8th grade math

Happy New Year everyone! I started back to school on Monday with an in-service day that was our 3rd session of Kagan Structures training. (Another day and another post will fill you in on the details. All I can say is it is so worthwhile.) Today was the first day back with the kids and guess what? We have a snow, no really a cold day tomorrow with wind chills of -32 degrees F. Oh the fun of living in Chicagoland. Brrrr. I don't know how my friends up north do it. Hope that all of you are...

I found another great game to practice adding and subtracting integers. The game really forces students to be flexible in how they think of number combinations. I know that is an area that my kiddo

This is the third year that my students have completed my Transformation Summative Assessment Project. See my previous posts Here, year one, and Here, year two, for examples, details and the rubric for this project. And yes, you read correctly,this is the last year I will be doing this project. It makes me sad 😓 because I have so much fun watching the students complete these. I am retiring at the end of the school year and I am happy that so many people have enjoyed and used this as an...

Exterior angle sum theorem examples - color with a purpose (image only)

The Pythagorean Theorem in real life! This was a cool moment on Homestead Rescue when Marty Raney showed a homesteader how to square up the corner of a building using the Pythagorean triple 3-4-5.

The Pythagorean Theorem in real life! This was a cool moment on Homestead Rescue when Marty Raney showed a homesteader how to square up the corner of a building using the Pythagorean triple 3-4-5.

Transformations Chart for my classroom.

Right now my 8th grade pre-algebra classes are working through our unit on transformations. Rotations have proved to be a diff...