Middle School Math Tools

This review game covers graphing, solving, and word problems with inequalities. For example, - solve: 3x + 8 > 20 - graph -10 < x I usually play this review game as a game of what I call grudge ball. Grudge ball works as follows: 1. Break your students up into groups of 3-4. 2. Each team starts with a predetermined number of points (say 10). 3. Each group works on whatever problem is up on the board. 4. Any groups that get the correct answer get to take a point away from another group. Im

Scavenger Hunts are a great way to break up the daily worksheet by getting students to walk around the room and self check their answers. This one focuses on solving systems of equations by eliminations including problems that can be solved without distribution, single distribution, and double distribution.

This review game will help students review getting slope from points, getting slope from a graph, and getting slope from an equation. I usually play this review game as a game of what I call grudge ball. Grudge ball works as follows: 1. Break your students up into groups of 3-4. 2. Each team starts with a predetermined number of points (say 10). 3. Each group works on whatever problem is up on the board. 4. Any groups that get the correct answer get to take a point away from another group. Impo

Scavenger Hunts are a great way to break up the monotony of worksheets. It gets your students up and walking, working in groups, and it introduces some novelty into their days. In this activity students will practice finding slope both from coordinates and from a graph.

This worksheet will have the students finding the x and y coordinates by using substitution. They will then graph the points on the graph.

Students will find the y-intercept and slope from a graph in order to write an equation.