Monday Must Reads: Volume 30

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. My weekend wasn’t super exciting, but I was able to knock quite a few things off my to-do list. I submitted a proposal for the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics Summer Conference. I haven’t presented at a conference in several years, so I’m excited about the opportunity! I’m also excited to share this week’s volume of Monday Must Reads. This is a regular series where I share great ideas I have ran across recently on twitter and in the blogs I subscribe to.

Mr. Knowles has been doing some awesome work with creating rich tasks that address sequences.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/SK18Maths/status/962750047141224450

Image Source: https://twitter.com/SK18Maths/status/961675586811949056

I’ve used several of Andy Lutwyche‘s awesome spider-style activities in my classroom over the past few years. I was excited to see that he has shared a new spider activity for venn diagrams! You can download Andy’s files on TES.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/andylutwyche/status/962451079337332736

Jennifer Williams shares an intriguing idea for how to get students reflecting on their learning after receiving their graded tests back. I gave up chapter/unit tests for only individual SBG skill quizzes several years ago, but this post has me thinking about possibilities for next year!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/jlwilliams314/status/962123092242952192

Preparing to celebrate the 100th Day of School? Jennifer shares a creative idea for celebrating that involves having students create 100 problems for their classmates to solve.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/jlwilliams314/status/962372495482466305

I love this display from TIBHS that features famous mathematicians from around the world.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/tauheedulboys/status/941621589950464005

Here’s another display that caught my eye on Twitter from Park Junior School. I would like to extend this project to give students a task to draw Christmas ornaments based on the circumference, area, radius, or diameter.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/ParkJun_Well/status/943063383959535616

Ms. Johnston shares some awesome geometric valentines her students created last year.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/msjohnston_math/status/831501256741027840

Another great idea from Ms. Johnston: Have students use dice to model how many boxes of cereal one would have to buy to collect all 6 prizes.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/msjohnston_math/status/923967926813814784

Coach Lombo shares a fun way to celebrate e Day.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/lombocrimson/status/961243081491304448

Amy McNabb took a different but equally appropriate approach to celebrating e Day with foods that begin with e.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/amcnabb3/status/962058879940018178

Now that e Day is over, it’s time to start prepping for Pi Day. Here’s a Pi Day Sudoku Puzzle shared by Cliff Pickover.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/pickover/status/960140486181900288

Denis Sheeran shares another idea for celebrating Pi Day that involves a circle drawing contest.  Check out all the details here.

Looking for some interesting data to use with your students? I highly recommend checking out the NBA Math Twitter Account.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/NBA_Math/status/962001898998874113

Tveen Jatabachian shares a great idea for using painters tape on desks to practice measuring angles. I love the idea of having students rotate through stations around the classroom.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/9missj/status/962094728895320064

Looking to promote student creativity and decorate the walls of your classroom a bit more? Gateways Classics suggests creating a “Graffiti Wall.”

Image Source: https://twitter.com/GwaysClassics/status/962032435662696448

Looking to improve group conversations and discussions in your classroom? Check out this idea of mapping conversations from Nicole Bolduc.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/nicolejbolduc/status/962074770736144384

I love this example of real-world experimental probability from Anne Wagenaar.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/annewags3_14/status/961255657251975173

Paul Jorgens combines several awesome things into one: factoring polynomials, open middle problem structure, and Desmos.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/pejorgens/status/962083546792828928

Paul shares another factoring puzzle with a missing coefficient.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/pejorgens/status/961351728028205057

I love how the Olympics brings out creativity in so many different classrooms. I especially love the idea of Olympic Sock Speed Skating from Lisa Rode!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/roderunners/status/962096708904783873

Mrs. Jane Pontes has also got in the Olympic spirit by having her 7th graders host a Barbie Math Olympics.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrsMathyPontes/status/961314959698415616

L Hamiter poses an interesting question. What do these three equations have in common?

Image Source: https://twitter.com/lhamiter/status/936788436970696705

If geometry is more your thing, check out this awesome area puzzle from L Hamiter!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/lhamiter/status/948976707809284097

Susan Pienta is making me want to go back and redo my entire unit on scatter plots just so I can include this activity.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsPienta/status/962123054003474433

Amanda Schweissguth shares some awesome student work. I love that students had to color-code their artwork by angle type.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/Scoothie_Math/status/961792558895689730

It’s no secret that I love dry erase templates. So, I was super excited when I saw Lin W created a dry erase template for naming ionic compounds in chemistry.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/chem_lin/status/961813624510586880

Want to use up some of your students’ energy and collect some real-world data for rate of change at the same time? Check out this idea from Sarah Clooney.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/clooneymath/status/936243510575067137

Also from Sarah Clooney: An awesome activity for systems of equations involving riddles and cups of coins.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/clooneymath/status/953651993737945089

Professor Smudge shares an equation-solving task that has students apply what they know from one equation to another.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/ProfSmudge/status/960410842322866176

Eric Zuercher has produced a function machine that tells me I need to up my function machine game!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/ez_ryder27/status/641073759990865920

Taylor Grant shares what is, in my opinion, the most creative Which One Doesn’t Belong? puzzle ever.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/teachbarefoot/status/961420325014646785

Mr. Zummo offers a great idea for teaching trend lines when creating scatter plots. I never would have thought of using string as the line of best fit!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrZummo7/status/829375802802319360

Elissa Miller shares a great idea for using patty paper in geometry.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/misscalcul8

Have some deer antlers around? They make the perfect manipulative for practicing adding fractions. This creative idea comes from Kelsey Brown.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/K_Brown_56/status/939297259354804225

Lisa Broadbent shares an idea for getting students up and moving around the classroom while translating between words and equations.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/lisa_lbroadbent/status/951230993519783939

Lori Breyfogle shares a great question to pose to your students. My students the other day had no problem when we arrived at 5 = 13 as the answer to a question, so I’m curious how my own students (in high school) would respond.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MissMath_Teach/status/960880343921373184

Ann Arden retweets a copy of a movie poster where the math is ALL wrong. How would your students interpret this solution mathematically?

Image Source: https://twitter.com/annarden/status/961056164057309184

David Sladkey shares a fun-looking puzzle.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/dsladkey/status/887680059548598272

David also shares an interesting post about his “Eraser Ban.”

Image Source: https://twitter.com/dsladkey/status/907291221881753600

David also shares a fun, fall-themed puzzle. You could easily change the theme to this puzzle for use any time of year, though.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/dsladkey/status/915667796851347456

How would your students fare with this estimation challenge that is also from David Sladkey?

Image Source: https://twitter.com/dsladkey/status/953368637859082241

Rachael WS suggests giving your students this puzzle to make them think outside the box.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/WsRachael/status/961001248269873152

I’m super-inspired by this find the error task from Jae Ess. I need to do more error analysis with my students!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/jaegetsreal/status/960990935197868033

Until next week, keep up the awesome idea sharing!

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