5 Maths Gems #3

Well it's been an emotional twosome of weeks. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat too GCSE results kept many of us upward at nighttime too nosotros experienced the commons feelings of joy, pride, relief too sometimes disappointment. But nevertheless nosotros hold to cook for the novel schoolhouse yr too shout back nearly what we'll exercise differently.

The hardest matter nearly writing these weekly posts is deciding which ideas to feature. I receive got an increasingly long listing of unused textile because fifty-fifty when Twitter's teachers are preoccupied amongst results, the incredible inventiveness too spirit of collaboration remains. In this postal service I'll showcase merely v of the really many ideas shared on Twitter this week.

1. Homework
Kathryn Forster (@DIRT_expert) shared a novel gear upward of homeworks that she has designed. Each homework consists of v sections: literacy, research, memory, skills too stretch. These homeworks would live followed upward past times starter activities such every bit spelling or retentiveness tests too discussions nearly enquiry findings. Kathryn has really helpfully shared iv of her homeworks for us to borrow:
These are actually goodness ideas.

If you're thinking nearly trying out to a greater extent than or less dissimilar approaches to homework I recommend reading Cav's (Homework too Retention and Take Away Homework.

 2. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Scavenger Hunt
Speaking of homework, the Mailbox (@TheMailbox) shared a 'scavenger hunt' which could live adapted every bit starting fourth dimension homework for Year seven or 8.  Alternatively you lot could convey a pile of newspapers too magazines into 1 of your starting fourth dimension Year seven lessons so your pupils tin exercise a poster inward degree using this idea.

3. Oh for a room to telephone yell upward my own...
There's nevertheless a lot of classroom display ideas going circular Twitter. One of my most retweeted retweets this calendar week was this 'Change your words' display:
It's of import to communicate these messages too a display similar this is a goodness agency of doing so. The sentiment originally came from Sarah Hagan's (@mathequalslove) post '2014-2015 Classroom Pics - My Most Colorful Room Yet!'. Sarah may good live 1 of the most enthusiastic maths teachers inward the world! Her weblog is really popular, too rightly so. Check out this lectern inward her room - yes, a lectern! Is this touchstone inward American classrooms? I must acquire one!

I saw lots of prissy display ideas inward Sarah's Homework too Retention and Take Away Homework.

 2. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Scavenger Hunt
Speaking of homework, the Mailbox (@TheMailbox) shared a 'scavenger hunt' which could live adapted every bit starting fourth dimension homework for Year seven or 8.  Alternatively you lot could convey a pile of newspapers too magazines into 1 of your starting fourth dimension Year seven lessons so your pupils tin exercise a poster inward degree using this idea.

3. Oh for a room to telephone yell upward my own...
There's nevertheless a lot of classroom display ideas going circular Twitter. One of my most retweeted retweets this calendar week was this 'Change your words' display:
It's of import to communicate these messages too a display similar this is a goodness agency of doing so. The sentiment originally came from Sarah Hagan's (@mathequalslove) post 'post - similar the figurer posters below - too it made me long for my ain classroom. Whilst inward the baby-making phase of my life I'm having a brief while every bit a part-timer. It's a mixed blessing. One disadvantage is that I don't receive got my ain classroom so I learn inward rooms all over the school. Between lessons I receive got to mash downward crowded corridors amongst my huge purse of books too equipment (this was a nightmare when I was heavily pregnant!). There are lots of other disadvantages to beingness part-time such every bit missing of import information from unminuted meetings too a total lack of career progression opportunities. Of class this is all outweighed past times the massive wages of getting to pass fourth dimension amongst my children, so I'm non complaining... (much).

Another display sentiment I've seen this calendar week is this classroom rules poster, shared by @TeachThought inward this post. I shout back pupils would appreciate these really clear too reasonable messages.

On the land of written report of demeanour management, I enjoyed David Didau's (@learningspy) post on schoolhouse routines.

If you lot desire to brand your ain classroom posters too so recitethis.com is nifty for creating pretty quotes too notices - thank you lot to @mathminds for sharing the link.

And if you're looking to provide your classroom, Stephen Harris (@Stephen_H) shared a twosome of awesome write-on tabular array designs: these ones are nifty for collaboration and tangram tables are perfect for a maths classroom.

And hold upward on display ideas, Mr Allan (@mrallanmaths) shared his RAG123 display, Chris Smith (@aap03102) shared a motion-picture exhibit of his 'Mathematician of the month' board, too Mr Taylor (@taylorda01) adapted Spiked Math's Mathagasm comic so it's suitable for display. I'm going to pocket all iii ideas - if I e'er acquire my ain classroom.

4. Teaching ideas from #mathschat
Weekly maths chats receive got identify on Twitter every Midweek at 8pm, organised by @BetterMaths. This calendar week nosotros discussed our favourite topics, tasks, resources too investigations, so the goodness ideas were coming thick too fast! I've got a long listing to form through.

There were lots of ideas nearly getting out of the classroom. Jon Treby (@JonTrebyAAN) suggested education loci exterior using buildings too string. He likewise puts record on the flooring of the schoolhouse hall when he teaches angles inward parallel lines. Dawn (@mrsdenyer) has a schoolhouse treasure hunt for 3D trigonometry too Martin Noon (@letsgetmathing) suggests using a clinometer to mensurate the meridian of schoolhouse buildings too trees.

There was likewise a lot of beak nearly popcorn! Dawn (@mrsdenyer) gets her students to pattern a popcorn cone - an activity that involves sectors too arcs, Pythagoras too volume. If students tin function out the volume of their cone, they tin fill upward it amongst popcorn! Miss Ren (@ReynoldsBSGD) shared Dan Meyer's popcorn picker chore - 'all you lot demand is A4 paper. I merely stand upward dorsum too scout the kids acquire stuck in!'.

5. Mistakes too feedback
I've written a lot nearly learning from mistakes lately so this tweet was really relevant:

And here's a nifty sentiment for marker from @ChrisHildrew.

So in that place you lot acquire - a minor pick of ideas from a calendar week on Twitter. I promise that's helpful. If you lot missed the previous 2 Maths Gems posts, you lot tin detect them here. I'll exit you lot amongst a prissy interrogation for your students from Big Ideas Math.



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