My Favorite Friday #10

Welcome to another awesome week of #MyFavFriday, featuring posts from around the blogosphere!

Don't forget to submit YOUR #MyFavFriday post HERE

Now on to Week 10's posts...
(Holy Moly - Can you believe we've done this for *10* weeks!!!!)

@Borschtwithanna - Hackpad for organization & discussion groups

@_CindyWallace_ - Algebra v the Cockroaches

@misscalcul8 - Kuta Software Presentation View

@tbanks06 - Favorite Place To B on Friday's at 7:30

@4mulafun Jennifer Smith-Sloane - My Fav Teacher Bag and Fav Shoes

Courtney Steketee - #myFavFriday- Sticks

Beth - Our team process

Ms Z Teaches in Mathland - My Favorite Way To Change It Up

Made4Math - Dollar Tree Find

I'm cheap. Actually, I take that back... I'm frugal :) And as a frugal person, one of my favorite stores is Dollar Tree! As I wander the aisles of Dollar Tree, I am constantly thinking of "How could I use this in my classroom?"

So this weekend, hubs and I were out shopping and I find a plastic basket on the floor of my local Dollar Tree and I immediately think... "HEY!!! I NEED THAT!!!" :)

Let's backtrack a bit...

This year I have been using Interactive Notebooks in my classes. I *big puffy heart love* them! My students love them. The parents love them. What I don't love though, is the paper. LOTS of paper. And students that don't know how to use glue/tape appropriately to adhere said paper.

Cue the music for the entrance of the "spare handouts" basket.

I am tired of kids asking me "Miss, do you have an extra _____?"

My answer (starting tomorrow)... "No clue! Go check the Extra Handouts Basket!"

Big Puffy Hearts to Dollar Tree!!! :) :)

#Made4Math Monday - Week 13

Don't forget to submit your #Made4Math project HERE

And now for this week's submissions..

@simonjob - Times Tables Grid Wall Poster

Goober Speaks - Sudoku Review for Functions

@4mulafun Jennifer Smith-Sloane - Ready 4 Fall with a Halloween Printable

Bree (@btwnthenumbers) - Gym Bag & Patterns Unit Assessment

Meg - Graphing Transformation Matching Game

@misscalcul8 - Idea Box

The Math Idea Drop - ZAP PowerPoint

@tbanks1906 - Notebook - Pair-Up Matrices

@Fouss - Three Ring

@druinok - Dollar Tree Find

Radical Rational - More Kagan, Triangle Centers Foldable

@reminoodle - Bazinga Board

@Alwildadaughter - PEMDAS Mobile

Julie Reulbach, @jreulbach - Dry Erase Table Frames

School of Fisher - Exit Activity (Printing on Stickie Notes)

@_CindyWallace_ - Math imPossible

My Favorite Friday #9

Welcome to another awesome week of #MyFavFriday, featuring posts from around the blogosphere!

Don't forget to submit YOUR #MyFavFriday post HERE

Now on to Week 9's posts...

@reminoodle - Hilarious Moments of the Week

@druinok - My (current) Favorite App

Beth - Super Tool - random group generator

@tbanks1906 - Matrices Pass Around

@misscalcul8 - Math Poker

Kristin - Properties Quiz Quiz Trade “Game” + More

@gwaddellnvhs - #MyFavFriday: Dropbox

@4mulafun Jennifer Smith-Sloane - Instagram Learning

Julie Reulbach, @jreulbach - Negative Numbers - What's Your Sign?

My (current) Favorite App

Over the summer, I got an iPad. I actually got a great deal on it (Thanks, craigslist!) but up until now, I've not used it for much. I have a few apps on there, a few games and a few that are work related.

I guess I should back up a few years.... last time I taught Algebra 2, I decided to start making Jing screencasts for my students to help them review for tests. This really went over very well with my students, so I kept it up all year and the kids really loved it. Last year, I had plans to create similar screencasts for AP Stat, but I had moved to a new building and the technology did not play well at all. So I worked with a Bamboo tablet and a microphone at home to create Jing screencasts, but the Bamboo tablet wasn't the easiest thing in the world to write on. Then, as I got more and more interested in flipping the classroom, I decided I wanted an iPad, which led to a LOT of craigslist surfing :)

So, finally I found a great deal and off I went. Except that I haven't used it. (Other than sudoku *hehe*). So this week in AP, I decided I was going to try a screencast on the iPad to see how it worked. I had downloaded a few of the apps and my favorite, by far....

Educreations is a FREE app that lets you record multi-page screencasts, insert images, etc. It also has a web application where you can create screencasts via your computer. Other than some pre-planning on my part, it was so easy and within about 30 minutes, I had 3 screencasts created. Click HERE to see one of the screencasts I made this week.

Yup... It's a keeper! :)

What are other MUST-HAVE apps???

#Made4Math Monday - Week 12

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@aanthonya - How far is Sacramento from Austin?

@druinok - Foldables and Stations

Kristin - Scientific Notation Jigsaw Tarsia Puzzle

@4mulafun Jennifer Smith-Sloane - Creation Overload

Beth - Equations Up and About

The Math Idea Drop - Absolute Value Card Sort

Julie Reulbach, @jreulbach - Foldables - Place Value, Exponents, and Scientific Notation

@misscalcul8 - Domain and Range Lesson

@_CindyWallace_ - Bulletin Board Idea for HS Seniors' Class

Made4Math - Foldables and Stations

Wowzers! Can you believe that we've been doing this for 12 weeks? Sometimes I wonder if I'll make it through the year, but honestly, the idea of #Made4Math helps to keep me going. It forces me to blog every week AND it forces me to try to be creative in some way every week.

Project #1 - Stations Activity
Last year, Julie had posted about using acrylic frames for her stations activities. Since I like to do stations, I was intrigued. In the past, my students had really struggled with stations because no matter what, someone couldn't see the problem well enough to work it. With Julie's idea, everyone can see the problem, which I love! I finally got the chance to use my frames this week.

I printed off 2 sets of 4 problems, one set in orange, one in pink. The right side of my room got one color, the left side got the other color. Each group started with a problem and after about 10 minutes, we rotated within their color groups. It worked out well, students could see the problem, and the frames gave it an air of "official-ness" :)

Project #2 - Writing Equations Foldable
I have to say I am VERY proud of this one. We were working on writing equations of a line and I decided to do a foldable. Since I'm slightly OCD, I wanted everything to line up well and I finally got it to work. It was so much fun to see students using their foldable all week :)

If you want the file, click HERE

Have a happy Monday!! :)