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Segment Addition Postulate Exploration! Geometry practice for grades 8-12. Promote student analytical thinking through an inductive approach to the segment addition postulate! Segment Addition Postulate Exploration is a great introduction to the segment addition postulate and can help in scaffolding this concept for students who need concrete, hands-on examples. Each student will take one piece of uncooked spaghetti and will follow the instructions on the activity sheet with a ruler and penc

The Matrix Operations Cube Activity allows you to differentiate and add versatility to helping students practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying matrices with easy, medium, and challenge cubes. In this activity students will add, subtract, and multiply matrices by first determining if they are appropriate dimensions and then completing the operation. Students will roll the cube they have twice, record the matrices on the activity sheet, and then roll the operations cube to see which type o

Geometric Mean in Right Triangles is for grades 8-12 Many students struggle with finding the geometric mean in a right triangle. They struggle with seeing the relationships between the similar right triangles formed by the altitude and the largest right triangle. These manipulatives allow students to not only see how the right triangles are really similar triangles, but they also help students to solve using the Geometric Mean. Included are: *Printable double-sided manipulatives (so students

Factoring Tic-Tac-Toe is an activity for grades 8-12. Students practice factoring quadratic and cubic functions with eight different techniques by playing tic-tac-toe. Students factor given expressions and find the solution in the tic-tac-toe grid. Each student places an x or an o in the corresponding solution. The first student to get three in a row wins! Included are: Eight different tic-tac-toe activities covering the following factoring techniques: * Difference of Squares * Greatest Common

Everything Angles Bingo is an activity for grades 5-12. Students practice identifying different angles and angle pair relationships in parallel lines intersected by a transversal line by playing bingo. This activity is excellent for reinforcing the vocabulary through auditory, visual, and game based learning. After the game, the bingo board can be used as a graphic organizer! How the game works: The teacher pulls a strip with the name of the type of angle or angle pair written on it and the

Triangle Inequality Theorem Investigation! Geometry practice for grades 8-12. Promote student analytical thinking through an inductive approach to the triangle inequality theorem! Triangle Inequality Theorem Investigation is a great introduction to the triangle inequality theorem and can help in scaffolding this concept for students who need concrete, hands-on examples. Each student will take three pieces of uncooked spaghetti and will follow the instructions on the activity sheet with a rul

Differentiate and add versatility to helping students practice using the area of a sector and arc length formulas. Students will draw three slips; one radius slip, one arc measure slip, and one Find the... slip. Students will use the slip to find either the area, circumference, area of a sector, or arc length depending on what the slips direct them to do. Students will then return the slips to the cups and draw again. This activity includes: Teacher instructions, student worksheet, radius,

Differentiate and add versatility to helping students practice using function operations with easy, medium, and challenge levels. Students will draw an f(x), g(x), and function operation slip. Students will complete the operation based on the slips they drew. They will then return the slips to the cups and draw again. There are several ways you can use this activity: 1) General practice where students can work in groups, pairs, or individually. a. You can separate students into ability group

Exponent Rules: My Favorite No! Expanded Edition Promote class discussion and student's analytical thinking while practicing exponent rules! Exponent Rules: My Favorite No! Expanded Edition is a discussion activity that can be used as a warm-up, or as an exit ticket/closure activity. Each student will complete a problem on a printable card based on exponent rules and turn in their card. The teacher will choose their favorite incorrect answer (keeping the selected student a secret) by copying t

Exponent Rules: My Favorite No! This activity is a sample of the Exponent Rules: My Favorite No! Expanded Edition Promote class discussion and student's analytical thinking while practicing exponent rules! Exponent Rules: My Favorite No! is an activity that can be used as a warm-up, or as an exit ticket/closure activity. Each student will complete a problem on a printable card based on exponent rules and turn in their card. The teacher will choose their favorite incorrect answer (keeping the

Factoring Polynomials Using Synthetic Division Guided Notes These guided notes show students how to use synthetic division and possible rational zeros to find the complete factorization of a polynomial. There are seven pages of notes, three where the teacher shows some examples, and four with additional examples for students to try. These guided notes would be an excellent addition to any notes on synthetic division, factoring polynomials, or possible rational zeros. Included are: Teacher In

Circles: My Favorite No! Geometry practice for grades 8-12. Promote class discussion and student's analytical thinking while practicing concepts related to circles! Circles: My Favorite No! is an activity that can be used as a warm-up, or as an exit ticket/closure activity for eleven different concepts. Problems based on concepts about: Area Circumference Arc Addition Postulate Central Angles Inscribed Angles Area of a Sector Arc Length Diameter-Chord Theorem Intersecting Chords in a Circle

This logic statements activity is for students in grades 8-12. Students practice applying various types of logic statements including conditional, converse, inverse, contrapositive, biconditional, and laws of detachment and syllogism in the context of a story. Conditional statements are written in bold and students are prompted to fill in blank spaces using the indicated logic statement. In addition students can write their own logic stories by inserting conditional, converse, inverse, cont

Group Test/Quiz Corrections for grade levels 4-12, homeschooling, and higher education. This activity is included in the Formal Assessment Bundle Help students to learn from mistakes on quizzes and tests by working in small groups to make corrections. The purpose of group corrections is for students to discuss problems that most or all of the group members missed, to help members of the group understand the solution, and to present to the class how to correctly complete a selected problem. Te

You can try the free version to see how you like the activity before you buy! Differentiate and add versatility to helping students practice multiplying binomials with the FOIL technique with easy, medium, and challenge levels. Students will draw two binomial slips from the difficulty level they are using and then FOIL the binomials on the strips. Students will then return the slips to the cups and draw again. There are several ways you can use this activity: 1) General practice where studen

The Test Correction Form for grades 3-12, adult education, and homeschool can also be found in the Formal Assessment Bundle. If you are looking for a way to get students to learn from their mistakes, take ownership of their learning, analyze and critique their own work, and require them to learn material even if the test is over, then this test correction form is one way to do it. Use this form to help students analyze and re-try incorrect answers from graded tests. You can make this a requir

Not Just Another Word Wall: Geometry Vocabulary Activity is for grades 8-12, and homeschooling. You could use this as a basic start to a word wall, or… Use this activity to expose students to Geometry vocabulary before instruction begins and to help students recall prior knowledge. The Family Tree activity requires students to make observations based on the pictures and definitions of vocabulary terms to create groupings. Students work together in small groups or pairs to create the family tre

Differentiate and add versatility to helping students practice combining like terms with easy, medium, and challenge levels. Students will draw three term slips from the difficulty level they are using and then combine like terms on the strips. Students will then return the slips to the cups and draw again. There are several ways you can use this activity: 1) General practice where students can work in groups, pairs, or individually. a. You can separate students into ability groups for tiere

Test Reflection Form for grade levels 4-12, homeschooling, and higher education. This activity is included in the Formal Assessment Bundle Help students to analyze their performance on tests, quizzes, and exams through reflection. This reflection is to be completed when a test, quiz, or exam is returned to a student. The reflection requires the student to do an initial analysis of their performance on a test. It asks students to determine if they had any surprises and if they notice any common

Math Process Journal is for math students in grades 5-12. Help students develop a stronger conceptual understanding of mathematics based off of application problems while simultaneously developing their mathematical communication skills. Students will choose one question from an assignment. Copy the question at the top of the page, and then answer the question as usual with all work shown. The students will also explain each step they make when finding the solution, how to set up the problem