Monday Must Reads: Volume 58

It’s already Monday once again. This summer is flying by crazy fast. At this rate, I’m afraid I will blink and it will be August 12th and time to report back. As I continue to think ahead to next school year and the ideas I want to try out, I turn once again to my twitter likes. I try to go through these on a semi-regular basis and compile my favorite ideas in a volume of Monday Must Reads to share with you all. I find that the compilation process helps me remember these great ideas and increases the likelihood that I will actually implement some of them in my own classroom.

I hope you can find some inspiring ideas in this compilation to use in your own classroom!

Spaghetti, Triangles, and Probability

Rob Maddock shares an amazing lesson that combines spaghetti, probability, and triangles.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/rmaddock/status/993411018687729664

Color Coded Quadrilateral Art Project

Color-coded quadrilateral projects from Timikia Ramsey. Amazing work! Almost makes me wish I taught geometry…

Image Source: https://twitter.com/LadyTLRam08/status/972250386202578944

ABCs of Precalculus Book

Laura Vogel compiled her pre-calc students’ ABC list of topics covered into a picture book for her 11 month old. How cool!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mathwithmsvogel/status/1131738561076768769

Modeling Quadratics with Water Balloons

Launching water balloons sounds like a fun way to practice modeling quadratics to me! Great idea, Holly Olmscheid!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/SineOfMadness68/status/1131253154857795585

Ideas for Focusing Test Review Time

Looking for a way to figure out how to focus test review on what students really need help with? Check out this tally method from Annie Giercyk.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsGiercykBASD/status/1131620677704921091 

Card Sharks Game

Have any jumbo playing cards laying around? Check out this Card Sharks game idea from Jennifer Fairbanks!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/HHSmath/status/1131554136783282176 

Classroom Coloring Station

Also, check out Jennifer‘s cool coloring station in her classroom.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/HHSmath/status/1126597395897311232 

Laser Cut Desmos Art

Laura Montgomery takes the usual Desmos art assignment to another level with laser cutting the designs in wood for end of year gifts.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/lauramontyg/status/1131219129506160641

Promoting Positive Thinking

Chelsea Cleveland shares an easy way to boost students’ positive thinking.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mathemachic/status/1131212392883527681

Quadrilateral Menu

What a lovely quadrilateral task from Amie Albrecht!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/nomad_penguin/status/1131327517086797824

Quadrilaterals Guess Who Game

Also, check out this Guess Who game for quadrilaterals from Amie Albrecht.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/nomad_penguin/status/1131027551080439808 

Senior Balloon Tradition

It doesn’t have anything to do with math, but I love this school tradition that Mandy shared.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mathdyal/status/1130966372144566272 

Linear Olympics

Joel Bezaire shares a peek into his awesome Linear Olympics! Read his full blog post here.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/joelbezaire/status/1130846913341734914

Wow Me Project

Callie Hughes Gray shows what can happen when you give students an option to “Wow me” on a project.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/hughesjc12/status/1130540086079180801 

Fill in the Blank Logarithm Task

Check out this amazing logarithm task from Math with P. Nik.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrNiksMathClass/status/1130442348914237440 

Scratch Off Lottery Ticket Day

I bet Bob Lochel‘s students won’t forget “Scratch Off Lottery Ticket Day” in stats class!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/bobloch/status/1083799768508362753 

Surface Area and Volume Cake Project

Designing cakes in math class? Check out this lesson from Kurt Salisbury!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/kurt_salisbury/status/1129459187971481600

Sinusoidal Daylight Graphs

Elizabeth Johnson shares a real-world project for examining data of daylight from different cities.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/TheLimitDNExist/status/1129477201135587328 

Circle Theorems with Hula Hoops

The OMHS Math Department recommends teaching circle theorems with hula hoops. How fun!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/OMHSMathDpt/status/1076213554473299968 

Dream Room Project

Christina Salvatore shares an alternative to your normal end of unit test.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/realmssalvatore/status/1126322672709853184 

Rainbow Equation Activity

Nathan Vaillancourt shares a brilliant rainbow-themed equation review. I really appreciate
his inclusion of equations students hadn’t seen before as “pots of gold.”

