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Using Dry Erase Pockets for Notebook Checks
Every year, I do notebook checks a bit differently. Some years I grade them. Some years I forgo grading them. Every time I choose that route, I end up regretting it. Last year, I did spot checks of...
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Element Bingo
My chemistry students are in the midst of taking weekly element quizzes until we have the symbols of the first 36 elements memorized. A couple of weeks ago, we played a few rounds of Element Bingo to...
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Translating Algebra: Dry Erase Mat
Before we started translating between words and algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities, I decided to figure out what my students remembered about this process from previous math classes. I...
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Element Quiz Generator
I mentioned in a previous post, that I'm giving my chemistry students weekly element quizzes until they have the symbols and names of the first 36 elements memorized.When I told my husband of my plan...
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Chromaflies - Chromatography Butterflies Bulletin Board
I'm teaching chemistry this year under some not-so-normal circumstances.1. I'm not a trained chemistry teacher. I'm not even a trained science teacher. I'm a math teacher who enjoyed chemistry in high...
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Distributive Property Question Stack
In a previous post about creating cards for a speed dating activity, I mentioned that I had started using printable business cards for my speed dating cards instead of printing them on card stock and...
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Monday Must Reads: Volume 14
Happy Monday! For me, it's an especially happy Monday because it's only a two day school week. Granted, parent teacher conferences on Monday night AND Tuesday night will make for a two day week that...
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Updated Evaluating Expressions Question Stack with More Difficult Questions
On Sunday, I shared a question stack I made to review the distributive property using printable business cards. Today, I want to share a different version. I created this question stack for my Algebra...
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Open Middle Style Problem for Equations with One/No/Infinite Solution(s)
Two summers ago, I created some open middle style problems that have been a hit in my classroom. Both problems use a reusable set of tiles that have the numbers from -4 to +4 printed on them. These...
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CPM Function Machine Activity
I recently found this blog post in my draft folder, so I decided I should finish it! During the Summer of 2016, I attended a section called "Fun Functions" by CPM at the OCTM Summer Conference. Â If...
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Sorting Cards for Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides
Since my non-standard operations sorting card activity was such a hit with my Algebra 1 students, I decided to use the same practice structure to make an activity for my students to get extra practice...
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Algebra 1 Expressions (Unit 1) INB Pages 2017-2018
Unit 1 in Algebra 1 was a long one. And, it took us much longer than I expected to get through it. Now that we're out of our introductory unit on expressions, I think we're finally making some headway...
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Graphing Solutions on a Number Line Speed Dating
Recently, I wrote a blog post sharing a set of speed dating cards I created to review absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, and opposite reciprocal using printable business cards (affiliate link). I...
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Monday Must Reads: Volume 15
Happy Monday! It's the Monday after Fall Break here in Oklahoma which means that school is back in session whether we are ready for it or not. I'm ready to get back into the action of things and push...
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Perfect Square Puzzle
Last week, I was browsing twitter and came across a fun puzzle. Place a set of numbers in a row such that adjacent pairs of numbers always sum to a perfect square. Image Source:...
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Cookie Club
In March, my husband and I were impressed by a post by Jo Morgan titled Papers Society. We loved the idea of getting students together outside of class to review. But, we couldn't implement the idea as...
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Analyzing the Ages of Academy Award Winners
Well, it turns out that I still have posts in my drafts folder from last year. I guess I should do something about that. The Skill: Comparing Data SetsThe Topic: Ages of Academy Award WinnersThe...
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Five Things Friday: Volume 1
Lately, I've been finding lots of ideas that I want to blog about that aren't worthy of their own entire post. So, instead of doing anything about these ideas, they've just been lurking in my blog...
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A Look Inside My Entire 2016-2017 Algebra 1 Interactive Notebook
Last year was my first year teaching Algebra 1 under the new Oklahoma Academic Standards. Though it was my fifth year of teaching Algebra 1, I had to make quite a few changes due to the difference in...
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Translating Algebra: Flyswatter Game (With At Desk Version)
As a fifth grader, my classmates and I always looked forward to the days where the flyswatter game was on the agenda. Mrs. Murray, my teacher for science and social studies, would use the game to help...
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