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10 Ways to Celebrate Pi-Day

A Math Teachers favorite day is almost here. Yes, it’s PI-DAY! Pi-day this year falls on a Monday--what a great way to get the week started. You could celebrate the entire week, of course. I like to celebrate my birthday for the whole week before leading up to the birthday. In the classroom I always have posters of Albert Einstein on the wall with quotes, and because his birthday is also on ... Read More about 10 Ways to Celebrate Pi-Day

Self-Care Ideas for Teachers

At the beginning of this school year, many of my colleagues and I discussed how difficult the past two years had been. One common comment was how we were looking forward to getting back to “normal”. None of us have seen normal yet. Instead, we are working more with requirements to “catch up” students. There is a substitute shortage so we are asked to cover additional classes. There is a ... Read More about Self-Care Ideas for Teachers

18 Ideas for Teaching Slope

  I meet with new teachers weekly to discuss teaching strategies, tips, and lesson planning. Frequently the topic of teaching slope is discussed since this is a rich content area for teachers, a vital skill for students and often the subject of many frustrations for teachers and students alike. Why Teaching Slope is Crucial Slope forms the basis for writing equations and graphing. Without ... Read More about 18 Ideas for Teaching Slope

Effective and Versatile Ways to Teach Volume

Volume of solids in Geometry is a difficult subject for my students. It is easier than surface area, but still requires the use of formulas--something students prefer to avoid. They do not mind one formula, but various formulas for different solids confuse them. Start with Basics Begin the unit by identifying the names of solids and the shapes they are composed of. Using nets is ... Read More about Effective and Versatile Ways to Teach Volume

Lesson Planning Tips for Teachers

I love planning of all types but especially lesson planning. I hate to say it because many people hate this part of teaching. But even if this is not your strength, you can still master lesson planning. It takes some organizational tools and a few minutes at the end of each week to plan for the next week. Distance learning has taught teachers a lot about creating materials for students who ... Read More about Lesson Planning Tips for Teachers

Using Scavenger Hunts in the Classroom

Who doesn’t love a scavenger hunt in the classroom? A scavenger hunt offers a variety of benefits to students and opportunities for teachers to support students as well. What are Scavenger Hunts? Scavenger hunts are similar to task cards. They have a problem for students to solve, but also include an “answer” to another problem. See the examples below. The one on the left is a task card, ... Read More about Using Scavenger Hunts in the Classroom

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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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