2nd Act Math

With the marked advancement and popularity of AI tools, we need to have discussions with students directly about appropriate uses. These tools are readily available to our students and without our input or guidance, students may use them to avoid mathematical thinking instead of advancing their skills and understanding of math. This provides a tool to open discussions with what is appropriate and how tools can help students. It also allows you to talk with students about how computers have ad

Six slides can be printed as posters to hang as visual reminders for students that struggle with fraction operations. Anchor charts, reference, remediation, visuals, struggling learners Topics Include: comparing fractionschanging fractions to decimals and percentschanging mixed number to improper fractionsadding & subtracting fractionsmultiplying fractionsdividing fractions

As intro to systems of equations, we complete the interactive note sheets together as a class looking for the “break-even” point for the two different gym scenarios. Students are introduced to finding the solution through a table, graph and by setting the equations equal to each other. The follow-up practice is the group activity. Students are put in groups of three. They are given the same scenarios, but each group member solves each a different way. Group members then compare answers to be sur

Are you looking for a way to keep your students engaged in the final weeks of school? This projects has kept my students fully engaged in the final weeks for several years now. Students love dreaming about their futures. This project allows them to do just that, while finding out what their dreams will cost! Students can work solo, in pairs or even a small group. They start with doing some personality inventories to find out what jobs may suit them best. Next, they make a decision about whe

Need a no-prep activity that will keep your class engaged for the full period? This Thanksgiving 4-Square activity meets that need! Simply assign the slideshow in Google Classroom so that all students can edit the one slideshow. Put them into small groups (2-3) and assign each group a slide to complete. Students will have fun watching others complete slides as they work to complete their own!

Students are given a graph and an equation. Using the graph, they identify the slope and y-intercept of the line. This activity is intended to be an introduction to sloe-intercept form. Students should be able to "discover" y=mx+b. To complete the activity, students should know how to find slope from a graph. If students enter the correct answers, then the square turns green.

For this activity, you will need a friendship bracelet kit, or at least 6 different colored beads and string. An alternate would be to make paper loop bracelets to hang on a bulletin board. This activity is great for the first days of school.  I have used it during Advisory, and during classes.  The slide is completely editable, so you can change/refresh the topics or questions. Directions: I group students in inner and outer circles.  Each circle contains 6 students.  I have my students stand

Want a game them can be used as a get to know you, beginning of school activity, or as an any time of year deeper dive into how well you know each other with the added plus of being a number sense and/or two-way table activity? Then, this is for you. Game Directions: After hearing the category, each student will make a guess at the percent of students in class that chose that category. After making your guess, you will write it on the whiteboard and stand. When the correct percentage is reveale

Looking for a fun way for students to gather data? Then, try this tongue twister activity! Students work in a group and time each other saying different length tongue twisters 10 times each. Once they have the data collected, they can use Google Sheets (step-by-step directions provided) to make a scatterplot and insert a trend line. They can then use the line or equation to make a prediction about how long it should take them to say a longer tongue twister 10 times. Finally, they will test

This is great practice for students for students just learning how to graph systems of linear equations. Students choose which systems to graph based on letters they think appear in the secret message. It is completely editable, so teachers (or students as challenge) can quickly create their own secret message. All the equations are in slope-intercept form and include a few special case equations (VUX/HOY). Grids are provided for graphing. Directions can easily be adapted to have students solve

Getting photos of your students for back to school bulletin boards? Use those photos for an engaging activity that looks at how well sites predict ages based on photos. There are many sites that will do this as well as filters within common apps students use. Students will first line up in actual chronological age. Their order (1st, 2nd...) will represent the x-coordinate in an ordered pair. Then, student will line up chronologically based on the sites age calculator. Their new order (1st,

Looking for an easy way to introduce bivariate data, scatterplots and trend lines (line of best fit) to your students? Try this name value activity! Students calculate their name's value and create either one big class scatterplot or individual scatterplots with everyone's data to see if the number of letters in a name impacts name value. To make a class scatterplot, simply draw the graph on large chart paper and have students place a round sticker on their ordered pair, or share a Google She

Want to make percents and proportions come to life for your students? This engaging activity has students find their future height using proportions and average percent of total height grown at their current age. Lots of great discussions can be had about how data is collected through longitudinal studies, and what different studies may predict. Collected futures heights can then be organized into a box plot to help review how to create and interpret a box plot.

Get ready for a fast-paced game that will get your most reluctant students engaged! Use as practice at the end of a unit on solving equations in one variable, or as a refresher. Copy each round of problems (cut the full sheets) so there are enough for each group to have one.  Lay all ten rounds out in order in one location in the classroom. Break the class into groups of 2 or 3.  I have students work the problems on whiteboards.  Each group will need to come up with a team name.  Record the team

Hand you students the word search, and let the games begin! Students will be searching out the spring words listed. Unfortunately, none of the words can be found. See how long it takes them to discover YOU HAVE BEEN FOOLED!

This quick self-checking activity has students decide if a relationship is positive, negative or doesn't exist between two variables. The activity includes two graphs and 8 scenarios. If students respond correctly, the cell will light up green. Perfect for a warm-up, exit slip or to include in an digital interactive notebook.

A nice addition to student notebooks, this reference sheet for order of operations explains the hierarchy (PEMDAS style) and provides a couple of unusual examples to work through with students.

Students pratice solving multi-step equations, then find someone in the class that fits each category.

This sheet is designed to be a quick warm-up or exit slip to check students understanding of simplifying radicals. If they enter the correct numbers, a rainbow of colors will form.

Print these pages to hang on a bulletin board. The visual reminder will help students automatize fraction equivalents.