Monday Must Reads: Volume 41

Happy Monday! It’s once again time to create a round-up of the most awesome tweets from the past week. These are my must-reads. I hope you find some inspiring ideas.

Visual Number Puzzle

Check out this awesome visual-based problem for elementary from Berkeley Everett.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/BerkeleyEverett/status/992445724032937984
 

Parabolas Scavenger Hunt

Mr. Hogg has created an awesome scavenger hunt that combines the properties of parabolas with the location of the next clue.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrHoggsClass/status/992446665771503616
 

Function Notation Open Middle Puzzle

Chase Orton shares an open middle problem that provides some much-needed practice with function notation.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mathgeek76/status/992109987378806784
 

Distributive Property Puzzles

Greta Bergman inspires with her distributive property puzzles. Find out more by reading her blog post.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/g_brgmn/status/992208908184883200
 

Positive or Negative Auction

Michelle Pavlovsky created an auction activity that focuses on whether expressions evaluate to positive or negative values. This looks awesome!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsPrzybylek/status/992134813246263297
 

Barbie Bungee

Dan Meyer‘s Barbie Bungee video is a must-watch. Click through to the tweet to watch!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/992150549016424448
 

Inspiring Classroom Transformations

Adela Alekic is an expert at transforming her classroom for different lessons. Her twitter account is super-inspiring. Be sure to check it out!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsAlekic/status/992147889462960136
 

Slope Dude Says INB Pages

These notes from Jae Ess are one of the most adorable sets of INB pages I have ever seen!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/jaegetsreal/status/992123516223967233
 

Rate of Change Review Game

Jae Ess also shares a fun-looking function and rate of change review game.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/jaegetsreal/status/991399750355341313
 

Circle Warm-Up

I love this warm-up question from Lisa Bejarano.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/lisabej_manitou/status/992116851537793025
 

Quadratics WODB

I also have to share Lisa‘s WODB warm-up involving quadratics.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/lisabej_manitou/status/990964974754426881
 

Sara Van Der Werf Quote

Lisa Winer had the brilliant idea to post this inspiring quote from Sara Van Der Werf on her laptop.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/Lisaqt314/status/992030899918266368
 

Clue Scale Factor Lesson

Lisa Richardson shares an awesome Clue-based lesson that addresses scale factor.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/CBHSRichMath/status/991870729850257409
 

Pockets Data Collection Question

I love this data analysis question shared by Laurie Boswell.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/laboswell/status/991342157377175553
 

Desmos Tangrams

Mark Kaercher shares some tangrams made with Desmos. Very cool!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/shskaercher/status/990655935948443651
 

Pinwheel Tiling

Philip Smith shares some amazing student artwork.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/psmithdad/status/858078176005599233
 

Desmos Inspired String Art

Also, check out this string art inspired by Desmos.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/psmithdad/status/869584191729446913
 

Chalk Cardiods

I also love the idea of chalk cardioids.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/psmithdad/status/869978343910719488
 

Inspiring Math Art

I hope you’re not tired of seeing the awesome math-art created by Philip Smith‘s students because I must share one more photo so you can see the art that also lines the walls of his classroom.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/psmithdad/status/875439448736923648
 

Slope Open Middle Puzzle

John Rowe shares a new open-middle problem for practicing slope.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrJohnRowe/status/991852165747519488
 

Visual Pattern Manipulatives

Heather Curl‘s use of manipulatives with visual patterns is inspiring.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/HeatherCurl/status/986764215380860930
 

Creating Composite Figures with Tape

How cool is is that Brian McBain has his students create composite figures with tape?

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mcbainbr/status/961695472237924353
 

Easter Family Breakout Box

I also adore the fact that Brian McBain used a break-out box with his family for Easter.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mcbainbr/status/980064715501199360
 

Desmos Maze Project

Kim Spek inspires with a maze-based Desmos project.

Interactive Word Wall

Sue Choi shares the idea of an interactive word wall. How awesome is this?!?

Image Source: https://twitter.com/sfmathcoach/status/991341540311293952
 

Exponent Wonderings

Julie Morgan shares an anecdote from class. I absolutely love her response!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/fractionfanatic/status/991689207985864704
 

Lobster Roll Prompt

Heidi Fessenden highlights an awesome question based on a very cool image of lobster rolls.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/heidifessenden/status/978811502097465344
 

Laser Cut Tessellations

Kathy Henderson shares more of the awesome tessellations her students created.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/kathyhenderson/status/990992038358208512
 

Rational Exponents Stand and Talk

Ms. Mac shares a single, powerful image for teaching rational exponents using a Stand & Talk.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsMacsMath/status/991455899280556033
 

Scholarship Calculations

Andrea Pope brings real-world math into her classroom by having students calculate how much they could make per hour for filling out scholarship applications.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/andrea_pope313/status/989226606089703425
 

Card-iac Game

Vincent Pantaloni is at it again with an interesting looking puzzle/game called Card-iac.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/panlepan/status/991340295542525953
 

Fraction Task

LC Dawson turns a picture of a vintage office set into a creative fraction task.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/CDawson18/status/991391804015591424
 

Creative Quarter the Cross Solution

Jeremy Hughes shares a fun solution to Quarter the Cross. Jeremy is a pre-service STEM teacher in Australia. I love that he is already on twitter!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/JeremyInSTEM/status/991136060481523713
 

The Wonder and Beauty of Math

Tori Cox shares a way to incorporate the wonder and beauty of mathematics into your classroom.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/ToriTeachesMath/status/990979563550322694
 

Bad Pictogram Example

Need an example of a bad graph? Richard Perring has got you covered!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/LearningMaths/status/942288715367448576
 

Different Representations of the Same Quadratics Problem

Catriona Shearer has blown my mind with how many different ways she represented the problem x^2 + 8x – 48 = 0. Wow. Just wow.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/Cshearer41/status/990969073042411526
 

Until next week, keep up the awesome sharing!

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