
options to have en extra study tool.
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Yes, I am a fan of math-xl as a
place for extra practice, I don't really like it as homework. I personally
liked Delta Math better, it's just easier to use. If you wanted to do
homework grades, I would stick with Delta Math.
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Yes, I liked that we got to choose
whether we wanted to do more Math XL depending on whether we felt we needed
more practice.
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If you had more people than usual
doing retakes this year, I would consider making some of the MathXL's
mandatory so that students can be more well-prepared for tests. If there
doesn't seem to be much of a correlation, please keep it the same!
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I thought that was a great choice
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I think that mathxl should be
homework that way there’s an even better way to make sure people are
understanding the information
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I think that not recording mathXL
is a good choice because it gives us study material to use if we aren’t quite
grasping a topic, but it also doesn’t give busy work to those that understand
the topic
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yes because sometimes they can be
redundant. For instance, if you have to do a Math XL of stuff you've already
mastered, it just gets me bored and unmotivated to do anything else
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For me it wasn't a problem, but I
can see for other students, the MathXL's might have been helpful for grade
boosters in progress book. However, for our class, I didn't see it as a major
problem.
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I liked this because I already had
enough MathXLs to do for math 3. I liked the homework the way you had it,
although I think the exam reviews would be better as delta maths instead of
on paper. That way, if there was a subject that I wanted more practice on, I
could go and do more problems on it and see if they were right.
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I liked that we were not forced to
do them but I think it would be more beneficial if you did not allow students
to retake tests without completing the MathXL assignments before taking the
test.
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I think that is a good choice
because it gives people independence and lets them do what they need to do.
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I liked it. the weekly reviews
were good enough for homework grades
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The homework in this class was
perfect
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My takeaway:
A few students mentioned that MathXL assignments would have been a good "grade boost". But so many more talked about liking the option of having the assignments there for extra practice but not mandatory if they understood the material. Like I've mentioned before, I gave a weekly assignment on DeltaMath that was counted as a grade. Sounds like a change I made for the year that I'll keep.
Question 3:
Any
thoughts on either the QQ or chapter quizzes? Should I keep the retake
option?
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I didn't really take advantage of
the retake option like I should have, but you should definitely keep that
option. I like the quick quizzes and chapter quizzes. There was never
anything that we did not go over like some other classes.
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Keep the retake option. Helps us
learn the content
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Yes just in case you get a bad
grades
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I think the QQs were good and you
should also keep the retake option on chapter quizzes
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Good way to check where I'm at
during the week.
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QQ no retake. Chapter=retakes
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YES!! sometimes you either do very
well, or you miss one question and get a 75%, the retakes saved me multiple
times on QQs.
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I really liked the retakes a lot.
The QQs were really helpful because I was able to do a mini version of the
quiz without stressing over the whole thing.
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yes, sometimes you make a dumb
mistake and i liked the option to retake
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Definitely keep retakes as an
option. Again, I struggled on tests/qq's and when I had the opportunity to
understand why I was making the mistakes I made, I ultimately did better on
the tests and actually understood the content. Re-taking and understanding
qq's also helped me do better on the chapter quizzes.
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The retakes were so helpful. In a
lot of units, if you missed one concept, your grade could really suffer.
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Retake policy should be made
stricter regarding the math xl. If a student did not put the work in before
the test and fails then they shouldn’t have a safety net.
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I think quick quizzes were a good
way for us to make sure we were keeping up with the knowledge before the full
quizzes. I think the retakes were also good because it allowed us another
chance. I think making the retake window only two weeks was needed, because
people would forget the information if they waited longer than that.
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I never had to retake so I don't
really have an opinion but I was fine with the amount of quizzes and all that
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I think you should keep the retake
option, it was good
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Definitely keep the retake option.
Sometimes bombing tests just happens because of what's going on that day and
being able to make up for your mistakes is really helpful.
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Yes, you should keep the retake
option
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YES KEEP RETAKE OPTION! I think
the quizzes are all good. They are not exceptionally hard or easy, but they
test the material and our knowledge on the key concepts.
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Keep the retake option! Both the
QQ and chapter quizzes were fine.
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Definitely keep the retake option!
I made silly small mistakes on a few of them and it was nice to redo the
parts I messed up. I also like the QQ's because they were a little boost to
our grade, as well as helping you figure out where the class is in terms of
understanding the unit.
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I didnt really like the quick
quizzes because even if you knew to topic pretty well if you made one mistake
then you could get like a 66 on progressbook which hurt your grade even if
you knew the topic.
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Yes keep the retake option because
oftentimes students do not go back and see what they did wrong, so if you
keep the retake option, they will most likely go and check their work.
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Yes, keep the retake I like being
able to relearn it and the QQ helps me to not stress. I liked that!
