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Making Math Fun with Engaging Activities

Using Corner Collaboration Strategies in the Math Classroom

Corner collaboration is a cooperative learning strategy that builds support for students of all levels and  gives immediate feedback. It is active learning. What Is Corner Collaboration? This is a variation of the 4 corners teaching strategy. In that version, students are assigned to a corner of the classroom to discuss/answer questions. The questions can be procedures on how-to, ... Read More about Using Corner Collaboration Strategies in the Math Classroom

Try a Strategy Review Game : Give and Take

Friday is usually game day in the classroom. This doesn’t mean that students just sit and play games without doing math. This means that we have some review of skill activity that seems like a game. when I first started teacher I learned the power of games. Students were playing an online  game (similar to who wants to be a millionaire) that I created about Christmas Song Trivia. This ... Read More about Try a Strategy Review Game : Give and Take

Engage Your Class with Gallery Walks

 If you are looking to increase student discussion as well as movement in the classroom, try a gallery walk. A gallery walk is simply a active teaching strategy where students move around the room viewing, discussing and commenting on something. That something could be text, images or in many cases a poster of work. It is very similar to a station activity, but instead of stopping at a ... Read More about Engage Your Class with Gallery Walks

Tic Tac Toe in the Classroom

I love using games in the classroom and I am always looking to reuse a familiar game into a math activity. Some are definitely easier than others. Tic Tac Toe is a game which lends itself to the math classroom and supports partner discussion. Students work to solve the same problem and if there is an error, discuss it. There are so many benefits to playing games which I have experienced with ... Read More about Tic Tac Toe in the Classroom

Favorite Ways of Using Bingo in Any Math Class

It isn’t all fun and games in  a math class--but it could be, and probably should.  When we play a game, it lowers our stress level and makes it easier to focus. So in math class, when we play games we are making it easier to learn those math skills. One of my students favorite games is Bingo. Mine too, I am a keen bingo player and have been known to sit for hours in a bingo parlor ... Read More about Favorite Ways of Using Bingo in Any Math Class

Handy Tips for Teachers Using Google Drive

Google Classroom has always been a staple in my classroom. It has  used to post schedules and assignments. It has been a lifesaver with absent students and posting schedules help students remember to attend tutoring and quiz retakes sessions. But in the past year, I have learned a great deal more (out of necessity). Here are my favorite tips for teachers in no particular order. Google ... Read More about Handy Tips for Teachers Using Google Drive

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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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