Math Corner

This is real data about the size of zoos across the globe. I used this as a warm up at the beginning of class to generate a discussion among students about the most appropriate graph to represent the data.

I love using gallery walks as a way to get students out of their seats and moving! All you have to do is hang the stations along the wall in your classroom. In a gallery walk, students walk to each of the 10 stations and write down notes as they go. In this gallery walk, students will make inferences about the connections between numbers written in scientific notation and standard form. They will first make observations on their own and then have a discussion with classmates. This can be used a

This lesson should be used for students that are being introduced to area models to represent problems of compound probability.

Students are posed with the question of noticing patterns when two negative numbers are added together. This leads to discussion, discovery and deeper learning that will stay with students after they leave your classroom for the day. Included you will find a lesson plan, google slides to guide the lesson and student materials (including a differentiated version for students that need a starting point). This lesson is accessible for all students and lends itself to extension for students that nee