Blue Mountain Math

Making Math Fun with Engaging Activities

What I’ve Learned About Making Task Card Templates, Frames and Borders

If you have been following the past few blog posts, you have seen all the benefits of using task cards in the classroom. But where do you get all those frames and borders? One option is to buy them. You can find sellers on Teachers Pay Teachers that all sell task card frames and borders that can be used in a variety of sizes. I have both digital paper and frames and you can see the list ... Read More about What I’ve Learned About Making Task Card Templates, Frames and Borders

Why I am Obsessed with Digital Task Cards in Google Slides and Forms

A deck of task cards work fantastic in the classroom, but with distance learning we need a way to use those task cards digitally. Google Slides and Forms both serve that purpose. Task Cards in Google Slides Google slides is similar to PowerPoint and having the cards available in the google produces makes it easy to assign through Google Classroom (and other online learning systems)  ... Read More about Why I am Obsessed with Digital Task Cards in Google Slides and Forms

How QR Codes Can Transform Your Classroom

You have probably seen QR codes and maybe even used them in the classroom. But since distance learning has become so prominent, the QR codes have become more important. What is a QR Code: QR actually stands for “Quick Response” and it’s a scannable (typically with a phone) image that send you somewhere. The QR code below will take you to the QR code generator that I use.  It’s ... Read More about How QR Codes Can Transform Your Classroom

Ways to Use Task Cards in the Classroom

My students love using task cards in the class. Sometimes the activity is disguised so they don’t realize it’s the same deck of task cards they have already seen. But research tells us that people need to see something 7-20 times to remember it. At the beginning of the year, I like to prepare several decks of task cards to use and store in a container. The container I use is a picture ... Read More about Ways to Use Task Cards in the Classroom

Goal Setting for the New Year

The new year is coming and the old year will be just a memory (yes, please). This is the time of year when most people in the universe are planning some sort of New Year’s Resolutions and goals for the new year. This happens in the classroom as well. Each semester I plan some goal setting activities in the classroom. Most students will choose to work on their grades, or turn in work on ... Read More about Goal Setting for the New Year

Engaging Classroom Activities for Tired Teachers

Whew! I am exhausted. Now I will admit that I am normally exhausted at the end of every first semester but this year being virtual learning only it has been worse than normal years. And whether you are in the physical classroom or are teaching virtually, I know you are exhausted as well. But there are two weeks of classes left and students still need to be learning, reviewing and studying, so ... Read More about Engaging Classroom Activities for Tired Teachers

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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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