Welcome to NOVA 2012/13

Welcome!

My blog is intended for use primarily by my Transition Math students at NOVA.  However, there are other options here and I encourage you to look around to see what I have available for you.

Daily entries will be made for Transition Math homework.  This will include details about specific assignments, their due dates, and (often) copies of the assignments themselves.  These entries will appear in the archives, by date, on the right side of this blog.  You can see examples by selecting any month.

Buttons at the top of this home page will take you to my other pages.  These pages are pretty self-explanatory, but will also change depending upon the season.  For example, my Mo' Chicks button will soon disappear and Mo'Soccer will arrive prior to the spring, but the Mo'Help and Mo'Vids buttons will remain at all times.  The Mo'Help button in particular will provide extra skill tips for students and parents to refer to at home.  Check them out!

Links at the right of this page are also helpful.  All of us at NOVA link to each other's pages, so you can navigate back and forth easily.  I recommend "joining" the relevant class blogs so that you will receive updates even when you are not necessarily checking each blog daily.  I also have links to Quizlet, TeacherEase, and to our previous Algebra teacher who is currently teaching in Hungary! 

Comments and questions can be left after each daily entry, especially if you need a response from me.  These are connected directly to my email and I am generally able to get to back to you that same evening.  

I hope you find this blog helpful; it has been an invaluable tool for my students these past few years.

I look forward to this school year with all of you!
Mo ;-)

August update

Ella on the raft

Greetings!  We returned recently from our family (all of us plus my mother, brothers, and their families) vacation where we do nothing but read, swim, ski, sleep, eat, and play card games.  Totally relaxing, no internet access, just sunshine and family.  But now it's back to reality as I make last-month preparations for the new school year. 

*Check the upcoming dates to the right on this blog.  There you will find an updated version of what's happening this month.  Yep, school business happens even during the summer months.
*Your schedules for the fall should begin appearing on TeacherEase around August 20.  If you haven't turned in your Enrichment Options form yet (see tab above for copies and information) then you need to do so quickly or you are completely at my scheduling mercy ... not that it's a terrible place to be, I promise.

Enjoy the rest of your summer.
I look forward to seeing you all!
Mo ;-)

A sunset view across the lake ... peaceful.