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrVmaths/status/849693673235394560 

Real-Life Composite Area Problem

Silvio Lioniello shares a real-world application of finding composite areas.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/LionielloSilvio/status/1096477413536522245 

Not a Set Activity

Greta Salathé Mills offers up a new-to-me twist on SET – how many cards can you lay out that don’t form a SET? 

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mathteacher671/status/1099666350325354496 

Mini Golf Geometry Project

shares some amazing geometry project ideas. 

Image Source: https://twitter.com/karenlynelle/status/1124344223900237825

Geometry Quilt Project

Another inspiring geometry project from Karen.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/karenlynelle/status/1128437266106462209 

Function Aerobics

Kerri Homan engages students with function aerobics.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/CalculusHoman/status/637369912814538752 

Calculus Deriver’s License

Teaching calculus? Check out the “derivers license” that Kerri‘s students can earn.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/CalculusHoman/status/922851225514790912 

Golden Rectangle Art Projects

Jana Stenson shares some amazing golden rectangle art projects.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mathteachmom/status/1128337569983422464 

Logarithm Task

Paige Sheehan inspires with a lovely logarithm question.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrsSheehanMath/status/1127763704735576066 

Volume by Cross Sections Project

How creative is this volume by cross section project from Peltier Alg 2 PAP?

Image Source: https://twitter.com/PeltierAlg2PAP/status/997137455299072001

Goal Free Problems

I really like this idea of goal free problems for teaching geometry/trigonometry.  Thanks for the idea, Beth Plaw!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/girls_do_maths/status/1108779917838352385

Acting Out Opposite, Adjacent, and Hypotenuse

Ella Hereth shares a great idea for getting students to wrap their minds around opposite, adjacent, and hypotenuse in relation to right triangle trig.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsHereth/status/1113160998695911425 

Examining Staircases with Trigonometry

Paige Friedland shares a great real-world application of trig.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/msfriedland/status/1125593468536000513 

Mathematical Buttons

Holyrood Maths is making me think that I need to get a button/badge making machine…

Image Source: https://twitter.com/HolyroodMaths/status/837682824912207872

Don’t Panic Problems

Jed‘s approach of starting his pre-calc classes with “Don’t Panic!” problems is refreshing and inspiring.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/jedediyah/status/111309699491705651 

Proving Trig Identities Desmos Activity

My trig students really excelled at proving trig identities this year. But, when I put a question on their final that asked them to justify each step, it was like I had asked the impossible of them. So, this idea from Coach Perales really caught my eye.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/operales72/status/1126970003021074433 

Christmas Tree Nim

I first learned to play Nim as a sixth grader in math class. I’ve always played with physical objects like stones, pencils, popsicle sticks, etc. So, I was super intrigued to see nim played on paper. Thanks to Donna Buckley for the idea! Plus, they look like cute little Christmas trees!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/DoonaB72/status/1127067927172136961 

Quadratics Task

I think we could all learn something from this approach by Sam Aguiar of giving students a quadratics problem on their assessment that they had never seen before.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsAguiar13/status/1126927864182517760 

Dot to Dot Math Tasks

This dot to dot approach from Math with P Nik could be applied to so many different math topics!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrNiksMathClass/status/1127205723203612672 

Life Sized Angle Problems

Alice Aspinall takes angle practice to a whole new level.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/aliceaspinall/status/1126959088074665984 

Unit Circle Races

I’m super inspired by these unit circle medals from Janene Ward!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/Janene06612642/status/1126865127607656449 

Quadratics Just Enough Information Activity

Nat Banting shares a brilliant use of Desmos for giving students “just enough” information and asking them to figure out the rest.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/NatBanting/status/1065397307481440256 

Trigonometry: The Answer is…

Becky Hall shares an interesting last assessment question. I believe the extra grading time would be worth it to see what students are able to come up with!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/BeckyHall75/status/1126311000192405504

Paper Version of Egg Roulette

Ray Stuckey shares how to play a paper-based version of egg roulette.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/StuckeyRay/status/1073691260760649732 

Pi Day Poster Contest

Mrs. Richardson shares a great pi day idea – a poster contest.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/tough_girl27/status/1106193993375854593
 

Until next time, keep sharing your awesome ideas!

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