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Integer Rules Why?

  During the month of February, we started reviewing for our State test.  As we learned new concepts and reviewed previous ones we looked at why the rules work and how did they work. This took time, it time that many may say was a waste or could have been used elsewhere.    For struggling students or students who aren't great at memorizing this is very helpful. I find that in math students are told this is the rule and you need to learn it.  The reason behind the rule isn't explained or shown.  I've been challenging my students to ask questions, seek to know how or why it works, and not just believe something is true because I said it was.   This had led to great discussions.  For example, why does minus a negative change to a plus sign.  You've probably heard two negatives make a positive but why does it work.  We spent a day looking at why the integer rules work.  If they know the reason behind it, it helps as they are working out a problem or building on this skill. 
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Gimkit Update

  My students have been asking to play a GimKit again.  I shared with them, that's it's hard to make math problems look right on many of the game based websites.    GimKit has added a new equation feature about 2 weeks ago which makes adding equations and other types of problems super easy.  If typing the math is the reason that you haven't been using GimKit, I recommend giving it a try again. 

Writing the Equation of a Line

This is a part of a set of task cards for writing the equation of a line.  This was made for Math 7 students and advanced Math 6 students.  The y-intercept is 0 for each of the tables.  Writing the Equation of a Line From a Table  

Favorite Slide Sites

  As teachers we are constantly creating presentations and to keep students engaged we have to mix up the layout and images often.  I found this to be time consuming but these 3 sites make it easy to quickly adapt a lesson and make it look nice.  

Custom Number Lines

  Finding the perfect number for your examples or worksheets can be hard a times but I've found this website that let's you custom make the number lines.  This is my favorite site because you can decide the size of the number and the increments that it counts in.  This is my favorite number line site: https://themathworksheetsite.com/numline.html

Student Checklist/ To Do List

  I've found that making check list and to do list for students daily was a challenge for me.  Typically, my coteacher would make the list but Google Sheets has made this easier.  This not only works great for students who have the accommodation but it also works well for students who need help staying on track, refocusing, or reminders to take brain breaks to help improve their focus.  The video below shows how you can quickly make these list and they can be shared digitally with students or printed.  The digital copy is nice for parents to be able to see what was completed each day in the classroom and what is left to complete.