Blue Mountain Math

Making Math Fun with Engaging Activities

Google Tips for Math Class

When my district went virtual last March, all teachers began using Google products for all our teaching needs. Along the way, we learned some Google tips to make life easier and expand our strategies. Some colleagues were confused about how to use google slides (especially in math) for anything other than a presentation and limited themselves with using google forms to just quizzes. But ... Read More about Google Tips for Math Class

Review Graphing Online Resources

They year is coming to an end, but most students will be in a math class next year. At this time of the year we are always thinking in terms of being done, but students are never really finished and one good use of extra time at the end of the year is to review some basic skills that they can take with them into the next class. Review Graphing Often As the semester winds down, if you have ... Read More about Review Graphing Online Resources

7 Activities for Ending the Year

We are getting close to the end of the year and it has been a difficult year for all of us--teacher and student alike. However, there is always some down time at the end when students are tired of "content" no matter how engaging that content is and need something different. In a normal year, I have had the students clean the room, return borrowed items to the office or library and clear ... Read More about 7 Activities for Ending the Year

Ways to Use Digital Task Cards

I have been using a variety of digital resources for the last 5 years.  Mostly online resources, which do a good job to reinforce teaching, provide independent practice that students need and give me some formative assessment on student learning. Some of my favorites are Desmos, Edpuzzle and Nearpod.   Yes, there are a lot of resources out there.  But a few years ago, I found a new one and ... Read More about Ways to Use Digital Task Cards

Creating Activities in Desmos

Do you love Desmos activities but can never find just the right one for your class or just the right content?  I mean it will come close, there are hundreds if not thousands of activities available, but they are just not perfect.  The obvious solution is to create your own. The matching card activity I created in the last blog post was something that took about 20 minutes to ... Read More about Creating Activities in Desmos

Favorite Desmos Activities

Desmos activities are a great way to get students engaged in mathematics. They can be used for a variety of purposes, from reinforcing basic skills to exploring more advanced concepts. They can be adapted to any level in any class. For beginning students, you can use some basic activities that reinforce vocabulary and focus on key concepts. For more advanced students, you can use extension ... Read More about Favorite Desmos Activities

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  • Practice finding perfect square roots in a fun new way. No PREP, NO PRINTING, NO LAMINATING. Just practice, feedback for students and auto grading for teachers. Great for differentiating and works well in centers, stations, as review or homework. Print
  • Boom Cards™️ are a great way for students to practice every day skills like using percents. You can assess their understanding and students can play again to keep improving. This set uses a variety of word problems using percent. This set of Boom Cards features 40 different Digital Self-Checking Task Cards. (No printing, cutting, laminating, or grading!)
  • Boom Cards: Digital Task Cards are great alternatives to those printed, laminated task cards. Infuse your class with technology. Students love these cards so much, they ask to use at home. Use in math centers, as individual learning or assign for additi
  • Boom Cards™ are a great way for students to practice every day skills In this deck, students practice finding combination and permutations. This set of Boom Cards features 35 different Digital Self-Checking Task Cards. (No printing, cutting, laminating, or grading!)
  • Students practice using the distributive property, both in distributing and combining like terms, in these 2 puzzles in google slides. There are 2 puzzles--one in each simple level and challenging level. In the simpler level, the outside edges are blank, so if students are having difficulty, have them arrange the pieces so the blank sides are on the outside.
  • Sector Area in a Circle Paper Chain is a fun, engaging activity that is self-checking, collaborative. Set of 15 problems that need to be cut apart, reassembled in the correct order and fastened together like a chain until the end is reached. Great worksh
  • Great practice, worksheet alternative, formative assessment for students that you can HEAR if they are successful. No printing, no laminating. A Lifetime tool for the classroom.
  • Boom Cards™️ are a great way for students to finding gross pay by pay periods. This deck has 40 cards for students to practice finding Gross Pay in a variety of ways. For example: Mary makes $400 per week, how much does she make annually or Joe makes $2000 per month, how much does he make weekly. This will help reinforce vocabulary of Gross Pay, Bi-weekly, Bi-Monthly, Semi-monthly, Weeky, Annually and Weekly. This is part of a life skills/ personal finance/ comsumer math curriculum.
  • This is a twisted trivia game where students (either in groups or playing individually with white boards) practice identifying solutions and writing inequalities from graphs. Check out the video preview to see the type of questions included.

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