Click here to access FREE Connect 4 Worksheets – perfect for stations! One of my FAVE ways to break up an otherwise monotonous lesson is with math stations. I’ve used math stations in Algebra 2 as both instruction and practice, but one of the problems I had was finding enough activities for each station. Here …
When I was in my second year teaching I had a student teacher for one class of the day. We needed a project to help our students understand and practice making two-way frequency tables of categorical (qualitative) data. He had an idea that included students gathering data and (the best part) using it to make …
If you know me you know that I love to empower students and I never underestimate their ability to solve a math problem. I applied this mentality to create a unit for graphing quadratic functions that was entirely student-led and developed students’ conceptual understanding in a big way. It also relied on student collaboration and …
Radical functions are usually taught in the second semester of Algebra 2, and I find that students struggle with understanding the different operations and properties of radicals. My differentiated radical functions task cards make it easy to provide extra practice that meets students at their level! Students gain knowledge and confidence as they work through …
Want access to my FREE resource library? Click here to join! I taught trigonometric functions for the first time in my 5th year of teaching. I incorporated some of the classic activities, such as the spaghetti lesson, and it got me so excited about how trigonometric functions can be applied to real world situations. As …
Want access to my FREE resource library? Click here to join! Every year in my classroom I found a need to provide differentiated practice in my math class. It varied from year to year, but I had students at varying levels of comprehension and confidence no matter what, and those kids needed different types of …
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Want access to my FREE resource library? Click here to join! So often teaching graphing transformations of functions boils down to simply recalling facts without understanding the concepts . Maybe we started out trying to explain the conceptual understanding behind the rules, but as the test looms closer and we’re desperate for students to understand …
Each August I go back to my teaching job with equal parts excitement, anxiety, and motivation. It’s a fresh start, a chance to try something new with a new set of learners, which is rare in other job fields. A new school year calls for doing a few important tasks, but shouldn’t be totally overwhelming. …
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