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Math Fun for Holidays and Every Day of the Year. Christine Scheffel cscheffel@eawr.org. High School Math Resources. www.scheffelmathematics.com. September. Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday Seating Chart Activity Labor Day Graph
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Math Fun for Holidays and Every Day of the Year Christine Scheffel cscheffel@eawr.org
High School Math Resources www.scheffelmathematics.com
September • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • Seating Chart Activity • Labor Day Graph • Puzzle Worksheets – place value, big numbers, palindromes, patterns in numbers, time problems, math crossword • Constitution Day – order of operations • Constitution Day Number Trivia • RTI Documentation – weekly, grid, checklist • Formula Matching – Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Statistics/Precalculus/Calculus • Quick Integer Facts • Multiplication Facts Flash • Name & Vocabulary Word Introduction
October • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • Metric week – prefixes, history, trivia facts, guessing games, conversions, equivalencies, vocabulary, measurement • Columbus Day Graph • Halloween Graph • Halloween Song for Order of Operations, trivia facts, venn diagram, pumpkin relay, cryptograms, crosswords, word search and scramble • Halloween Math Problem Solving Worksheets • Metric Conversions KHDUDCM • Metric Trivia • Halloween Math Problems
November • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • Voting Math Problem Solving • Veteran’s Day Graph • Thanksgiving crossword, problem solving, word scramble and search, relay problems, multiplication facts, trivia facts, and graph
December • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • Christmas Graphs, Problem solving worksheets, relay problems, multiplication facts, crossword, maze, counting shapes, calculator activity, number stumper, reading and creating bar/circle/line graphs • 12 Days of Christmas • Tree Stumper
January • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • Snowman graph • Snow Flake activity • Winter Olympic Problem Solving • Winter problem solving • Martin Luther King crossword, addition & subtraction facts, word scramble and search • Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt • Ideas for 100th Day of School • National Puzzle Day Activity – www.puzzlechoice.com
February • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • Groundhog Day problem solving • Valentine’s Day Graph, Relay, problem solving, mathematical valentines • Work Keys Reading Strategy – SQRR • Most Cost Effective Option Problems
March • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • Pi Day Activities – memorization contest, numbers in hallway, power point, songs, story, measurement activity, trivia facts, bulletin board, etc. • St. Patrick’s Day graph, basic math facts, relay problems • Spring Problem Solving • Pi Day Guess the Phrase • Pi Day Powerpoint Presentation
April • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • April Fool’s Day graph • Easter graph, relay problems, egg hunt, problem solving • Earth Day problem solving
May • Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday • May Day Graph • Problem Solving Worksheets – fractions, multiples, impossibilities, possibilities, statistics, math riddles, critical thinking puzzles • Mother’s Day Problem Solving • Summer relay problems
Newest Activities • Connect Four • Divisibility • Dot Game • Puzzle Game • Scavenger Hunt • Scrambled Eggs • Slope, Midpoint, Distance, Equation of line • Timanye’s Testing Tips • Trifold Pairs/My Turn, Your Turn
Bulletin Board Ideas • August – pictures of last year’s mathemagicians • September – Constitution Day Math • October – Metric Week, Math Isn’t Scary • November – We are Thankful for…, Even the Pilgrims Used Math • December - Factoring in a White Christmas, Multiples of Holiday Blessings, Count Down to Exams • January – I Have A Dream of Math, New Year’s Math Resolutions, Snowflake Symmetry • February – Mathematical Valentines, Black History Month Mathematicians/Scientists • March – St. Patrick’s Math Limericks, Symmetrical Shamrocks, History of Pi, Women’s History Month Mathematicians /Scientists • April – Easter/Spring Geometry Collage, Tessellations on Eggs, Graph projects using reflections, rotations, and translations • May – Count Down to Exams/Summer, What I Learned this Year, My Favorite Math Concept
Resources • Math books, other teachers, creative ideas of my own • Cartesian Cartoons Holiday Book by Mystery Media • www.edhelper.com about $40 a year • http://regentsprep.org/ free • http://mathforum.org/library/ free • Math posters in lab – www.rjdposters.com • www.activityvillage.co.uk • www.rhlschool.com/ • www.regentsprep.org/emathlab.com • http://emathlab.com/Algebra/DiamondProblems/BBallDiamondLev2.php • http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm • http://www.worksheetworks.com/ • http://lrt.ednet.ns.ca/PD/BLM/table_of_contents.htm • http://www.kutasoftware.com/index.html • http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech101.shtml • http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/