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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
I am a huge proponent of application when application is possible. I realize sometimes application is not possible at the level you are teaching. For example, my senior son was working on Calculus the other day and had to recall the exponent rules from Algebra 1 (8th grade for him). He hasn't needed to use… Continue reading Surface Area and Volume Calculator
Well that sounds like a movie title. I wanted to share with you a quick update to Road Kill Kafe that I use in my Geometry class to discover congruent triangles. It was shared with me by my friend Craig Klement (@CraigKlement) and you can read about all of my Triangle Congruence activities here. We… Continue reading Road Kill Kafe goes Remote
This pandemic has caused us to stretch our thinking and innovate to make the best learning environment for our students. I love sending students to the whiteboard or having them use table whiteboards in the classroom to practice. With social distancing, I couldn't get as many to the whiteboards as I needed to. I also… Continue reading Individual White Boards
What are number talks you ask? They are a wonderful low floor, high ceiling task that allows everyone the opportunity to share their thinking. Here is a Wakelet of resources I have compiled from the interwebs. I use Fawn Nguyen's Visual Patterns a lot! A great book I recommend reading is Making Number Talks Matter… Continue reading Number Talks
This week, I wrote a guest blog post on Ditch That Textbook. Head over there to read about how to give choices in the math classroom. click to go to post
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