Broken Heart Activity

Students are going to spend the day putting my hearts back together. This is one of our Valentine activities that I have planned.



I created the image above in Google Documents. I placed an exponential growth graph in one half and the corresponding equation in the other half. 



I also created these where students will match the equation with the asymptote and y-intercept.


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Amazing Math Race

Try this activity with your students!  They will love it!

Teacher Directions:

• Print out the problems on the next page and cut them apart. You will need a copy of each problem for each group in the amazing race.
• Place all of the problems of one kind in one of the big orange mailing envelopes. For example, all of the copies of solve by graphing would be placed into one envelope. You will have five total envelopes.

Solve by Graphing

y = -x + 5

y = -5x - 3

• Type clues to lead to each problem. My example clues are located on page three. Make about 6 copies of your clue sheet and cut them apart. Line them up vertically on your desk. Give each group a different clue (you might have to repeat). I lined them up like they are on the sheet prior to cutting. Once they return a clue, give them the next one down the column on your desk. For example, if a group begins with the superintendent clue, they would receive the harry potter group next.
• Tape each orange envelope at a location that matches one of your five clues.
• I had students race with an individual whiteboard which has a graph on the back. If you don’t have these, they could use paper and graph paper.

Student Directions

• Get a clue from your teacher. Decipher your clue and go to that location. Once at the location, take one problem out of the envelope for your group.
• Everyone in your groups needs to solve the problem.
• Return to your classroom to show your teacher your solution.
• Repeat the previous three directions until your group finishes the amazing race.

Musical Bumps - A student creation

I gave students the task of creating a game for us to play to review before final exams. They created some great games. One is listed below:

Musical Bumps

Rules: Everybody is standing in a big ol’ circle. Walk around a circle of chairs.

When the music stops, stay standing and solve the math problem on the board. When you are done solving, sit down in one chair around the circle. NO CHANGING YOUR ANSWER ONCE YOU SIT. If you get the problem wrong or you are the last person to sit in the circle, you’re out. Last person standing in the game wins.

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Teacher Directions:

• Find a fun fact about your coworkers - I found that mine had met famous movie stars, been in a commercial, eaten an MRE with Alex Trebek. 
• Type all of these clues in a document, print and cut them apart. (I made three copies as students will receiving and bringing them back at different rates). I had enough different clues for all the groups in my room (students are sitting in groups of 3-4). 
• Type a problem for each clue. 
• Hang a problem by each teacher's door. 
• Give each student group a different clue. 

Student Directions:

• Pick up a whiteboard, marker and eraser. You could have them use paper if you don't have these. 
• Get one clue from your teacher. 
• Decipher the clue and go to that teacher's door. Solve the problem, return to class and show the solution to your teacher. 
• Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have solved all problems. 

Note, if students return with the wrong problem solved, I will give them credit for the problem when they reach it again but they will have to find the correct teacher to receive their next clue. 

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Math Musical Chairs

Musical Chairs - Math Style

How does this work? I played Spooky Skeletons and Monster Mash for Halloween; however, you can play any music you want. 

Teacher directions: 

• Split students into two groups - I had one group report to right side of room and one to the left side of the room when they were out. 
• Round one take 1 chair away from the center of the room, play music and have student who doesn't have a chair go to their side. At the end of the round, place a math problem on the board for students to solve. If students in the game solved this incorrectly, they were out. 
• Round two - take  away two chairs, play music and have students who are out move to the appropriate side of the room. 
• Repeat until only one student remains. 

Once you have students on both sides of the room out, have them race to see who can complete the math problem on the board the quickest. They may talk to each other but students in the game could not. If the students on the right side of the room solved it correctly first, they chose someone from the left side (from the center-still in the game) to be out.

I have 31 students in all of my classes so I had 3 students going out every round otherwise we may not have finished a game. 

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Pumpkin Patch

Get into the Halloween Spirit... With the "Pumpkin Patch" Activity. 

I found the following pumpkin by doing a google search for reusable pumpkin images. 

Next, I wrote problems from our current unit on the pumpkins. I made 31 pumpkins with different math problems on each because that is my largest class.  

Then, I cut them out, hole punched them, and tied a string through the hole long enough to fit over the head of a student in class and hang as a necklace. 

On Monday, students will choose one to wear and put on like a necklace. They will solve their problem first. (The answer to their problem is on the back of the pumpkin so they can check it! Next, they will partner with another student in the room and solve each other's problems. They will check each other's work. Then partner up with someone new and repeat the process.

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Functions - my Introduction

I launched with this video - which I absolutely love. It was created by a group of Algebra 1 teachers. 

Once we watched the video, we created a graphic organizer that you see below:

We took problems looked at function in various forms (mapping diagram, table and set of ordered pairs). On the inside of the flap, we identified domain and range. 

Finally, we played a Kahoot to check for understanding which they loved. If you've never played Kahoot, check it out here! 

www.getkahoot.com