Ideas + Resources + More for the 5th - 8th Grade Math Classroom
Looking for a fun, FREE activity for your class for Twos Day, Tuesday, 2-22-22? It seems that everyone is planning to have some fun with 2’s this day! Most of the ideas I have seen shared have been centered around elementary age kids, so I decided to put together a couple of FREE fun games forRead more about Twos Day 2-22-22 FREE Games[…]
My blog has gotten a much needed and long overdue facelift! Some things you may want to check out on my new site: The FREEBIES Tab – I have started posting links to all of my free resources here. More will be added soon! Of course, you can still find tons of free ideas and resourcesRead more about New Look[…]
Like most math teachers I love Pi Day! I mean, who doesn’t love a day where you eat pie and celebrate math?! I have always done a bunch of fun pi related activities with my students on Pi Day (you can read all about them and grab a Pi Day word problem freebie in thisRead more about Pi Day: Original (& Free) Ideas for Celebrating in Algebra I[…]
One of the things I like best about teaching in a Catholic school is the ability to celebrate religious holidays like Christmas with my students so I am always looking for ways to incorporate the fun of the season into my daily classes. Here is a collection for some of my favorite Christmas activities thatRead more about Fun Christmas Ideas for the Middle School Math Classroom[…]
Multiplying and dividing integers are, in my opinion, the hardest operations to teach to students and it took me a few years before I found a good way to have these operations make sense to students. After I am confident that my students are comfortable adding and subtracting integers, I move on to the finalRead more about Hands-On Integer Operations (Part 3: Multiplication & Division)[…]
After a long break (due to craziness in my personal life and some technical difficulties with the blog)…I’m happy to be back blogging! I’m going to jump back into blogging with a post about Unit Analysis… I hate teaching customary system conversions the traditional way! No matter how many times you explain to students thatRead more about Unit Analysis in the Middle School Math Classroom[…]
