To kick off our review of exponent rules, we played an exponent rules review game that I found on Nathan Kraft’s blog. Without telling the students what we were doing, I told them all to go write their name on the dry erase board and draw four x’s below. First hour, one of my students …
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I learned about using twizzlers for linear regression from Tammy Ballard with Wake County Public Schools. I modified her activity to create my own twizzlers linear regression lab that met the needs of my specific group of Algebra 2 students. The idea is simple. Give students a twizzler to eat. Before students take a bite …
I want to share a linear regression activity I did with my Algebra 2 students to introduce the topic of regression. I combined linear regression with the True Colors Personality Test that I had originally wanted to do with my students at the beginning of the year. The summer after my first year of teaching, …
I want to share several fun and hands-on linear regression activities I worked through with my Algebra 2 students. Links to blog posts with more details and free downloads are provided. Linear Regression Activities Linear Regression with the True Colors Personality Test I had originally wanted to have my students complete the True Colors Personality …
This is a picture of a foldable that I created for my students to use as they walked through a rational and irrational numbers exploration activity. This activity did not go as planned. I thought it would take one class period. After one class period, we had only started to scratch the surface. I ended …
So, I’m about to share an idea for a describing graphs game with you that I have no idea if it would actually work. I haven’t tried this out in my classroom. One of the presenters at the conference I’m at this week presented an idea yesterday for bellwork. I’m kinda attached to my current …
I realized I never wrote about the literal equations scavenger hunt activity I did with my Algebra 1 students for much-needed extra practice. During our unit on linear equation, my Algebra 1 students really struggled with converting equations from standard form to slope-intercept form. So, I decided to save our unit on systems of equations …
If you teach conic sections as part of Algebra 2 or Pre-Calculus, I am about to share a life-changing teaching method for you called Conic Cards. Conic Cards are the creation of Cindy Johnson, a National Board Certified Teacher in Oklahoma. She blogs at Conic Card Lady. Cindy originally shared her Conic Cards at a …
Today I want to share a guess the age activity I used with my Algebra 1 students to introduce the concept of absolute value. Monday was my students’ first experience with absolute value in Algebra 1. A few students who took Algebra 1 last year already knew what absolute value was. A few others wrongly …
We started our Describing Graphs Unit in Algebra 2 by playing some domain and range pictionary. I used the domain and range graphing cards from Zero-Knowledge Proofs. I gave each student two pages of cards to cut apart and keep in their notebook. My students were surprisingly impressed by the small pocket we created to …
Today I want to share an Adding and Subtracting Polynomials Activity I created for my Algebra 1 students. One of our objectives in Algebra 1 is that students will be able to add and subtract polynomials. My students are usually pretty good about remembering to distribute the negative when the second polynomial is written in …
Original Version of Flyswatter Review Game I created this flyswatter review game to give my Algebra 1 students practice identifying the different forms of linear equations. A little over a week ago, my Algebra 1 students took their test over graphing linear equations. This test covered finding slope, x and y intercepts, graphing linear equations, …
I want to share a hands-on circumference activity I created while I was still a student teacher. This year, I am the algebra teacher in my school. I teach Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and College Algebra. The only math class I don’t teach is geometry. Our other teacher teaches all of the geometry classes and …
After my Algebra 1 students finished their standard form of a linear equation foldable, I created a standard form cut and paste activity for my students to complete. I chose a equation in standard form that I wanted them to practice converting to slope intercept form. I printed each element in the original equation, new …
Do you want to give your students lots of practice finding the slope between two points? Do you want to spark the interests of your students about what you will be learning that day? More than that, do you want to spark the interests of every single person who walks into your room? Inspired by …
My Algebra 1 students recently completed a four types of slope pictures project. I’m excited to share the resulting slope artwork with you! This weekend and today were spent attending my first ever student council state convention. It was full of fun and games and amazing speakers, but I have to admit that I am …
Today I want to share with you the best activity ever for reviewing square roots. This is the first time I have ever taught my students to simplify square roots. So, it may not be the best activity ever. But, I can tell you that I have never had more engaged students in my Algebra …
Well, after attending the Global Math Department‘s meeting over favorite review games, I knew I had to try out Alisan Royster‘s Review Auction idea. I created a Solving Equations Auction Review Game. I made up an auction sheet with 3 columns. The first column is pretty boring and just featured the lot number of each auction. The …
I learned about this clock partners strategy from the Global Math Department’s meeting over favorite review games. I actually haven’t used this as a review game, but I have used it on days where I need students to do a ton of practice. Instead of just giving them a worksheet, I ask them to draw …
Today, in Algebra 1, we had a snowball fight. My students had never done anything like this. Well, for that matter, I hadn’t either. This idea originated from Kate’s blog as a first day of school getting to know you activity. Well, we’ve been in school almost a month, and I teach at a very …
Today I want to share an Integer Operations Work Mat with sea of zeros I created for my students to complete integer problems with both counters and a number line. I’m so excited about my Algebra 1 class next week. We’re starting integer operations. And, I just can’t wait to teach my students how to …
I learned how to play the greedy pig dice game from my cooperating teacher at the middle school level who learned it at a workshop. Since becoming aware of this game, I’ve seen various versions floating around the internet. As part of my probability unit with my 8th graders after the OCCT, my cooperating teacher …
After my 8th graders finished their state testing, my cooperating teacher and I decided to plan a mini-unit on probability. Probability is an 8th grade math standard in Oklahoma, but it is not tested by the state. To be clear, I did not make up this game. I discovered this probability game a few weeks …
Last week in Algebra 1, we completed a scatter plots activity with m&m’s. Goals for this scatter plots activity: First the students were given a sheet of graph paper and a handful of M&M’s. After drawing an x- and y-axis, I had the students scatter their candy over the graph. Jumping straight into vocabulary, we …