John Murphy

Let students practice their adding and subtraction rules with this quick, five minute game. Students work in groups to complete a maze of problems. Checking their work is easy as matching the last question and the first answer.

This lesson plan helps connect language arts to the science curriculum. Students work on brainstorming, peer editing and persuasive essays to combine an object with multiple parts and a cell. The project can be used within a unit or as the culminating activity or test. The lesson plan walks you through from the language arts ties, the graphic organizer, to peer editing and then to the creation of the poster. I've included a student sample too.

Quick five minute practice game to drive home the aspect of dividing in unit rates. Students are also forced to look at the units as multiple cards have the same rates but deal with different situations. Once shuffled, the beginning does not matter as the last card will be answered by the first card if all of the middle cards are placed in the correct order.

What a wonderful way to lead into the chemistry unit or prepare for the test. These cards are flexible enough to fit any of your learning objectives. Print out a set and have it handy for the students that always seem to finish faster than the rest. 85 minutes is a long time, break up the monotony with a quick 10 minute round while you get the next lesson ready. The instructions are written as a little big book (foldable) in order to stay with the deck of cards easier.

Buy both of the snake games, Comparing Unit Rates and Table Unit Rates, and get a third for free. Use these review cards any time of the year to reinforce Module 1 from the Engage NY series. Each game lasts about five minutes.

Kick it up a notch with formulas and tables to compare unit rates. Help students define the idea of best, not always the most, in different situations. These cards are designed for groups of three or four and include answers at the top and the next question on the bottom. As students answer the cards, they can check their work by the last card; it has a question but where is the answer? It's on the first card that was played (only if you did answered the cards correctly.) Best of luck as yo

As a warm up, a review tool, or even as an activity to break up a lengthy lesson, the Snake Game allows you to stay on task and have a little fun. Challenge the students to memorize vocabulary, formulas, or even math processes without spending a lot of time. Use the Snake twice and have the students race against their own time. Test around the corner? Have students use the Snake as flash cards.