Mathsational

I already wrote about using UNO in math class.  The first post includes some information about adapting the card game uno into a game for practicing math content.  In my first post I included downloads for a version on conic sections and a version for angle pairs.  Whereas the traditional UNO game focuses on playing a card with the same number or color, these games focus on two other characteristics.  For example, the conic sections game focuses on matching either the type of conic (circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola) or the center of the conic.  The angle pairs game  focuses on matching the type of angle pair (corresponding, alternate interior, alternate exterior, same side interior, same side exterior, linear pair, or vertical angles) or their relationship (congruent or supplementary). Here  is the link to the original post.  Of course, you could also play the original version of the game with kindergarten students who are learning ...

I've been trying to be creative about turning card games and board games into alternatives to worksheets for building fluency.  I saw some elementary level numeracy games using uno.  So I decided to create a secondary uno game, well two actually.  I made one game on identifying the type of conic section from an equation and a second game for identifying the types of angles formed by two parallel lines and a transversal.  Uno could also be used to practice other skills related to identifying situations in math.  Maybe another option would be for identifying whether a set of lines where parallel, perpendicular, or neither. Here is how I modified the game to for conic sections: And here is my angle pair game: This activity is pretty time consuming.  I did not have kids play by the official rules of reaching 500 points, rather I just gave them a time limit and the person with the lowest score at the end of the time frame was declared to be the wi...

This year I've taken on the #teach180 challenge.  The challenge is to post one tweet per day showing a glimpse inside your classroom.  I'm also putting the tweets together in a biweekly blog so that I can share the resources that I'm tweeting about. Day 111:  Today was another one of our weekly quizzes. Testing today #teach180 . Just saw one kid do a fist pump, so it must be going well :) pic.twitter.com/IKFbB6q1pt — Jennifer Abel (@abel_jennifer) February 23, 2017 Day 112:  Today my geometry students finished up their transformations project using  +OZOBOT s.  The kids cheered as the bots successfully completed their courses :) Wrapping up our #geometrychat @OZOBOT transformations project today #teach180 . Thanks to MTEF @ManheimTownship pic.twitter.com/FqHEjt4yH5 — Jennifer Abel (@abel_jennifer) February 24, 2017 Day 113:  Today my algebra 2 classes used ExploreLearning's Gizmo to practice graphing and writing equations of circl...