My husband's seventh grade class has come up with a new math term! In science they have learned that the prefix "eu" means true. So eubacteria, as opposed to archeabacteria, means true bacteria.  And eukariotic means true nucleus.  In math, they...

I came up with a new game and my last period eighth grade group named it! I needed to review multiplying integers with them. I started by dividing the students into groups of two, three, or four and giving them a deck of cards. I wrote on the...

This morning I was going over multiplication with one of my math groups. After doing some basic drill, we were using individual white boards to practice multiplying multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. I would give them the problem and...

On the day before school started, I was asked to teach a last period class for remedial students that would help them improve their math skills in addition to the regular grade 8 math class they already were taking. I welcomed the opportunity and it...