Legos in algebra class?

Looking for a fun idea for teaching algebra, geometry, and other mathematical concepts? Visit Colin Grahm’s blog (Sine of the Times) and you will find a list of 11 ways to use Legos to teach, demonstrate, and engage active learners. Grahm does not provide specific lesson plans but provides an image of how each concept […]

Geometry match game

If you have ever been to my Joyful Learning workshop, you may have played Match Game, a collaborative structure from my book with Alice Udvari-Solner (Corwin, 2007). Match Game simple involves distributing two sets of cards to the learners in your class. Each card of one set should have a match in the other set. […]

Do you know who is in the parallelogram club?

Math charts can be a great strategy to help students visualize and understand a concept. Mrs. Zimmerman at Mrs. Zimmerman’s Learning Conservatory shares numerous charts she uses to display math rules and concepts such as the characteristics of geometric solids, a geometry family tree, and this one for comparing parallelograms: Create these charts with your […]

Geometry match game

If you have ever been to my Joyful Learning workshop, you may have played Match Game, a collaborative structure from my book with Alice Udvari-Solner (Corwin, 2007). Match Game simple involves distributing two sets of cards to the learners in your class. Each card of one set should have a match in the other set. […]

Legos in algebra class?

Looking for a fun idea for teaching algebra, geometry, and other mathematical concepts? Visit Colin Grahm’s blog (Sine of the Times) and you will find a list of 11 ways to use Legos to teach, demonstrate, and engage active learners. Grahm does not provide specific lesson plans but provides an image of how each concept […]