For years, I’ve had it in the back of my mind and on many a to do list to create a typed version of my naming polynomials speed dating cards to share! My first set was created with index cards. I wrote the polynomials on the front of the index cards with magic marker. On …
Recently, I wrote a blog post sharing a set of speed dating cards I created to review absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, and opposite reciprocal using printable business cards. I used the blank template I created to create a new set of speed dating cards for a different topic: graphing solutions on a number line. I’ve …
Speed Dating is one of my favorite ways to get students out of their seat to practice. I only use this practice structure with topics that allow students to quickly do a problem in their head. If a problem type requires students to show work to figure out the answer, I will choose a different …
As I’m working my way through my folder of blog drafts, I’m realizing that most of the ideas have found their way into other posts. This post contains an idea that was mentioned in another post, but I never got around to sharing pictures of what the activity actually looked like. I wanted my Algebra …
Today I’m sharing a significant figures speed dating activity I created to give my students practice recognizing how many significant figures there are in a number. I made this activity for my physical science students. You might know this activity by the name “Quiz Quiz Trade.” I also made significant figures posters to hang up …
I learned about logarithm speed dating from Amy Gruen who refers to it as “Super Speedy Quiztastic Fun.” I printed off Amy’s log flash cards. There were two levels of questions, so I printed them on two colors of card stock and laminated them. I introduced the idea by asking my students if they knew …