I began past times creating half dozen unlike posters that each focused on a specific concept. I started pretty basic, amongst the surface area of a parallelogram. The other 5 focused on the surface area of a triangle, surface area of a trapezoid, surface area of a circle, circumference, together with i challenge problem! Each pupil started past times getting 6 unlike colored Post-it notes. On each of the posters, I position i of these unlike colored Post-its inwards the corner, together with hence students knew which color to create their run on for that problem. After assigning them a poster to outset at (3-5 students per poster), they went around the room solving each work on their Post-it notes. Here are a few shots of them inwards action!
Once students got to their starting point, I gave nearly ii or iii minutes for them to solve that work on their Post-it note. After the fourth dimension was up, I had them rotate to their side past times side poster. I debated having them but become around at their ain pace, but this arrangement of sticking together amongst their grouping seemed to run out pretty well! I was impressed amongst the bang-up math conversations going on every bit they worked! There was a lot of "but don't nosotros need to double the radius" together with "it's a triangle, together with hence nosotros conduct keep to carve upwards past times two!" Once they had all gotten to each station, I gave them a infinitesimal or ii to become dorsum to whatever problems that they had non had fourth dimension to finish. Then, in i trial nosotros were all ready, the students went around an placed their run (which was on each Post-it note) on to the right poster. Each poster looked something similar this...
Then, hither was my favorite part. I gave the students iii minutes to walk around together with await at the run of their classmates. To laissez passer on them something specific to await for, I had them endeavour to abide by at to the lowest degree i affair nosotros did good every bit a cast together with at to the lowest degree i error they found. The students actually enjoyed walking around together with looking at their run together with it was a bang-up agency to spark a give-and-take nearly the unlike surface area problems nosotros had been learning about. Here are a few pictures of students every bit they were analyzing each others work!
I actually enjoyed using this i every bit a review together with I dear how it could actually live on used amongst whatever concept! I'd dear to listen whatever questions or similar activities that you lot conduct keep tried inwards your classrooms!
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