Check up 2 was about identifying the similar shapes by finding the scale factor. Every similar shape has a scale factor. A scale factor is the number multiplied by one corresponding side to get the other corresponding side. If you multiply the original perimeter by the scale factor you will get the new perimeter. You can also find the scale factor by dividing the corresponding sides by each other. I did just that to find the scale factor, if there was one, in each shape.

This is an example of a good notebook page. I have all the right titles that really help explain what this page is about. I use a different color pen when correcting so it is clearer. I have visuals, but I also have sentences. Each topic is neatly spread apart. I show comparisons between the shapes. I take up the whole page. I think this a good page and I show try to make my other pages more like this one.

This is a example of a bad note taking page. This is a horrible note taking page because there are no notes on it. There are no sentences describing what’s going on or what it mean. I have also wasted this page with only three lines. The title is a page number so it isn’t very helpful. The check mark signifies nothing because I don’t know what I got right or how I did get it right. This page might as well not be in my notebook because it helps me in no way and means nothing to me.

Meadow’s Math Profile 9/10/16

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I only really start to remember my experiences in math in second grade and at that moment I loved math. I remember when we learned long division and at first it was really difficult and I couldn’t understand it, but then a spark happened. I understood it. I could actual do it right and get the right answer. I loved it and I felt super smart. At that moment I realized that everything that is coming my way will be difficult and I will struggle, but I will push through and make it out. The outcome was so great that I wanted to do more. I wanted to feel smarter. I thought, “Oh this isn’t that hard, I can do this.” It’s hard, but I can handle it and that goes for everything I face in life like my mom having surgery or relatives that are sick. I will get through it.

I have always liked math. Math intrigues me and I am always excited to learn more. Math intellectually stimulates my brain. My favorite thing about learning math is probably the fact that you’ll keep finding way to do the same problem easier and easier. So although it might be hard to learn it, it will be worth it because it makes it easier in the long run. Another thing that I enjoy in math is the fact that you can use it anywhere in life. Math is all around you, you just have to look for it.  

I don’t really dislike anything about learning math. What is a bit hard for me, which you may or may not have seen in my brother, is that I freeze up and get really worried if it is very challenging and I don’t feel like I have been given a sufficient amount of time to complete the problem. The clock definitely scares me, even though without knowing that there was a time limit I would probably finish it in time, but it still gets me worried.

I do consider myself as a good math student. I don’t want to sound vain, but I do feel like math comes a little easier to me than some people. I have a feeling that the math gene runs in the family. I can do better in one thing than I can in the other. Somethings I can quickly grab out to and others it takes a while.

I don’t really have a routine for homework. What I do is when I get home I either sit at my desk or sit at the table and get started. I do the quick/easy homework first because then I can get situated and then dive into how ever long it takes. If I get stuck and I have been trying for awhile or something doesn’t seem right I will ask for someone to look it over (maybe my brother) and see where I got stuck or went wrong.

If someone has finished their test early I start to get worried that I am failing and then I don’t do my work and then that gets me more worried… you can see where this is going. I get caught in a trap of my own worry. I do this with my brother too. He is really intelligent and I feel like I have to be as good as him or somehow I have failed. It is really hard to live up to someone like him. I think that covers most of it. I am really excited to have you as a math teacher. From what I have seen you are awesome and I look forward to being your student this year.