Introducing Trig through Slope
October 8, 2015
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Here is our lesson today to introduce trigonometry for the first time. We had spent a few days with solving problems with similar triangles. We
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Sneak in Solving Linear Equations — SolveMe Mobiles
October 6, 2015
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As part of my day to day warm up series in my grade 9 applied class we are solving Solve Me Mobiles. Like what VisualPatterns
Sneaking in Factoring
September 29, 2015
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I started a series of new warm ups for my MPM2D class today. My goal is to sneak in factoring as warmups throughout the semester.
Lesson Study & Big Ideas
September 28, 2015
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For the last few years my school has been apart of the SSI (School Support Initiative). In small teacher groups we discussed learning gaps we
Distance Formula without the Formula
September 28, 2015
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Today in MPM2D our main goal was to discover how to find the distance between two points. But since I’m spiralling the 2D course I
Lollipop Lollipop oh la la Lollipop! — & Rates of Change
September 21, 2015
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Last year on twitter I saw that Alex Overwijk and Janice Bernstein with their grade 12 advanced functions classes did this lollipop activity! How does licking change
Desmos Challenges in iTunesU, Multi-Touch Book, and Web Version
August 28, 2015
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For many years now my classes have been completing a course wide project on Picture Modelling. Before Desmos (B.D.) I use to send home copies of
R2D2 – Pear Deck/Desmos Mash Up!
August 20, 2015
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School is just right around the corner for us up here in Ontario and I can’t stop thinking about that first day. As for my
Final Assignment – Estimation Challenge
June 18, 2015
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For our final activity I started the off with this…… we filled in too high, too low, and best guesses! Then we checked the answer…..
Guess Who & Polygraph Lines
June 12, 2015
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As we come to the end of the semester review days are here. To help grade 9s review properties of linear relations we played Guess
Show what you know in Gameshow!
June 3, 2015
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Last week, Kyle Pearce wrote a post on running GameShow by KnowledgeHook. I was drawn to this idea mostly because of review time coming up
Make it Parallel – An Activity with Parallel Lines
May 26, 2015
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Students explore properties of parallel lines & transversals. They will create parallel lines on the floor or outside with chalk, and finally use Explain Everything to answer problems.
