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Half-sheet exit ticket with student self-rating scale. (One paper with 2 exit tickets on each, must be cut.) Students write the Learning Target, circle a self-rating of their understanding, then write at least one sentence to explain their rating. Scale goes from 0-4, each paired with a simple description and an emoji face.

Students use ratios, rates, and unit rates to plan a cross-country road trip! Broken down into 3 parts (4 Google files): Doc 1: Part A - Choosing destinations and calculating distances Doc 2: Part B - Choosing rental vehicles based on price and fuel Doc 3: Part C - Choosing meal and hotel options; Calculating totals; Reflecting Slide 1: Map to use for planning You will get a copy of the Google folder containing all materials that can then be edited, printed, shared, etc. however you'd like. (For

A checklist of items to look for and poses to do in pics with them. Set up as a group competition. Great for a DC field trip!

Scale from 0-4 for students to rate their understanding. Each rating has an emoji face and a short sentence to describe it. This is meant to be printed and given to students to keep on their desk or in a folder to use as a visual rating. It can also be displayed on the board for students to visualize self-ratings.

Jeopardy with a little extra added fun! (Can be used for regular Jeopardy OR Trashketball.) Usually a full game will take two 50-minute class periods. Rules for Trashketball: -Split students into teams. -Use the board to play Jeopardy in normal style. -If teams get their question right, they shoot a wad of paper at the trash can for bonus points! I mark different distances on the floor for different amounts of points. For me, they don't lose points for missing but they get the bonus points if th

A fun project for practice or assessment of Ratios, Rates, Proportions. Students are planning a road trip, considering and calculating for: -locations -distances -map scale -gas mileage -rental car pricing -hotel pricing -food pricing -time spent traveling Included are step by step instructions, prices, map. Students will need a ruler. It is based on Lancaster, PA but can be adjusted for any continental US city.

Students work in groups to figure out the answer to the Monty Hall Problem (you know, from Let's Make A Deal.. 2 goats, 1 car... ) You will need cards for each group: 2 number cards for the goats, 1 face card for the car. Basic probability and converting (fraction, decimal, percent) as well as critical thinking and reflection. I highly recommend finding a good Let's Make A Deal or Monty Hall YouTube video to show as an introduction for the activity. BUT - don't reveal the answer ahead of time!!

Directions and rubric for a Tessellation project. I use this project during the week of state testing - a bit of geometry, a bit of art, and a lot of fun! Materials needed: -note cards (1 per student) -poster paper (1 per student) -scissors -coloring materials

Project task using inequalities - writing, solving, graphing, and interpreting. Editable in Word to change to local-to-you amusement parks. (Full disclosure: I only loosely based the rules and prices on the real info!)

Give some extra added interest to the Zoo Field Trip with a Photo Scavenger Hunt!

Help teach students the concept of adding and subtracting integers on a vertical number line with hot air balloons! Positive numbers are "air" - make the balloon go up Negative numbers are "sand" - make the balloon go down Addition - put the item(s) in the balloon Subtraction - take the item(s) out of the balloon Includes: -Directions -Problems to try together -Problems to try on their own (or in groups) -Patterns to look for and describe -Vertical number lines from -20 to 30 -Hot Air Balloon, A

Trashketball Review Game! A bundle of all of my Trashketball's for 7th Grade Math topics (including mixed reviews). Trashketball is like Jeopardy except, if a student/team gets a question correct they get to shoot a trash-ball in the trash-basket for bonus points! Here's the rules I use... ...for the questions: -Everything moves in a circle around the room (selecting, answering, and stealing questions). -One team picks a question and has a time limit to answer (I change the time limit depending

Google Slides project for students. For each integer (6 total integers) students must complete 2 tasks: 1) Create context (a story) for the integer. 2) Create a number line graph of the integer and its opposite. Most of my students like to create their number lines in an app that's more user-friendly for drawing (like Sketches School) then insert their drawing onto the slide as an image. But it is possible to complete this all using only Google Slides. It's also fun to see what kinds of stories

Trashketball Review Game! To be used as a Mid-Term Review of 7th Grade Math topics. Topics: Integers, Rational Numbers, Expressions & Equations, Inequalities, Ratios & Proportions Trashketball is like Jeopardy except, if a student/team gets a question correct they get to shoot a trash-ball in the trash-basket for bonus points! Here's the rules I use... ...for the questions: -Everything moves in a circle around the room (selecting, answering, and stealing questions). -One team picks a questio

A poster (or anchor chart, or handout, or desk card, etc.) about converting between fractions, decimals, and percents.

Classroom materials for a unit on Ratios, Rates, and Proportions.

Trashketball Review Game! Topic: Inequalities Trashketball is like Jeopardy except, if a student/team gets a question correct they get to shoot a trash-ball in the trash-basket for bonus points! Here's the rules I use... ...for the questions: -Everything moves in a circle around the room (selecting, answering, and stealing questions). -One team picks a question and has a time limit to answer (I change the time limit depending on the question, anywhere from 30 sec to 2 min). -If they get it right

CUBES Poster (Anchor Chart, Handout, Desk Card, etc.) CUBES is a mnemonic for breaking down word problems.

Google Slides project with real world application of Rates and Unit Rates. Included in the folder: -Regular version: 9 slides -Honors version: 11 slides -Example version: regular version with most slides filled in as an example Students find an interesting or funny World Record, write it as a rate, then calculate it as a unit rate. In the "honors" version they also write their own rates that could tie or break the record. At the end there are extra slides where students find some other records a

Trashketball Review Game! To be used as a review of 7th Grade Math topics. Topics: Geometry, Percents, Equations, Inequalities, and Miscellaneous Trashketball is like Jeopardy except, if a student/team gets a question correct they get to shoot a trash-ball in the trash-basket for bonus points! Here's the rules I use... ...for the questions: -Everything moves in a circle around the room (selecting, answering, and stealing questions). -One team picks a question and has a time limit to answer (I ch