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I liked the QQ and chapter
quizzes. The QQ were kind of a checkpoint to see if you were getting the
topic, but it was also a grade booster. The chapter quizzes went along with
exactly what we were taught. I also liked how you had extra credit
opportunities on most quizzes (if not all). Keep the retake idea as well, I
do agree that there should be a time limit to when you can take it.
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I like how the QQ are usually only
a couple questions and they make sure you know the concepts before moving
further in the unit. Personally, I haven't used the retake option this year,
but I do think many students would benefit from keeping the retake option
available (and knowing that option is always available also helps to lessen
the stress of testing).
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Yes, keep the retake option.
Retakes were really helpful for bigger tests!
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keep the options open for retakes
for the QQ's because if you don't know how to something, a lot of times you
won't be able to figure out the rest of it. Allowing students to have a
retake option will give them the opportunity to figure out what they still
need to understand.
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I thought they were good. Keep the
retake option.
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I think the retake option should
stay because of how easily a student can make a mistake even if they know
what they are doing.
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I liked the QQ leading up to
chapter quizzes and the retakes.
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My takeaway:
The QQ were short 3-4 question quizzes that I would give 2-3 days after we learned a topic. I felt like it gave the students time to practice and ask questions about that topic but kept them responsible for knowing the material. I'm still not completely comfortable with letting students retake them (but did, up until the chapter quiz date). I think next year I will allow for retakes the next school day only. Students obviously liked the option to retake!
Question 4:
Is
there anything else you would like to give feedback on? (Good or bad; I can
take it!)
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You're the best math teacher I
have every had and I really appreciate how you teach and you're just a great
person. Thank you!!!
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I loved this year!
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I really enjoyed having you as a
teacher! I thought that you made math really enjoyable with the fun
activities such as the bubble wands and conic animations.
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Nope it was fun
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it was a good class, i like the
way you taught it
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Math doesn't come easy to me like
other subjects do, therefore, learning on MathXL or without you actually
teaching the material at the board/screen would have been awful. The way you
did notes really helped me understand, and follow the examples closely while
also understanding why I was doing what I was doing. Not feedback, but a
thank you for helping me one on one/before or after school! This class was
very difficult for me and you pushed me to believe that after some practice I
would eventually be able to understand the material and do problems on my
own.
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Definitely keep the notes the same
way. I loved the guided notes. This way of teaching connected for me so well.
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Your timeliness was second to none
in grading tests and I appreciated that so much.
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You are by far my favorite teacher
I've had at Anderson in the last 3 years, thank you for being so awesome!!!
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I think the class is set up really
well; you are very organized and a good teacher :)
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I really like this class. You're
really upbeat, which makes everything else seem upbeat.
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I really liked the Desmo
activities that we did! Especially the bubble wands!
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You're a super duper great teacher
and I'm so glad I got to be in your class!! Thank you so much for dealing
with Nato Skyllar and I this year and I hope you have an awesome summer!
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nope thanks for a great year and
sorry for making your life difficult with my injury
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I'm going to miss you next year,
but don't worry I will come and visit :)
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You're a great teacher! Don't
change anything! I liked how you changed it to limit of time of days before
retaking a test- keep that.
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Thank you so much for everything
you did this year! Last year I didn't really have a good experience in Honors
Math 3, but this year you made math super fun! You are always super positive
and happy and I loved coming into this class everyday. So, just thank you and
I will miss you so much!!!
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I liked making the pop-up fractal
cards!
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I love how you organize everything
in your room, from the notes to the room decor. Everything is very inviting
and I love the environment.
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This class
was one of my favorites all year long! Thanks for making it so upbeat and
interesting. My couple things would be to never do randomized seating - the
class was more fun when I could sit with who I wanted and it was easier to
collaborate with others to figure things out when I knew the people around me
and the classroom wasn't silent. Also, I really liked the memes for the
schoology page units, but if you could use a still meme instead of a gif for
the limits unit, the gif was always a little annoying because it never stops
moving in the corner of the page while I try to find things in the course. I
really liked the OneNote though, because it put everything in one spot and it
updated in real time. I also really liked the screencasts you made at the end
of the year and it might have been helpful if they had been available for
some of the earlier units.
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You are the best teacher I have
ever had. This year has been so much fun and I still have learned so much.
I'm sure that teaching me was frustrating at times, but you did an
exceptional job keeping me engaged and focused. As Mr. Armstrong stated,
"Mrs. Fouss is the best teacher in the district." I have not had
another teacher that has been as knowledgeable, kind, and caring as you.
Thank you so much for everything you have taught us this year. My mom was
going to get you a gift, but I told her that I would get one. I completely
forgot about that, so I apologize. Once again, thank you so much, I will miss
this class very much and will probably stop by a couple times next year.
Also, sorry for not preparing for the exam very well, as I am sure you can
tell, my effort lacked heavily after AP exams, sorry about that!
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Good job, you are one of my
favorite math teachers so far.
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You were by far my best teacher
this year!!
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