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Add Em Up Activity for Non-Standard Operations
Non-standard operations are one of the skills that are in the new Oklahoma standards that weren't in the old standards. So, I need to work on building up activities for this topic. I decided to create...
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War Activity for Practicing Absolute Value, Opposite, Reciprocal, and...
I might have went a bit crazy when I started making activities for our first skill of the year in Algebra 1. So, you'll have to put up with quite a few posts involving activities for practicing...
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How Many Elements Can You Name?
Just a quick post today to share a quiz I recently wrote for my chemistry class. It's a quiz to see how many of the elements they already know before we delve into our study of the periodic table.I...
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Question Stack Explanation Card
I'm currently in the process of making more question stacks for my Algebra 1 classes. Every year, students are a bit confused when I introduce the practice structure. Often, they are talking or day...
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Free Scientific Method Posters from Scholastic
At the beginning of my career, I ran across a set of free scientific method posters from Scholastic. I remember thinking to myself, "These are so cute. I almost wish I was a science teacher!"Fast...
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Monday Must Reads: Volume 11
It's time for another Monday Must Reads! Thankfully, it's a much less hectic Monday than last week due to the fact that the Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Ceremony has come and gone. In case you missed...
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Student Work is Coming Soon Poster
Usually, I'm a big fan of decorating my bulletin boards. Hello, I have an entire page on my blog dedicated to bulletin board designs. This year, after moving classrooms for the second time in two...
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Non-Standard Operations Notes for INB
Last year was the first year that non-standard operations made an appearance in Oklahoma's math standards. That was also the year that I mistakenly thought that I would just throw non-standard...
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Non-Standard Operations Sorting Activity
Since I've already blogged about my INB notes for Non-Standard Operations and my Add Em Up Activity for the same topic, I decided it was finally time to blog about one of my favorite activities that...
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Distributive Property INB Pages
Quick post today to share a foldable I made to review the distributive property with my Algebra 1 students. This is one of those topics that my students have seen since they were in the seventh grade,...
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Organizing Teaching Mementos
Since I started teaching, I have kept all of the notes and pictures from students. When I'm having a bad day, I can look through these and remember why it is I do this crazy job on a daily basis. Until...
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Two Truths and a Lie: Combining Like Terms
A few weeks ago, I shared a free template I created for using 2 Truths and a Lie in class. Specifically, I shared examples of using the practice structure with a few vocab words: absolute value,...
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Monday Must Reads: Volume 12
It seems like as soon as I get one Monday Must Reads post written, it's time to write another one! I don't know how it is for you, but I feel like this school year is really flying by!Enjoy my list of...
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Epiphany: Answer Key Binder and Stickers
Do you ever have an idea that you are so excited about until you realize that you should have thought of it years ago? Last year, this idea was an answer key binder that I blogged about here. This...
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Geometiles Review
The kind people at Geometiles recently contacted me to ask if I would be willing to write a review in exchange for a free set. I love using manipulatives in the math classroom, so I jumped at the...
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Roll a Number Dice Activity for Practicing Absolute Value, Opposite,...
I think I'm almost finally done sharing activities to review absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, and opposite reciprocal. This was a new skill addition this year, so I had to start from scratch with...
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Substances vs. Mixtures Sorting Activity
We're making slow but sure progress in chemistry. A few weeks ago, it came time to learn to classify matter. While looking through my reference textbooks for ideas, I ran across an idea in the...
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Speed Dating Activity for Absolute Value, Opposite, Reciprocal, and Opposite...
Speed Dating is one of my favorite ways to get students out of their seat to practice. I only use this practice structure with topics that allow students to quickly do a problem in their head. If a...
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Volume 49: Things Teenagers Say
It's been awhile since the last volume of Things Teenagers Say. Kids keep asking if I'm going to do it this year, so I guess it's time to share the first volume of overheard conversations of the...
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Monday Must Reads: Volume 13
This week marks my school's last full week of school before fall break. I'm looking forward to the chance to take a bit of a break from the daily grind of school and reflect on what is working well and...
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