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Factoring Valentine Activity
I created a valentine activity for my Algebra students which resembled an “I have, who has game.” The students cut out each heart and then cut each heart in half. One side of the heart had the foiled answer and one side had the factoring answer. The students then had to figure out which left side of the heart goes with the right side of the heart. Once they put all the broken hearts back together, they got them checked and then they taped them together. All the hearts were then displayed in the hallway.

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Quizlet Live
My Algebra and Math 8 classes love playing QUIZLET LIVE! I have used some that were pre-made and there are some I have created. When you take a worksheet and put a competitive twist to it, students are more engaged. After each round I create new groupings. This forces them to get to know each other which connects with out capturing kids hearts philosophy. I say after every rotation “let’s make new friends. Introduce yourself if you don’t know each other.”

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Algebra Tiles
My Algebra students learned how to apply factoring to area models through ALGEBRA TILES. The students quickly realized the connection between factoring and foiling by having this visual. They also worked I groups and they had to work together and agree on how to orient the tiles.

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"Payback"
Students worked problems on the Promethean board but in order to encourage them to come to the board we added a twist and called this game “payback.” If a student volunteered to come to the board, they got to choose someone to work the problem with them. To make it fair, the person who got chosen, got to pick which of the 2 equations they wanted to work. I found that the students who got called on, now wanted to get their friend back by volunteering for the next problem. Student engagement was at one of its highest levels during this lesson.

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Sort and Create Systems of Equations
Algebra students reviewed for their test by first reviewing strategies for solving systems (graphing, elimination, substitution). The students then worked with a partner to create 3 sets of systems on a sticky note, one for each method. There were 3 pieces of chart paper hanging in the room, one for each method.  Once the students hung their sticky notes, they broke up into groups to discuss if any sticky notes actually belong on the other charts. They had to “share out” to the whole class.

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Volume Water Demonstration
Math 8 students derived the formula of a cone by pouring water from a cone into a cylinder. Before they started the demonstration, they had to estimate on a sticky note how many cones it would take to fill the cylinder. After each pour, we reflected on the estimations that they hung on the board and we discussed if anyone wanted to change their estimation.

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Tara's inclusion math class learned about decoding word problems.

They divided a piece of paper into a four-part graphic organizer and brainstormed common terms for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.

Students then organized the key terms to help decode vocabulary in word problems.

In groups, students then categorized word problems on the back wall using their decoding graphic organizers.

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Tara's students learned about linear word problems in a new and exciting format.

Tara created a math lesson with 'secret messages' that were coded like her science colleagues did an activity using red filter paper.

She has them posted in the hallway- students created linear equation word problems (literacy in math) and solved the equation, created table of values, and graphed their table of values.

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Tara's students learned about classifying the real number system.

Students solved Tara's 3 Truths and a Lie as a warm-up to learn the convention.

Students then created their own 3 Truths and a Lie and posted them on a PADLET.

3rd period padlet

5th period padlet

6th period padlet

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Mrs. Grudzielanek created a GOOGLE QUIZ for her students.

Students watched a video and answered multiple choice questions with image cues.

The questions included feedback if students selected an incorrect answer.

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Tara took the padlet idea from our DLC PD session and RAN!

She created a padlet for keeping track of all her volume resources.

Tara's students used digital media resources she posted on a padlet (attached) to complete guided inquiry on volume problems.

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Mrs. Grudzielanek's math students are reviewing for their EOC and final exam.

Students utilized MIND MUP 2.0 to create mind maps before taking Doodle Notes on their main concepts from this year's math course.