Rockstar MathTeacher Twitter

Rockstar MathTeacher posts a lot on Twitter.  She posts multiple pictures of the activities she has the students working on.  She had the students working on a Socrative team task where the students were using white boards. She also posts multiple pictures of the paperless tasks she uses.  I really liked her one post of one of her students' "ticket out the door."  It was a reflection on how they did in class that day.  The student wrote that they were proud of themselves and will be working even harder tomorrow.  I think it is a great idea to have the students reflect on how they did during class.  It really gets the students thinking.  I also liked how she actually had them write a reflection instead of just rating how they thought they did using a number scale.  When a student had to write out a few sentences, they actually have to think about how they thought they really did.  I also really liked another post of hers.  She said her students needed a mindset boost so she gave them a writing prompt.  She had the students finish the sentence, "I can persevere through struggle when learning is not easy by…"  She gave the students a sticky note and they wrote their answers and then she posted them all on the board.  I thought that this was such a great idea.  Sometimes students need a little boost halfway through the marking period, or towards the end and this is a great way to take a quick break from math and have them reflect and think.