Math Rocks Eh

March 7, 2022. Friday was a PA day, so we had no classes. For today's warm-up, we started with a Would You Rather math problem. This problem had students comparing money. I was impressed with the number of groups that set up tables to organize their information. This problem resulted in great discussion about linear vs non-linear relations. Next, we moved on to our lesson on Egyptian ... Read More about Egyptian Fractions And Unit Fractions – MTH1W Day 19

March 3, 2022 Today's lessons consisted of warm-ups and consolidation. We started with reviewing simplifying expressions using a chart to organize our terms. Students are really getting the hang of combining like terms and writing their final polynomial solution. Next, we looked at one BEDMAS /BODMAS/PIMDAS/PEMDAS (whatever you call it in your neck of the woods) question. We talked ... Read More about More Division Of Fractions Using An Area Model – MTH1W Day 18

March 2, 2022 We started today's lesson with a polynomial Which One Doesn't Belong (WODB). Students had to think about a way to explain why each of the four quadrants didn't belong. This was a great way to refresh the terminology that we have been using in class. Next, we looked at a multiplying fractions example. We moved away from the area model method and jumped to the algorithm. ... Read More about Division Using An Area Model – MTH1W Day 17

March 1, 2022. Today's class was focused on getting warmed-up for our quiz # 2. We started class off with a warm-up consisting of determining if the relation is linear or non-linear from a table of values. We looked at the following four examples together. Below are some examples of student thinking. I like to see the variety of explanations here. Some students graphed the ... Read More about Linear Or Non-Linear From A Table Of Values – MTH1W Day 16

February 28, 2022. Today's warm-up was a number talk. Students were shown a food order flashed on the front board for approx. 3-5 seconds. Students were then asked to tell me how many of each item they saw on the board. We talked about the importance of organizing our food items into categories. Next, we defined "like terms" and looked at some examples and non-examples. After we ... Read More about Combining Like Terms Using Algebra Tiles – MTH1W Day 15