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Happy Monday! I had a fun weekend if you consider reorganizing your entire kitchen to be fun. It’s certainly an adventure cooking anything now since I have to remember where I put everything! I’m looking forward to this new week of adventures in the classroom. To help inspire me, I set down each weekend and reread all my twitter likes. I write a weekly round-up post of the most inspiring tweets and blog posts which I call “Monday Must Reads.” I hope you enjoy the latest volume.
Teaching Multiplication with Prime Climb
David Butler shares the idea of using Prime Climb cards to teach multiplication facts. I love the idea of using this powerful visual for motivating multiplication.
SET Tournament
Tali Lerner inspires with another game-themed activity. I love playing SET with students, but I’ve never thought of having a SET Championship.
Systems of Equations Would You Rather
Paul Jorgens shares a coin-based Would You Rather problem that is the perfect set-up for systems of equations.
Algebra Tiles WODB
Paul also shares a creative WODB puzzle involving algebra tiles.
Quadrilaterals and Parallelograms Two Truths and a Lie
Ms. Grove shares an awesome geometric twist on Two Truths and a Lie.
Experimental Probability with Post-It Notes
Laura VanDeKop shares a great idea for using post-it notes to display results when exploring experimental probability.
Quadratics Hedbanz Game
Tori Cox inspires with a quadratics version of Hedbanz. I love that she created different rounds that focused on different aspects of the graph/equation.
Linear Graphing Matching Assessment
Amanda Atkinson shares a creative twist on a linear graphing assessment.
Function Composition with Coupons
Sally Cosgrove puts all those Bed Bath and Beyond coupons that show up in your mailbox to good use in a function composition lesson.
Mosaic Eggs Puzzle for Easter
Grabarchuk Puzzles shares a fun Easter-themed puzzle.
Graphing Two Variable Inequalities Error Analysis Activity
Madi Roberts shares an awesome error analysis activity. I love the idea of labeling the lines so that students can figure out which line(s) contain mistakes.
Pi Day Dingbats Challenge
Are you getting geared up for Pi Day? Check out this awesome Pi Day Dingbats challenge from Ms. O’Donnell Maths.
Bridge Building Contest
Trivino adds some friendly competition to calculus class with a bridge building contest.
Statistics Y Hat Humor
Some stats-based humor to brighten your day thanks to Melissa Hongsermeier.
Strimko Writing Assignment
I love how Jae Ess combines the logic of Strimko with a writing assignment. Check out Jae’s blog post about Strimko for more details.
What has your teacher said 100 times?
Mrs. Yakubov shares a creative idea for celebrating the 100th day of school.
Christmas Ornament Gifts for Students
I also love these ornaments that Mrs. Yakubov made for all of her students for Christmas.
Introducing Two Variable Inequalities with Stickers
Rachel Watson shares a great lesson on introducing linear inequalities with two different colors of stickers.
Polynomials Anchor Chart
Elissa Miller has me inspired to make some anchor charts for my own classroom.
Magic Squares Ice Breaker Activity
Mrs. Ryan shares a great ice-breaker for the first day involving magic squares.
Exploring Pi with Pancakes
Lisa Rode combines two of my favorite p-words into one lesson.
McDonald’s System of Equations Task
Luke Walsh shares a real receipt to motivate a system of equations problem involving eggs and biscuits.
Organizing Puzzle Table Materials
Druin shares a great tip for keeping puzzle table materials organized.
Until next week, keep sharing those awesome ideas!
