Dear Students,
Welcome back to a new school year! This is my fifth year
teaching math at Rogers, and I am sure it will be a great year. I graduated
from WSU in 2011 with a degree in math and education. Last summer, I enrolled
in the WSU Graduate School to begin my Masters. I will be taking classes at
night, so I will be having homework this year just like you. If you can’t tell,
I am a huge Cougar fan and I love football. So you can expect to hear about WSU
and the Seahawks on a regular basis.
I love to be active and have practiced and performed aerial
arts for 5 years. I have taken a break from that for a while to finish my
masters but I am still working on it with some friends. This summer I tried to
branch out and went for a few hikes, tried a spin class, a TRX class and
BoxFit. I am always up for new ways to get up and move. Fun fact about me, I know
how to eat fire and I can solve a rubix cube; although, not at the same time (ha!).
In high school, I was a pole vaulter and a gymnast. Now, I coach
pole vault, I help with gymnastics when I can and I am also the advisor for the
cheer team at Rogers. I really do understand that everyone has responsibilities
outside of math class (including me), but I do expect your full effort, focus
and attention when you are in class with me. I will always be honest with you
if I have made a mistake or if I am just in a bad mood and I hope you will do
the same. I firmly believe that open communication is the key to a great school
year.
Again, I am really excited for us to work on lots of math
this semester and learn from each other. Thanks for reading a little about me,
and I look forward to getting to know all of you better!
~Ms. Forsyth
ASSIGNMENT
Today or tonight, please write a letter to
me to introduce yourself. Please tell me
anything – and everything – you think I need to know about you in order to be a
good teacher for you.
I’d
like to know about you as a person outside of school as well as about you as a
student.
Some students have trouble getting their letter
started. Here are some questions you
might want to answer:
- Who are you? What interests you? What is important for me to know in order to understand where you are coming from?
- How do you relate to other people? Are you generally loud, quiet, happy, or sad? How do you interact with teachers? How do you like teachers to interact with you?
- What are your goals this year? Your goals for the rest of high school? For your life after high school?
- What do you know about yourself as a learner? What helps you to succeed? What do you need from a teacher in order to be successful?
- How can I make you comfortable to participate in class? How do you work best?
- How do you feel about math? Are there things that you know you’re good at? Are there things you would like help with?
