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Top 10 Things Every Middle School Math Teacher Should Have For Their Classroom
As it is almost time to start preparing classrooms for the coming school year, I thought I would share my top 10 list of things I couldn’t live without as a middle school math teacher. 10. Class sets...
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Coordinate Planes Freebie
Just a quick post today (to make up for my last 3 being sooo long)! Does anyone else have students who can’t seem to draw a decent coordinate plane on a piece of graph paper? I never would have...
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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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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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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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Breaking Down 2 Step Equations
Today I’m writing about a simple idea that makes 2-step equations easy for kids – a box “trick”. Students obviously have already learned how to solve one-step equations before being introduced to...
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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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Discovery Lesson: Factoring Trinomials
Whenever possible I like to have students discover or figure out the lesson on their own (with some guidance from me, of course), rather than simply teaching them an algorithm. One such topic is...
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Long-Term Planning (Algebra I)
I personally believe that it’s a good idea to start thinking ahead to the next school year around this time of year. I admit that I don’t normally start planning until August but this year I am...
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