Friday we wrapped up our unit on Similar Figures by working on Indirect Measurement. First thing we did was fill out our mini book Flippable with an example of Indirect Measurement of a Truffala tree (from the Lorax) and Max (from Where the Wild Things Are). We discussed how
This week we extended our unit on Proportionality to cover Similar Figures. On Tuesday/Wednesday we made a 3 page Mini Book covering all the various parts of Similar Figures. We also learned that NEW word that I’ve been teasing about…. SCALE FACTOR! The outside of our book contained our title
This past week we have been working hard and heavy on understanding ratios to build a strong basis for proportions. We ended the week with an intro to proportions and starting solving them from word problems. My students continue to amaze me with what they are capable of that I
I think I am still totally in love with Flippables and Interactive Notebooks after 8 weeks of using them in the classroom! Today for 7th Grade Math, we continued into our unit on Proportions. Each student was able to relate a word problem into setting up a proportion WKU style!
One of my favorite things as a teacher is being able to take part in a giveaway for other teachers! I joined up with The Wise Owl to be a part of her 100 Follower Giveaway that ends this weekend. For her giveaway, I have donated my Place Value Task
How many of us remember reviewing Order of Operations umpteen million times in school? It’s the same thing over and over again right? This year I knew I wanted to just create a resource for my students for their Interactive Notebooks so they could have it for reference. I didn’t
This week one of the learning objectives for my seventh graders is to perform operations using positive and negative integers. To introduce the concept with my class, I used a very simple Integer Operations Work Mat that includes a positive and negative number line. Sea of Zeroes Learning Activity I knew
If you are searching for a fun way to teach, decimals, and percents, this foldable is a must for your classroom! Last week in my class, my regular students worked on creating a flippable for the different types of rational number conversions (Fractions, Decimals, and Percents). I knew that I was
