Filing Cabinet: Volume 1

I've spent a lot of fourth dimension lately organizing my activities inward private pockets that I shop inward a filing cabinet yesteryear my desk.  I blogged nearly how I'm keeping to a greater extent than organized this twelvemonth here.

So, I've decided to start a novel weblog serial where I part alongside you lot a peek into my filing cabinet.  Each book of this serial volition include 4-6 activities from my filing cabinet.  I'll either part alongside you lot the files I created or part where I works life the resources online.

I promise you'll relish this peek into what goes on inward my classroom!  As of now, my conception is to part the activities inward alphabetical order.  That way you're stuck alongside my number-based activities today. :)

1-100 Challenge from Sara VanDerWerf

This year, I tried Sara VanDerWerf's 1-100 Challenge for the get-go fourth dimension on the get-go twenty-four hours of school.  It was a huge hit!  My students were SUPER-engaged, together with it was a groovy springboard to hash out what groupwork should await like.  You tin hand notice larn to a greater extent than nearly this post service at puzzle site.  I created a printable version using Publisher.  Then, I printed together with laminated them to brand a shape set.  

  

I hand my students 3 challenges.

Challenge 1: Make a Square Using Exactly 1 Piece
Challenge 2: Make a Square Using Exactly 4 Pieces
Challenge 3: Make a Square Using Exactly v Pieces (No overlapping!)

I blogged nearly this puzzle inward to a greater extent than exceptional here.  You tin hand notice every bit good detect a link to download the file together with brand your ain set.  My students unremarkably bring no occupation doing Challenge 1 together with 2.  Challenge 3 turns out to move a existent challenge.  And, I unremarkably exclusively bring 1 or ii students figure it out.  Whenever I move these alongside my students, I unremarkably bring to ready a timer to permit them know when nosotros volition stop.  Otherwise, they volition desire to cash inward one's chips on going, together with we'll never acquire to our lesson!

24 Game

I honey the 24 Game, together with therefore I was super excited when I works life a PDF version alongside here.  The destination of the game is to brand the let on 24 from the iv given numbers.  You may add, subtract, multiply, or separate the iv numbers.  Parentheses may every bit good move used.

You tin hand notice buy dissimilar types of 24 Games from Amazon (affiliate link).  Last month, my hubby together with I played a span of rounds of Double Digits (affiliate link) against each other, together with around of the problems were super-tricky fifty-fifty for us math teachers!  This is a groovy action to move to reinforce the lodge of operations.

  

Here's the costless printable version I works life online:

5-4-3-2-1 Challenge

This challenge was inspired yesteryear a puzzle posted yesteryear Will Shortz on NPR's website.  The destination of the occupation is to move the digits 5, 4, 3, 2, together with 1 (in that order) to produce every bit many numbers betwixt 1 together with xl every bit possible.  You tin hand notice add, subtract, multiply, together with separate the numbers.    

I created around recording sheets for my students to move to receive the puzzle.  This is around other groovy puzzle to do using the lodge of operations.

I every bit good made a poster-sized version for a full-class activity.  

I've posted all of the files I created for this action here.  My students actually enjoyed the challenge.  I used it alongside both my lowest math shape (9th graders non notwithstanding produce for Algebra 1) together with my highest math shape (trig).

Hope you've enjoyed this peek at around of the activities inward my filing cabinet!