As the summer winds down, I long for the beginning of spring again….
Here are my favourite bookmarks from April.
Mr. Knowles shared some good sequence activities.
I loved reviving this surprise message from @MrMBayley. Thank you for showcasing my task and the kind words @mathsjem @Mathematical_A . I hope other teachers find it useful. I will post the link to it in the tweet below. pic.twitter.com/ZMtZuhhyBv
— Mr Knowles (@SK18Maths) April 1, 2021
Christian Lawson-Perfect made a WODB tool creator. I can see myself using it in both math and science.
I've made a tool for making "Which One Doesn't Belong?" pictures.
You can put text or pictures in each square, and change the colours of the background and text. https://t.co/eLMdhDbbOV#WODB pic.twitter.com/kbLD9A1GGT
— Christian Lawson-Perfect (@christianp) April 2, 2021
And these WODB questions are a fun idea for the new Ontario Mathematics Curriculum coding requirements.
New @TVO Coding in the Classroom Resource: Primary #Math & #Coding-Which One Doesn't Belong? By @NGMBowen of @HWCDSB Encourage students to read & interpret code! Connects to new #Onted Grades 1-8 Math Curriculum. Slides, solutions, educator guide. #WODB https://t.co/mJXOdGZ7NT pic.twitter.com/24Y2OZ93PA
— Lisa Anne Floyd (@lisaannefloyd) April 28, 2021
I created another #WODB coding activity on @scratch. Suitable for J/I and based on inequalities. Helps Ss focus on reading code and justifying and communicating their answers. Hoping to elicit rich math discussions! Feedback welcome! @HWCDSB pic.twitter.com/F2xJmsPsyQ
— Gabriela Bowen (@NGMBowen) April 21, 2021
I like this Would You Rather idea for conversions (but in my world it would be metric conversions!).
I used to think teaching unit conversions was boring…until I turned the questions into "Would you rather?" questions.
Ex: Would you rather drive 100 ft/sec or 40 mph?
— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) April 24, 2021
Puzzle a Day shared a difficult track puzzle.
Puzzle: Train Tracks#Puzzle #Puzzles #PuzzleADay #PuzzleForToday pic.twitter.com/t26eLKrooO
— Puzzle a Day (@PuzzleADayBlog) April 9, 2021
Matt Miller shared his page of virtual field trips.
https://twitter.com/jmattmiller/status/1374734157843202048
Tim Brzezinski has more GeoGebra offerings – this time for proportional relationships.
Proportional relationships: Exploration & quick assessment. https://t.co/GJ8P9eZA4y & https://t.co/ke48eqdjuu & https://t.co/rRsRuBVv74 @geogebra #MTBoS #ITeachMath #ElemMathChat #MSMathChat pic.twitter.com/Bxn2i48FB4
— Tim Brzezinski (@TimBrzezinski) April 8, 2021
And while thinking about proportional relationships, Jeff Holcomb shared one of his Desmos creations for ratios.
Check out this @Desmos activity: 6-2.16(A) Ratio Problems Practice!
My S's needed some more work to consolidate. This is beta– using it tomorrow in class. What's else are people doing on Sunday?https://t.co/uFl2MJHYts— Jeff Holcomb (@sinpiover2) April 19, 2021
Erkal created a digital version of Martin Gardner’s Red-Faced Cube. If you get too frustrated, you can find the answer on this page.
https://twitter.com/AzizErkalSelman/status/1380925092822183937
Allison Krasnow was excited about finding a Meet the Mathematician website where you can watch video interviews of mathematicians from different backgrounds.
Meet A Mathematician.
Wow wow wow.
I am loving everything about this web site and hoping it can be spread and used in classrooms far and wide.#mtbos #iteachmath https://t.co/9VpXDrmERp— Allison Krasnow (@allison_krasnow) April 14, 2021
Victor Minkov asked about resources for metric conversions, especially with square and cube units. Read the thread to get some good ideas for using 2D shapes and 3D figures to help with this concept.
Students consistently make errors with metric conversions:
3m^2 = ? cm^2
ans 300 but it's 300003cm^3 = ? mm^3
ans 0.3 but it's 0.003Especially within a word problem with mixed units calculating volume
Any practice resources? @danicquinn @VMN_alex @MrDraperMaths @giftedHKO
— Victor Minkov (@VVMinkov) April 15, 2021
Transum tweeted about the Groups of Four puzzle.
This could just be a little bit of fun or it could be a diversion that highlights misunderstanding if discussion is included.https://t.co/yNE4AM20ew
Credit due to the Only Connect TV programme for the format.
#mathschat #mathchat #lessonstarter #Puzzle pic.twitter.com/H3T0Oe1My6
— Transum (@Transum) April 17, 2021
Click below to read about Nat Banting’s Bucket of Zero integer model.
https://twitter.com/NatBanting/status/1383425435338346498
And finally, Will M Dunn tweeted about the Pirates and the Diamond problem and Traci Jackson tweeted about the Tax Man problem, both of which can be found on @pgliljedahl’s website (just a few of the many great resources that can be found there).
My favorite task: Pirates and the Diamond.
Almost all of these people are teachers. Almost none of them teach in math classrooms. That stopped zero of them from digging and deep and living their learning. #thinkingclassroom pic.twitter.com/lTsTGnSBgF
— Will M Dunn (@Willmdunn) April 25, 2021
Playing Tax Collector on my April #mathwalk today from @pgliljedahl selection of Good Problems. I included a Jamboard https://t.co/3l8btx7gVO if you want to play. Never had so much fun with taxes. #sandiegomath #sidewalkmath #MTBoS #iteachmath #ThinkingClassroom pic.twitter.com/CY705u6bw9
— Traci Jackson (@traciteacher) April 27, 2021
