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Monday Must Reads: Volume 85

Happy Monday! It’s time again for a new volume of Monday Must Reads, my weekly-ish attempt at capturing the amazing ideas shared by (mostly) math teachers on twitter. I’m really excited about the ideas in today’s post, and I think you will find an inspiring idea or two to use in your own classroom!

Monday Must Reads

Cube Building Challenge

Chuck Stoffle shares a cube-building task involving string and straws. This would make a great addition to a geometry class!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/ChuckStoffle/status/1371531008525352970

Sentence Starter Posters

I love the use of these sentence starter posters from Sarah Blackburn.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/mrsblackburn48/status/1197577821389897729

Illustrating Surface Area and Volume with Photographs

Patrick Honner asked students to submit photographs regarding surfaces and solids. Check out this submission!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/MrHonner/status/1290619906266931202

Thinking Classroom Tasks

Michael Jacobs shares a collection of tasks he has compiled for implementing a thinking classroom. There is some great stuff in here!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/msbjacobs/status/1410666155459727362

Factoring Meme

I adore this factoring meme from Howie Hua.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1410277540455870464

DIY Isometric Grid

Mark Kaercher shares a how-to video for folding an isometric grid. This is on my to-do list to explore!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/shskaercher/status/1409960718414266373

Math Art on a Plate

Check out this math art on a plate from Jean-Marc Orozco! What a fun project!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/JeanMarcOrozco3/status/1375914524692320257

Desmos Art Magnets

Kirsten Dyck shares some awesome student work from Desmos turned into magnets! There are so many possibilities for this project!

Image Source: https://twitter.com/KirstDy/status/1409569809831018504

Straight Line Game

Bonnie Basu shares a desmos version of a new game created by Chris Klerx.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/GotMathHelp/status/1408558137615949832

Fraction Maker Task

Simon Ball shares a lovely fraction-based task.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/ballyzero/status/1398274419689234434

WODB with Fruit

Check out this fruit-based WODB puzzle from Simon Gregg.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/Simon_Gregg/status/1407056311498547201

Building Visual Patterns with Two Color Counters

I love Kristin Pereira‘s use of two-colored counters for building visual patterns.

Image Source: https://twitter.com/pereirakri/status/1039601868807319553

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

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