CreativeMathLessons

Are your students bored to tears with state assessments, math drills and dull text books? Are you bored to tears teaching the same proportion lesson over and over again just to hear them say "When are we ever going to use this?!" I created this lesson/worksheet to integrate a real life skill. I love to travel and thought this would be a great way to relate it to math. While this assignment meets typical state and local standards for "applying ratios and proportions to real life problems" it

Tired of spending a lot of time on study guides only to find that your students aren't giving them a second look? This creative study guide covers the entire chapter on triangle congruence for a high school geometry class with tips for formal proofs. Specifically these notes cover: Triangle Classification by angle measure and side length Triangle Sum Theorem, Exterior Angle Theorem Definition of Congruent Triangles SSS, SAS ASA, AAS, HL I included some fun "celebrity guests" on these notes t

Are your kids having trouble estimating square roots? Are they intimidated by the radical symbol? These notes are written in a simple colorful way that will hold your students' attention and show them how easy this process actually is. This is a topic covered on state tests. I would suggest handing out the notes to each student in addition to going over the process on the board. *Helpful hint: I easily turned this into a "game" called "Name That Square Root! " . (Little did the kids know

Are you getting ready for standardized tests and need some extra worksheets? Do you need to supplement your regular algebra curriculum with probability concepts? This printable study guide will be great for any teacher who is covering probability. This study guide covers the following concepts: Part 1 - Simple probability using "number cubes" (dice) and cards. Part 2 - Compound Probability with Replacement Part 3 - Compound Probability without Replacement Part 4 - Independent Events Part 5

Testing season is upon us! Even though the Triangle Sum Theorem is technically a topic for Geometry, this concept shows up on a variety of state and national assessments from 5th grade all the way up to 11th grade. These notes offer a simple rules for your students regardless of grade level. Each example is explained in two different ways. "The fancy way" that requires the use of a formula and highlights the strategies used on state wide assessments. The "mental math" explanation works bett

Are your students struggling with the open-ended problems on state standardized tests? This template was designed to students completely answer open-ended word problems on the state tests. Personally I have used it and it has seemed to help everyone from the lowest to highest learner. They seem to love to say "Oh Snap!" so I designed this with their "likes" in mind. It could be used in any grade level. I suggest you use this printable template for the first half of the year. As the year pr

Are you looking for a way to raise the rigor of your math class to meet common core standards but also keep it age appropriate and fun? That is exactly what I was looking for so I created this volume lab for my students. It worked so that I will be using it for many years. Before you download, please know that you will need to have a set of fillable geosolids like the ones found here: http://www.hand2mind.com/item/relational-geosolids/1382 You might be able to improvise but the set I hav