Monday Must Reads: Volume 70

It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving, and I’m super excited to share a new volume of Monday Must Reads today. My district decided to take the entire week off for Thanksgiving Break this year, and I’m so thankful for that. I’m also extra thankful that I had a good check-up today with my hand surgeon. In June, I had surgery to have a bone tumor removed from my ring finger. It likely would have gone undiscovered if I hadn’t had a bit of an incident with the beaters while baking my husband a birthday cake. I had x-rays taken, and I’m relieved to report there are no signs that the tumor has returned. Now, I don’t have to go back to the surgeon’s office until Spring Break. If I continue to get good reports, I will hopefully be able to space the x-rays out more and more.

Okay. Enough about me. Let’s jump into this week’s volume of Monday Must Reads. Monday Must Reads is my weekly-ish attempt at capturing the amazingness of other math teachers on twitter. I hope you find an idea worth using in your own classroom!

Monday Must Reads Logo from Math = Love.

Linear Equation Shrinky Dinks

I want to be in Kristen Fouss‘ math class. Check out these linear equation shrinky dinks!

linear equations shrinky dink activity.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/Fouss/status/1326910783729659910

HeadsUp Game via Zoom

Amber Adams suggests playing HeadsUp with your students over videoconferencing. It looks like a lot of fun!

playing heads up via zoom.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/aladams7m/status/1269618533018873857

Koolaid Ratios

Another creative idea from Amber: teaching ratios with koolaid!

teaching ratios with koolaid activity.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/aladams7m/status/1319435145989029888

Automatic Text Expander

Meg Craig shares a brilliant teacher hack that is right up your alley if you find yourself typing the same feedback to students or emails to parents over and over and over. Check out her blog post to learn about using an automatic text expander. I installed one a few weeks ago after seeing her post, and I use it pretty much every single day.

Social Distancing Math T-Shirt Design

Check out these creative math club t-shirts from Lisa Winer. This year is definitely going to be one that we never forget!

Absolute Value Desmos Lesson

I really like how Josef Sigrist incorporates his school’s name into a memorable absolute value lesson.

absolute value desmos art.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/Josef_J_Sigrist/status/1324058796856168451

Quadratic Formula with the Desmos Scientific Calculator

Mark Kaercher shows off some of the capabilities of the Desmos scientific calculator.

quadratic formula on desmos scientific calculator.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/shskaercher/status/1323587245350289408

Factorable Trinomials Jamboard Activity

Check out this jamboard activity from Mrs J where students have to determine which value will make the trinomial factorable.

factorable trinomials jamboard activity.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/mrsjtweetsmath/status/1324457698809827330

States of Matter Picture Books

Shannon Fusina engages her students in reviewing the states of matter by having them produce pictures books for students in younger grades. How inspiring!

chemistry picture book activity.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/MsFusinaChem/status/1324070004824907776

Missing Operations Jamboard Task

This missing operations jamboard task from Julia Dweck looks fab!

order of operations jambord task.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/GiftedTawk/status/1323395297939247105

One Step Equations Open Middle Task

Richard Hung shares a one step equation open middle task he created in Google Slides.

one step equations open middle task.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/rnhung/status/1322319967316975616

Towers of Hanoi with Cuisenaire Rods

Jordan Rappaport brilliantly uses Cuisenaire rods to model the classic Towers of Hanoi problem.

towers of hanoi with cuisenaire rods.
Image Source: https://twitter.com/JRappaport27/status/1329485007681892352

Until next week, keep sharing your awesome ideas! Want even more ideas? I suggest checking out previous volumes of Monday Must Reads!

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