Ariel White

This is an interactive notebook page that I used to introduce similar figures to my 7th grade math class and to review similar figures with my 8th grade math class. It also includes practice problems so that students can practice what they have learned.

This is a daily/weekly behavior tracker. Currently, there is space for two goals that can be modified according to the needs of the student. There is a section to define the rewards that the student can earn and a section for teacher/parent comments and questions, as well as a parent signature line.

Help your students to master math vocabulary!! This PowerPoint file includes word wall vocabulary appropriate for 6th to 8th grade math students. Each term has a designated slide. These can be printed out to hang in the classroom or printed as handouts to distribute as a math dictionary to students. The word wall includes 34 terms critical for middle school math students; absolute value, circle, coordinate plane, coordinate pair, dilation, distributive property, equation, exponential notation

This document is the interactive notebook page I used with my 8th grade students to teach them about parallel lines cut by a transversal. It is color coded to help students understand the relationships between the lines and angles. There are also two practice problems so that students can see how they can apply their new skills and knowledge to solve problems.

For this project students are tasked with creating a scale city. They will create a 2-D blueprint of their city, as well as, a 3-D model. With my class I had them create the 2-D model on grid line chart paper. Students also must write a paragraph (or two) describing the amenities of the city and a billboard advertisement to attract people to their town. Students will present their designs to the class (planning committee). The group with the highest average grade is considered to have won the bi

In this activity students use the Scale Factor Exploration Tool on the Illuminations website (see link below). Students manipulate the scale factor being applied to Rectangle A and examine the effects on Rectangle B. The focus is having students compare the area and perimeter of Rectangle B to the original figure, Rectangle A. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=176

I used this interactive notebook page to review basic geometry concepts with my 6th and 7th grade classes before beginning our geometry unit. It really helped to refresh their memory regarding concepts they had learned. The topics of polygons, quadrilateral family tree, perimeter, area, and volume are included in the review.

In this activity students explore patterns. They will extend the pattern, describe the pattern, and decide if it is linear or nonlinear. Then students complete a table, write an equation, and construct a graph to model the function.

These cards are used to track behavior and homework completed on a weekly basis. Cards can be punched if a student does not follow behavior guidelines or does not turn in homework. Cards that have not been punched for the week can be collected and submitted to an end of the week prize drawing.