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I love teaching all types of math including Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Algebra 2, Consumer Math and of course Geometry. I have been teaching over 20 years now and I keep learning new tips and tricks to keep the kids learning. Students always want to know what is my favorite part of math, and I always answer "The part we are doing right now".
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Preview of Consumer Math Boom Card Bundle--Digital Task Cards Distance Learning

Consumer Math Boom Card Bundle--Digital Task Cards Distance Learning

This is a bundle of decks of Boom Cards, which are digital task cards. Boom Cards provide a quick formative assessment for students, are self-grading with no prep, no printing and no laminating for teachers. This set is geared to a personal finance course for teens which is called consumer math at my school and other schools call it teen finance, personal finance. This bundle includes 17 decks, which vary from 20-50 cards each. My students enjoy them so much, they ask to play them at home for
Preview of Calculating Commissions Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Calculating Commissions Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Boom Cards™ are a great way for students to practice calculating commissions.. This deck has 40 cards for students to practice commissions including straight commission and salary with commission. This is part of a life skills/ personal finance/ comsumer math curriculum. My students love Boom Cards so much they play at home. Once assigned to a class and student the deck is available for homework/review at home. Boom Cards live in the cloud. They can't be printed. They play on most modern b
Preview of Calculate Net Pay Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Calculate Net Pay Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Boom Cards™ are a great way for students to finding net pay. This deck has 40 cards for students to practice finding net pay by calculating gross pay and then reducing it by a percent of taxes.. For example: Mary makes $400 per week and pays 27% taxes so how much is left or Joe makes $20 per hour for 40 hours per week and pays 19% taxes so how much is left. This will help reinforce vocabulary of as well practice how to calculate net pay and use percents. This is part of a life skills/ person
Preview of Gross Pay by Pay Periods Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Gross Pay by Pay Periods Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Boom Cards™ are a great way for students to finding gross pay by pay periods. This deck has 40 cards for students to practice finding Gross Pay in a variety of ways. For example: Mary makes $400 per week, how much does she make annually or Joe makes $2000 per month, how much does he make weekly. This will help reinforce vocabulary of Gross Pay, Bi-weekly, Bi-Monthly, Semi-monthly, Weeky, Annually and Weekly. This is part of a life skills/ personal finance/ comsumer math curriculum. My studen
Preview of Simple and Compound Interest Paper Chain Activities

Simple and Compound Interest Paper Chain Activities

Looking for a fun activity that is self=checking, collaborative and practices finding both simple interest and compound interest? This resource includes 2 different paper chain activities sold separately. Each has 15 strips to the chain which equates to 15 different problems. One features calculating simple interest and the other has students calculate compound interest. Each of the links has a dollar amount with interest and number of years. The links also include a previous answer. Stud
Preview of Binomial Expansion Coefficients Matching Card/ Sorting Card Set

Binomial Expansion Coefficients Matching Card/ Sorting Card Set

Students practice finding the coefficients in a binomial expansion in this matching activity to use in a variety of ways. Cut apart and use for a single student or pair of students. The set includes 1 decks of 18 pairs of matching cards. Half of the cards have a binomial expression and requested term and the other half of the cards has the coefficient of that term. You can use to pair up students for other activities. You can also use these cards as a ticket in the door or ticket out the do
Preview of Finding the Discriminant of Quadratic Functions Boom Cards-Digital Task Cards

Finding the Discriminant of Quadratic Functions Boom Cards-Digital Task Cards

Boom Cards™ are a great way for students to practice finding the discriminant of quadratic functions. This deck of 50 cards gives students a quadratic function and students input the correct answer. The equations are presented in several formats. Some questions are in standard form, while others have terms on both sides of the equal signs. The first two cards summarize the reason why the discrimininant is important and how many solutions exist. My students love Boom Cards so much they play
Preview of Convert Measures in Degrees to Radians Paper Chain Activity

