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Write! Math
The Rhythm of Math
Music, song and poetry are rhythmic. Rhythms can be thought of as repeated patterns. Much of math involves rhythmic patterns too. In this activity, students work to create a song or poem about a math1
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Music, song and poetry are rhythmic. Rhythms can be thought of as repeated patterns. Much of math involves rhythmic patterns too. In this activity, students work to create a song or poem about a math topic, then present it to another pair or to the class.
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Evaluate It!
Do you want to know what students find easy, difficult, memorable, boring, effective, ineffective, fun, drudgery? Here’s how to find out. In this activity, students make a personal connection with th1
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Do you want to know what students find easy, difficult, memorable, boring, effective, ineffective, fun, drudgery? Here’s how to find out. In this activity, students make a personal connection with the content as they write about what they like and dislike.
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Industry and Environment
Human industry affects the environment. But how? For example, how does the paper industry affect the environment? The recycling industry? The oil industry? The computer industry? The fishing industry1
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Human industry affects the environment. But how? For example, how does the paper industry affect the environment? The recycling industry? The oil industry? The computer industry? The fishing industry? The construction industry? The farming industry? In this activity, students brainstorm how a given industry affects the environment and write about the two most significant impacts.
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The World Without Math
A good way to learn to appreciate something we have is to speculate about how life would be if we didn’t have it. What would the world be like without math? Without calculators? Without algebra? In t1
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A good way to learn to appreciate something we have is to speculate about how life would be if we didn’t have it. What would the world be like without math? Without calculators? Without algebra? In this activity, pairs work together to list how the world would be different, then students write their own papers and share them with teammates. This activity helps students see the relevance of various mathematical inventions and concepts, and gives them cognitive practice in cause and effect.
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The Sum of Its Parts
Acrostic poems use every letter of the topic word as the beginning letter for a sentence or phrase about the topic. In this activity, students create acrostic poems on a math topic and share their po1
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Acrostic poems use every letter of the topic word as the beginning letter for a sentence or phrase about the topic. In this activity, students create acrostic poems on a math topic and share their poems with the class.
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Real-Life Applications
“Why do I need to learn this? Will I ever use it in real life?” In this activity, teams create a word web of ideas illustrating the real-life applications of the math content. Students then write abo1
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“Why do I need to learn this? Will I ever use it in real life?” In this activity, teams create a word web of ideas illustrating the real-life applications of the math content. Students then write about three real-life applications and share their writing with teammates.
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Compare and Contrast
Comparing and contrasting is one of the most fundamental thinking skills. When students compare and contrast in math, they carefully examine the relation of two math topics. In this activity, student1
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Comparing and contrasting is one of the most fundamental thinking skills. When students compare and contrast in math, they carefully examine the relation of two math topics. In this activity, students analyze two math topics as they compare and contrast them with regard to specific characteristics. Students use this exercise as the basis for a compare and contrast paper.
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Habits of Mind
Help students analyze their own study habits and learn about the study habits of others as well. In this activity, students reflect on and write about their study habits, and share their habits with1
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Help students analyze their own study habits and learn about the study habits of others as well. In this activity, students reflect on and write about their study habits, and share their habits with classmates.
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It's Easy If
Students approach mathematics differently. Some students will create acronyms to remember the steps to solve the problem, some will use their fingers and toes to count, some will draw diagrams, and o1
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Students approach mathematics differently. Some students will create acronyms to remember the steps to solve the problem, some will use their fingers and toes to count, some will draw diagrams, and others will visualize the problem. In this activity, students write about their approach to solving the problem. Students share their techniques with teammates to give others insight into various learning strategies.
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How I Feel About It
Students have different feelings about different math topics. Some will love long division and hate graphing. Some will find addition easy and subtraction difficult. It is helpful to have students ex1
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Students have different feelings about different math topics. Some will love long division and hate graphing. Some will find addition easy and subtraction difficult. It is helpful to have students explore how they feel about the topic and why they feel as they do. In this activity, students share with partners how they feel about the topic, then write a brief reflection on the topic.