Questions & Activities to Make Math Better.
I know I am behind where most of you are getting these activities out. I will try to get the remaining InfoNotes posted soon so you have them to use. I will be teaching this using the Building Thinking Classrooms (Peter Liljedahl) approach. I really stretched my brain to come up with ways to do… Continue reading Trig InfoNotes & Activities
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
For the last 9 years, I've had students do a Trig project where they use handmade clinometers to measure the height of an object taller than they are. I love this project because it shows the application of Trig and guides students through a thought process to solve this type of problem. This year I… Continue reading Student Created Trig Word Problems
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