#Made4Math - Fractions & Baking Video Prompt

Ok, so I know it's not Monday, but.....

Here is a short video to start a discussion/review on fraction operations and equivalent fractions.  After the video is shown, the students will be given a few minutes to come up with their answers then share with the class.

I'm really curious to see this play out in a lesson.  I have one solution to the problem but am anxious to see if someone comes up with a different answer.

Another fun idea would be to have the students do video responses/solutions!!!


(The link to this video on youtube is here.)

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Mathemes

Here are some math memes I generated using a meme generator:

#made4math Monday Week 10 - My First Attempts at Foldables

So this past Friday, I did my first foldable with students.

In my Algebra 1 B class, which is basically the first "semester" of Algebra 1 that covers writing and solving equations, slope and graphing linear equations, etc., we had a lesson on writing equations from words.  Before we got into the examples, we did the foldable reviewing the key words that indicate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  So, I decided Thursday after school to do a foldable on it based on Sarah's blog post (see the portion about translating algebraic expressions).

To fill in the outside with words that describe the math operations, I asked students to call out words that they remember.  They came up with some that we didn't!  Some examples:

Half (times 1/2 or divided by 2)
Greater than (adding)
Take away (subtracting)
Of (mulitply...full disclosure, I added that one)

Tomorrow, I plan on doing 'to the square inch's system of equations foldable with my Algebra 1 C class (2nd "semester" that covers systems of equations, exponent rules, etc.).  I bought colored printer paper for the occasion because the colored paper selection in the office is somewhat limited and I liked the bright colors shown on the blog post.  I will update with the results from tomorrow.

Update: The students really seemed to enjoy this activity.  They even referred to the foldable when we did example problems.  I even talked with some of the students about color with a purpose.  One student said, "I should start color coding from now on instead of randomly using highlighters!"

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Also, in an attempt at procrastinating from grading review work for tomorrow, I decided to make a few posters based on word press' mathsmith's post.

And, finally, this past weekend, I did a screenshot from homestarrunner.com's teen girl squad when I noticed this:

This is now my twitter profile picture.

#made4math Monday Week 9 - Classes' Facebook Page

My classes' facebook page is up and running.  I have 5 likes so far...2 of which are parents of my students.  I think that's great because then they can remind their kids of what's going on based on the facebook page, also.

Here are screenshots from it (not much going on as you can see):

I used wordle to create my cover photo (using this blog).

Well, gots to go...off to grade diagnostic tests. :-\

#hssunfun Organization - What works & What I need to work on

For me, the key to organization is folders, folders, folders...and I don't mean the type that were on sale last week...I mean computer folders.

I have accumulated lessons/examples for the past few years...I even used this today to pull questions for a review quiz:

What I need to work on is keeping organized throughout the day, particularly when I have several classes in a row...this is what my desk usually looks like at the end of the day:

In fact, it looked very similar to this yesterday at the end of the day.  I had to take a few minutes to reorganize and clean it off before I left for the weekend.

High School Math Common Core Standards Wordles

Thank you, Sarah, for the idea to create common core standard wordles!  I got a little copy/paste happy and did one for all the traditional high school math classes:

Algebra 1

Geometry

Algebra 2

4th Year Course

New Widget - Common Core Standards

A friend posted a pin on pinterest for a common core standards widget/app.  You can either download this as an app for your Android or iPhone, OR you can add the widget to your blog!  Since my husband uses the iPod touch more than I do, I chose to add the common core standards as a widget to my blog.

You can see the widget to the right of my blog page (it says "common core app") and click on it and go to any set of standards for math or english.  This is going to be SO helpful for this upcoming year since we are adopting the common core standards and going through curriculum review.

BTW, I'm SO excited for next week's #Made4Math Monday...I've already been working on some stuff for it!