Blue Mountain Math

Making Math Fun with Engaging Activities

Writing Linear Equations Thanksgiving Style

Students have problems writing equations.  It seems to be because there are so many ways to do it.  If they could have just one way of writing an equation, they could be successful. I embrace a variety of ways to solve problems, but this confuses my students. They like things simple.  They can write an equation in slope-intercept form. But only if given the slope and the ... Read More about Writing Linear Equations Thanksgiving Style

Teaching Teens Personal Finance

This year I am teaching what the district calls Consumer Math, more popularly known as Personal Finance.  My seniors are assigned this option when they fail to meet the 2 years of required math, it is a blessing and a curse.A blessing because I believe all students should learn personal finance so that they can be more successful adults, and the content I present is timely, real-life examples ... Read More about Teaching Teens Personal Finance

Stay Sane in the Halloween Classroom

I love fall, the cooler weather, the crisp nights and the holidays. And apples. Especially apple pie. Kids love holidays as well.  For the classroom, it becomes more difficult to keep students focused on math (or any other subject).   Adding to the natural frenzy that Halloween brings, my high school allows students to come in costume, has a costume contest during lunch and other ... Read More about Stay Sane in the Halloween Classroom

Improve Your Teaching with a Morning Routine

I love mornings even though I am NOT a morning person. Have you ever had a bad teaching day? An unpleasant parent conference? A student who had a meltdown? A coworker who had a meltdown? Maybe YOU had a meltdown? Well, every new day is a fresh start—it’s a do-over for adults. And we all need that.  How you start your day, the routine that begins the day has a big ... Read More about Improve Your Teaching with a Morning Routine

8 Ideas to Deal with Absent Students

Absent students create additional thought and organization in every classroom. Each school and district have district policies on dealing with missing work due to absences. In my district the students are allowed number of absences plus one to make up missing work, however, this is not a hard rule.  If a parent requests missing work, the teacher is expected to provide it even if this consists ... Read More about 8 Ideas to Deal with Absent Students

Why I Refuse to Assign Homework This Year

As a math teacher, I am expected to assign homework.  After all, math requires practice.   I can liken that practice (in my mind)  to a Olympic champion practicing the balance beam hours daily to perfect that one skill. The problem is---my students are not Olympic champions or even Olympic hopefuls.  They have no interest in the balance beam or ... Read More about Why I Refuse to Assign Homework This Year

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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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