Convert Measures in Degrees to Radians Paper Chain Activity

Looking for a fun activity that is self=checking, collaborative and practices converting between degrees and radians? This is a set of 15 problems that need to be cut apart, reassembled in the correct order and fastened together like a chain until the end is reached. Each of the links has an angle measre in degrees with the previous answer in radians. . Students will need to eiither convert the degrees and look for the link which has the radian form, or as my students did: rewrite all the r
Preview of Surface Area of Cylinders Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Surface Area of Cylinders Boom Cards--Digital Task Cards

Boom Cards™ are a great way for students to practice finding the surface area of cylinders and a better way for teachers to assess student understanding. This set of Boom Cards features 30 different Digital Self-Checking Task Cards. (No printing, cutting, laminating, or grading!) The deck plays fast, great formative assessment after instruction or a warm up the next day. These cards are hosted on Boom Learning™ site which will provide TPT customers with an account in order to use any purchas
Preview of Midpoint Formula Matching Card/ Sorting Card Set 2 Deck Set

Midpoint Formula Matching Card/ Sorting Card Set 2 Deck Set

Students practice using the midpoint formula in this matching activity to use in a variety of ways. Cut apart and use for a single student or pair of students. The set includes 2 Decks of 18 pairs of matching cards—one side with ordered pairs, the other side a solution. In the first deck, on half the cards students will find 2 ordered pairs. Using the midpoint formula, they will calculate the midpoint of these points and locate the card with that solution. In the other deck, students will fin
Preview of Writing Equations Station Quest

Writing Equations Station Quest

This is a wonderful collaborative activity to practice writing linear equations. Groups will work together to use the information given to write linear equations in either point slope form, standard form or slope intercept form. Correct groups receive a piece of the 9 piece puzzle. When all 9 stations have been solved, groups will write the additional 3 equations on the puzzle and finish the quest! Groups will write a two equations at each of 9 stations and 3 additional equations on the 9 pi
Preview of Equation Matching Card Bundle

Equation Matching Card Bundle

Three sets of matching cards cover one step, two step and multi step equations. Each set has 18 pairs of cards that can be used in multiple ways. Half the cards in each have the equation and the other half in each set has the solution. Bundle price saves you $1.50 over purchasing the three sets individually. Cards can be used to pair up students or form teams in classroom, as a game of War or Concentration, a quick assessment as ticket in the door or exit ticket or several other ways. Read
Preview of Simple Interest Domino Set

Simple Interest Domino Set

Students love playing games in the classroom and this set will give them the opportunity to practice finding simple interest. Set includes 4 different sets of dominoes: 8 Dominoes, 12 Dominoes, 16 Dominoes and 24 Dominoes. The smaller sets are great for pairs or even a student who likes to work alone. The larger sets are good for groups of 3 or 4. Students cut out the dominoes, turn face down and mix up the pile. Then each student draws the dominoes into their hand. The student with the "sta
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About the store

Experience

I love teaching all types of math including Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Algebra 2, Consumer Math and of course Geometry. I have been teaching over 20 years now and I keep learning new tips and tricks to keep the kids learning. Students always want to know what is my favorite part of math, and I always answer "The part we are doing right now".

Teaching style

I like an active classroom where everyone is busy. Every day we are doing a different type of lesson, activities, something digital, paper, notes, posters, and more. If you stop in one day it will look like chaos, but it is a carefully orchestrated chaos that cleverly disguises all the learning that we are doing. I use a lot of activities -- and keep the kids moving.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I recently applied for and received a grant for $16,000 to puchase racing car simulators. Students design a race car engine online and then use the simulators to test their engines. My middle school classes that told me math 8 is too hard were using college level Algebra and Calculus to design those engines and had a great time.

My own education history

I have a degree in Business Administration (accounting) and worked as an accountant for 20 years before changing careers and achieving my life long dream of becoming a teacher. I have a degree in Mathematics as well as a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. I consider myself blessed each day to have the dream. It took me awhile but I finally found the place I was meant to be.

Additional biographical information

In addition to my teaching duties, I mentor new teachers and also speak at conferences several times a year. I have spoken at Palm Springs each fall at the California Mathematics Council conference. Last year I was honored to speak at the CTA good teaching conferences in both San Jose and San Diego. It is always a pleasure to speak with other teachers and be able to share some ideas about what is working in the classroom.