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A Creative Approach to Grouping in the Middle School Math Classroom
I am a HUGE fan of group work! I love having students work together in my math classes for practice work, problem solving, review games, etc. Occasionally I allow my students to pick their own...
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A Review Game That Students Love – ATTACK!
Today I am writing about my absolute favorite (and my students’ favorite) review game: Attack! Let me start by listing the reasons I love this game: It requires NO PREP It requires NO MATERIALS...
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Teaching Slope – Fun Activity Idea
Slope is an important topic for pre-algebra, 8th grade math, and algebra. I was trying to come up with a new idea for practicing slope and I came up with the following: I made 32 cards with ordered...
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Moving Around the Room with the Coordinate Plane – Activity Idea
Here is activity #2 for the ordered pair cards I posted in my last blog post. (If you missed my post on a fun, free activity for teaching slope, you can read it here). This is an activity on graphing...
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Having Fun with Distance and Midpoint
How do you take a topic that isn’t overly exciting and get the kids to have fun with it? I have found that getting students out of their seats and working with friends usually does the trick! If you...
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Turn Multi-Step Problems into Team Activities
Let me start by saying that relays are not an original idea..maybe you have been doing them for years…but they are new to me, (and i love them) so I figured I’d share in case anyone else has never...
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Fun (Free) Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day in the Middle School Math Classroom
With my school going from pre-k – 8th grade, I have always felt kind of bad for the “big kids” on Valentine’s Day because it is business for them as usual while the lower grades are having parties....
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Linear Equations Walk Around Activity
I’m writing about another favorite activity of mine that I use for a few different topics throughout the year – walkarounds. They require minimal prep from the teacher and are a great, effective way to...
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Fun Algebra Easter Egg Hunt Activity
Just a quick post today to share a fun, quick Easter activity I’ve done in the past with Algebra/Pre-Algebra classes in case you want to try it… Fill up an odd number of Easter eggs with pennies (put...
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Improving Number Sense with the Divisibility Rules
I decided to make divisibility my first lesson of the year for 7th grade next year for a couple of different reasons: it is a skill used in many different concepts throughout the year and it really...
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New Review Game: Try it Free and Win the Game of your Choice
I love playing games in my math classes! Here are just a few of the many benefits of good review games: they are a great way to practice any type of skill students love them students are engaged games...
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Math Races – turning boring practice problems into fun activities
Yikes! I’ve been back in school for 3 weeks now and this is the first time I am blogging! I am going to do my best to be better about it going forward…but no promises I have already completed my...
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FREE Interactive Review Game for any Grade or Subject
Wow – this year has been crazy! I have been incredibly busy both in school and out, which is why I haven’t written in sooo long, but since my blog posts about the “Attack” review game I play with my...
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Math Review Games for Middle School
One of the best tools a math teacher can have is a wide variety of fun review games to keep students engaged! Most middle school students are competitive by nature, so giving them the chance to compete...
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