Questions & Activities to Make Math Better.
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
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
I am not a paperless classroom. As I say in my book, use technology if it makes your job easierit makes the learning better for students. So why a digital flipbook? Well, it's actually not just one reason. We have to go remote this fall, not because of Covid but because we have "spores" in… Continue reading Geometry Flipbook
This summer I have spent some (a lot) of my time writing curriculum for our Virtual Academy. One thing I have focused on is multiple representations of the content for each concept. I'm hoping to better meet the needs of all my learners. I broke by options into two categories, Read and Watch (Listen). Students… Continue reading Multiple Representations for Leaners
In this season of virtual learning, digital manipulatives are more important than ever. There are a few I have used over the years in my own classroom like the protractor, ruler, algebra tiles, and algebra balance scale. I created them to fulfill a need in my class. My students can't always purchase these supplies, or… Continue reading Digital Manipulatives
I have been using the Geometric Town project for years. You can read about it from my original post and also obtain the non-digital version. During this crazy Covid-19 quarantine, I've been updating my activities to make them more virtual learning friendly. In this situation, I gave students the choice to complete this activity digitally… Continue reading Geometric Town Virtual Learning Update
My friend and colleague learned how to make digital escape rooms from me. You all don't have me next to you everyday so you can learn from my post on Ditch That Textbook. This is the second escape room she has made. She's getting pretty good at them! I plan to use this one as… Continue reading Equations of Lines and Circles Digital Escape Room
I created this activity last year to review equations of lines and learning about equations of circles. It was completed in groups by table but the delivery was mostly work at their own pace. Well, this was perfect for distance learning. I changed from groups to individual, added some Google Forms practice checks that students… Continue reading Donkey Kong Break In Distance Learning Style
Wow, what a crazy time! Covid-19 has turned our world upside down. I saw a post today commending other teachers for providing their resources for free during this time. It shouldn't take a pandemic for us to take care of each other. I have always provided everything for free. We need to support each other… Continue reading Algebra Practice for Virtual Learning
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