These printable ten frame cards will provide your young learner with practice matching the numbers from 1 to 10 with their 10 frame representations. This activity provides a fun hands-on way to help students build a strong number sense. Why I Created These Printable 10 Frame Cards As a high school math teacher, I have …
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Looking for a fun way to assess student understanding on categorical and quantitative variables? Check out this card sort activity I created for my statistics classes involving data that could be collected in an emergency room. I was very intrigued when I ran across a categorical vs quantitative variables problem set in Rossman and Chance’s …
I created this like radicals card sort activity a few years ago when I was still teaching Algebra 1. Students are given 25 cards featuring radicals that range from square roots to fourth roots. Some of the radicals are simplified. Others need to be simplified. Students must group the cards into piles of “like radicals.” …
I’m super excited today to share a dotplot matching activity I recently created for my statistics class. This summer when I realized I was actually going to get to teach statistics again after a multi-year hiatus, I got super excited and started doing lots of research. One of the books that came across my path …
This lovely exponent task is from Mathematics for the College Boards by Rich Barnett (Copyright 1967 AMSCO). Because each problem in the matching task involves the variable m and the numbers 2 and 3, the task really gets to the bottom of whether students understand the role played by exponents and coefficients. This is the same …
I decided that a card sort was the perfect method to introduce my Algebra 2 students to the vertex form of a quadratic. My sweet husband even offered to create the card sort for me. He’s currently in grad school, and I think he misses creating classroom activities. Students are given cards featuring six graphs …
Today I’m sharing an equivalent fractions card sort activity I recently created. My Math Concepts students are currently working through a self-paced review of all things fractions. One key skill for my students to wrap their minds around is the idea of equivalent fractions. Proof this skill is important: I still have students in my …
I am really pleased with how this discrete vs continuous functions foldable turned out! I really like how it combines a card sort within a foldable. Students were given six cards. Each card had ONE of the following filled in: situation, variables, or sketch of graph. As a class, we filled in the missing information …
This function vs not a function card sort activity is the perfect way to assess whether or not students can apply the definition of a function to determine whether a relation is or is not a function. This card sort activity provides students practice classifying graphs, tables (both horizontal and vertical tables), ordered pairs, and …
Since my non-standard operations sorting card activity was such a hit with my Algebra 1 students, I decided to use the same practice structure to make an activity for my students to get extra practice with solving equations with variables on both sides. I created a deck of 12 cards. Each card contained an equation …
We’re making slow but sure progress in chemistry. A few weeks ago, it came time to learn to classify matter. While looking through my reference textbooks for ideas, I ran across an idea in the teacher’s edition of Prentice Hall Chemistry to demonstrate to students how to identify substances vs mixtures. Here’s the idea in …
Since I’ve already blogged about my INB notes for Non-Standard Operations and my Add Em Up Activity for non-standard operations, I decided it was finally time to blog about one of my favorite activities that I’ve created this school year: Non-Standard Operations Sorting Cards! I’ve done quite a few Question Stacks lately, so I decided …
My chemistry students are currently working with basic definitions that form the crucial foundation of the subject. One of these words that must be defined is matter. Before giving students a specific definition, I decided to let them play with the concept themselves through a matter vs not matter card sort. To make my card …
I created this one variable inequalities card sort activity for my Algebra 1 students to complete before we moved on to looking at two variable inequalities. Students are given five number lines and five equations/inequalities to match up. I created the number lines for this card sorts using GraphFree.com. I printed the card sort on …
I decided to create a two variable inequalities card sort activity to introduce the topic to students before we even took notes over the topic. My students actually ended up completing two card sorts. I like to place students in pairs and have them start by solving a one variable inequalities card sort activity to …
I created this classifying types of reactions card sort activity for my physical science students. I thought I should share it with you as well! My physical science students are in the midst of their chemical reactions unit. So far, we’ve balanced chemical equations and translated equations in words to symbols (and balanced them, too). …
I created this Expression Equation Inequality Foldable to give my Algebra 1 students practice translating and sorting between expressions, equations, and inequalities. We glued the resulting foldable in our Algebra 1 interactive notebooks. I’m structuring my course a bit differently this year. This year, my goal is to give my students more meaningful problems to …
Looking for a geometry proofs activity to give your students some extra practice with this tricky topic? Check out this idea I learned about recently at a math teaching conference. I learned about this geometry activity while attending a session titled “Taking the Practice Out of the Worksheet” by Judy Schwarz of Moore Public Schools …
I really like the looks of this geometry concentration matching activity that I learned about at a math teaching conference recently. I learned about this geometry activity while attending a session titled “Taking the Practice Out of the Worksheet” by Judy Schwarz of Moore Public Schools at the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics Summer …
I was excited to learn about these geometry sorting activities while attending a session titled “Taking the Practice Out of the Worksheet” by Judy Schwarz of Moore Public Schools at the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics Summer Conference.
One of the first things that caught my eye when flipping through CPM’s Core Connections Algebra book was a team sort to assign students to groups (or study teams). In the past, I’ve assigned students to groups in a couple of ways. Usually, I just let my classes choose their own seats. The problem with …
My stats students were struggling with boxplots. So, I decided to take a break from making boxplots to letting them look at boxplots that were already made. A quick google search led me to a card sort linked to by @druinok. The link is now broken, so I have uploaded the file below. I always feel …
My stats students had just finished up learning to find IQR by hand and by calculator and standard deviation by hand (I know – I’m evil!) and by calculator. It was now time to discuss when each is more appropriate to report. I quickly decided to make a card sort for my students to …
I created a categorical vs quantitative variables card sort that I would like to share with you. This year, I’m teaching statistics for the second time. The last time I taught it, I had a class set of textbooks that were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over my students’ heads. I even struggled with understanding how they presented some …
I created this factoring vs distributing card sort activity to show my Algebra 2 students that factoring isn’t something to be afraid of. By the time they get to Algebra 2, the distributive property is something they should hopefully be able to do in their sleep. So, I wanted them to see that factoring …