Monthly Archives: October 2014

Just Playin’

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

We just wrapped up our first quarter of the year, and I’ve noticed something. We like to play. Every class period has it’s own culture… it’s own “thing”.  It’s usually not very math-related, but I’d venture to say this “thing” … Continue reading →

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Socrative and Slope-Intercept Form

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

With new TEKS in tow, my 7th graders taking 8th grade math have been studying proportional and non-proportional linear relationships (wow, right?).  The progression has been a refreshing, concept-based study of LOTS of scenarios featuring “constant rates of change” represented in … Continue reading →

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Functions – Nearpod Learning Check

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

Looking ahead to our next unit, I was sifting through some ideas about introducing relations and functions to both my algebra students (8th graders) AND my pre-AP Math 8 students (7th graders experiencing new 8th grade TEKS and therefore, experiencing more … Continue reading →

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