Questions & Activities to Make Math Better.
I follow Theresa Wills @theresawills on Twitter and she shares some really amazing math games on her blog that she creates for the platform PlayingCard.io. The really fun thing about this platform is that you can play with a partner in real time. The exciting piece of this is the customizable games. This is where… Continue reading PlayingCards.io
As promised, here is a compilation of all my area, surface are and volume projects and activities. Online Calculator click Exit Tickets click Area Area App click Application click Surface Area Application Application for Surface Area Build A Robot Bonus Activity in my book Make Math Not Suck Volume & Spheres Application Volume and Spheres Application Popcorn… Continue reading Surface Area and Volume – all the goods
I love this unit because it is so applicable. I have shared many ideas to use during this unit and next week I will combine everything together in one post so it's easier to access. This post will focus on my exit tickets. I've taught surface area and volume using the formula for all of… Continue reading Area, Surface Area, and Volume Exit Tickets
When we were fully remote and then hybrid, I wanted to give my students options in their learning and I wanted one of the learning options to be visual. When I set up my Canvas for a lesson, I have a table where the left side is read and the right side is watch. On… Continue reading Quadrilateral InfoNotes
This idea has been rolling around in my head, especially when I'm on the elliptical working out, so I'm excited to try it out with students. The idea behind this activity is to get students to think about the properties of quadrilaterals. There are so many rules to remember and there isn't a ton of… Continue reading Quadrilateral Comics
Here is another set of exit tickets for you to use. This set covers polygons and the parallelogram family. I also teach quadrilateral coordinate proofs during this unit. There isn't an exit ticket for that section. A long time ago I found this project called White Beards Treasure. I love this activity, however, kids will… Continue reading Polygon and Quadrilateral Exit Tickets
I gave a quiz this past week. Some students did quite well but others struggled with some of the concepts. I wanted an activity that gave more practice of the skills students were missing but was self-checking. Students have been asking for another pixel-art activity so I decided to combine the two. This week in… Continue reading Trig Pixel Art Review
Here you go, some Exit Tickets for a Trig Unit. Just some friendly reminders of how I use this. Have students correct until they get the correct answer.Give comments on the slide to help direct them.If you have given more than 2 comments, conference with the student so they don't get frustrated. Pythagorean Theorem Trig… Continue reading Trig Exit Tickets
As promised last week, here are some exit tickets that you can use with a Similarity Unit in Geometry. Just a reminder of how I use these. I give feedback on each submission and have students work on them until they are correct. I love doing this with the comment feature in Google Slides. In… Continue reading Similarity Exit Tickets
It's nice when you find an activity that you can just USE. If you are getting ready to teach or review triangle congruence, hopefully these exit tickets will be helpful. I give these the same day I teach a new lesson. Students get feedback from me until they have correct answers. It has worked very… Continue reading Exit Tickets for Triangles Unit
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