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This spiral review for Calculus is one of my best teaching ideas!! Students love it! It keeps them on their toes, bring out a friendly competitiveness and lots of discussion into my classes
My schedule and classes are not conducive for daily warm-ups, but............, big but here, my students really need to understand that they are taking college level courses and are responsible for all they have learned. They cannot get an A or a B in a prereq course, or even last month's test, and then forget it. College teachers do not reteach material. Students need to take great notes, have excellent resources and reference sheets, and remember what they learned.
I came up with Throw Back Thursdays Review. On Thursdays (unless something else was on the agenda like a test or Thanksgiving), I would project three problems from the past onto the screen or whiteboard. It was not only a wake up call, but became fun as I embellished the slides with items from the past (see Preview). The "math past" was anything relevant from Algebra, Geometry, PreCalc or Trig and, of course, Calc 1 up to that point. I designed many of the questions based upon something that was coming up. For example, a volume question before related rates. Most days we maxed out at 15 - 20 minutes. I always showed the solutions so I could limit the time and move on with my daily lesson.
ThrowBack Thursdays was an overwhelming success. Another benefit was that my students told me the little reviews helped with their SAT's. I often let them have selected reference sheets from my Calculus Survival Kit and sometimes graphing calculators. I printed the references from the Survival Kit in different neon colors at the beginning of the year and would let them take out the green reference or the pink, for example.
What's included?
This resource includes 34 pages of problems for the typical 34 weeks, give or take a few missed Thursdays. Each page (slide) has three questions timed for a typical Calculus 1, or AP Calculus AB or Honors pacing schedule.
I have also included 34 pages of FULL SOLUTIONS, so this is a NO PREP activity for you. Calculus is hard enough to teach without having to come up with solutions when students don't get an answer right. There are 102 problems and 102 full solutions. Each page is followed by the solutions. In terms of how to use this resource, sometimes I printed the pages of questions and my students did them individually, or in pairs. I graded them towards a special TBT grade. Other times it was a class thing, trying very hard not to let the same student dominate the discussion. A few times I left a few pages for my students to do when I was out and they had a sub. It was a lot of fun each week. The last Thursday of the year we played my Calculus Jeopardy Game.
This resource is designed for Calculus 1, AP Calculus AB, or Calculus Honors.
Have fun!! and please leave feedback. I hope your students like this as much as mine.
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You may also like:
★ Fun Year Long Weekly Review for Calculus BC Calculus 2- Throwback Thursday Theme
★ Calculus AB Quick Checks or Exit Tickets for All Units
★ Calculus 1 Curriculum Bundle
★ AP Calculus AB Curriculum Bundle
★ Calculus Word Wall - Vocabulary - Bulletin Board
★ The Calculus Survival Kit, an incredible 90+ page resource for PreCalculus and Calculus teachers
★ Calculus Jeopardy Game Review for Calculus 1 or AP Calculus AB
★ Calculus AB Formulas Your Students Must Know for a 5 - Flip Book
★ Volume Fun Project - Great for End of Year
____________________________________________________________
Connect with me:
✓ Sign up at Joan's World of Math to access my exclusive Free Resource Library
✓ Visit my Facebook Page
✓ Follow me on Instagram
✓ Email me at: joan@joansworldofmath.com with any questions
LICENSING TERMS: The purchase of a license for this resource is for use by one teacher only for his or her students only. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire department, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.
COPYRIGHT TERMS: ©2022 Joan Kessler (joansworldofmath.com™). This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
AP® is a registered trademark of the College Board® which was not involved in the creation of this product and does not endorse this product nor any that are linked on this page.
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This spiral review for Calculus is one of my best teaching ideas!! Students love it! It keeps them on their toes, bring out a friendly competitiveness and lots of discussion into my classes
My schedule and classes are not conducive for daily warm-ups, but............, big but here, my students really need to understand that they are taking college level courses and are responsible for all they have learned. They cannot get an A or a B in a prereq course, or even last month's test, and then forget it. College teachers do not reteach material. Students need to take great notes, have excellent resources and reference sheets, and remember what they learned.
I came up with Throw Back Thursdays Review. On Thursdays (unless something else was on the agenda like a test or Thanksgiving), I would project three problems from the past onto the screen or whiteboard. It was not only a wake up call, but became fun as I embellished the slides with items from the past (see Preview). The "math past" was anything relevant from Algebra, Geometry, PreCalc or Trig and, of course, Calc 1 up to that point. I designed many of the questions based upon something that was coming up. For example, a volume question before related rates. Most days we maxed out at 15 - 20 minutes. I always showed the solutions so I could limit the time and move on with my daily lesson.
ThrowBack Thursdays was an overwhelming success. Another benefit was that my students told me the little reviews helped with their SAT's. I often let them have selected reference sheets from my Calculus Survival Kit and sometimes graphing calculators. I printed the references from the Survival Kit in different neon colors at the beginning of the year and would let them take out the green reference or the pink, for example.
What's included?
This resource includes 34 pages of problems for the typical 34 weeks, give or take a few missed Thursdays. Each page (slide) has three questions timed for a typical Calculus 1, or AP Calculus AB or Honors pacing schedule.
I have also included 34 pages of FULL SOLUTIONS, so this is a NO PREP activity for you. Calculus is hard enough to teach without having to come up with solutions when students don't get an answer right. There are 102 problems and 102 full solutions. Each page is followed by the solutions. In terms of how to use this resource, sometimes I printed the pages of questions and my students did them individually, or in pairs. I graded them towards a special TBT grade. Other times it was a class thing, trying very hard not to let the same student dominate the discussion. A few times I left a few pages for my students to do when I was out and they had a sub. It was a lot of fun each week. The last Thursday of the year we played my Calculus Jeopardy Game.
This resource is designed for Calculus 1, AP Calculus AB, or Calculus Honors.
Have fun!! and please leave feedback. I hope your students like this as much as mine.
____________________________________________________________
You may also like:
★ Fun Year Long Weekly Review for Calculus BC Calculus 2- Throwback Thursday Theme
★ Calculus AB Quick Checks or Exit Tickets for All Units
★ Calculus 1 Curriculum Bundle
★ AP Calculus AB Curriculum Bundle
★ Calculus Word Wall - Vocabulary - Bulletin Board
★ The Calculus Survival Kit, an incredible 90+ page resource for PreCalculus and Calculus teachers
★ Calculus Jeopardy Game Review for Calculus 1 or AP Calculus AB
★ Calculus AB Formulas Your Students Must Know for a 5 - Flip Book
★ Volume Fun Project - Great for End of Year
____________________________________________________________
Connect with me:
✓ Sign up at Joan's World of Math to access my exclusive Free Resource Library
✓ Visit my Facebook Page
✓ Follow me on Instagram
✓ Email me at: joan@joansworldofmath.com with any questions
LICENSING TERMS: The purchase of a license for this resource is for use by one teacher only for his or her students only. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire department, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.
COPYRIGHT TERMS: ©2022 Joan Kessler (joansworldofmath.com™). This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
AP® is a registered trademark of the College Board® which was not involved in the creation of this product and does not endorse this product nor any that are linked on this page.
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