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4 ways to use anchor charts in middle school math

Using Anchor Charts in the Middle School Math Classroom

Anchor charts are one of the best tools to use in your middle school math classroom.


Anchor charts are visuals that summarize key concepts, visual models, strategies and problem-solving techniques.


Anchor charts are key to helping students activate prior knowledge.


Check out the different ways to use anchor charts in your math classroom. 

Posters

math anchor charts as posters
Posters hung up around your classroom act as a great visual aid when teaching a math lesson. If you like to hang these on your wall you can either print out one per page and place on a bulletin board, or if you are looking to make bigger posters, then you can make a poster using 4 pages to make one poster.

Another alternative is going to a local print shop and having them create some magical posters to use in your classroom.  Laminating the posters will help them last longer, though definitely not required. 

Interactive Notebooks

math anchor charts in interactive notebooks

Do you use interactive notebooks in your classroom?  If you used the bounded journals, the pages are a little smaller than 8.5 x 11.  

I like to print my anchor charts to either 2 or 4 to a page. Cut up and hand your students to glue in their notebooks. 


They can also add little notes around the anchor chart.  


You can mark the page with a little tab so your students can quickly refer to the anchor chart.

Little Rings

math anchor charts on little rings

I think printing 4 to a page is the perfect size to make these little rings.  You can make a few to either keep in your classroom, or have each students make their own ring that they can easily add on to. 

Notebooks

math anchor charts in notebooks and binders

Do you use 3-ring binders in your classroom?


Simply print out your anchor charts one per page, 3-hole punch, and have your students and it to their binders.  You can also add little tabs or have the students number the anchor charts and create a table of contents for quick reference.


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8th Grade Math Worksheets Common Core

Do you teach 8th grade math?  Whether in the classroom or at home, you need thorough worksheets to make sure that all topics in the 8th grade math curriculum are covered.


This 8th grade math practice packet focuses on the content in the 8th grade Math Curriculum. This is specifically aligned to the common core standards, but the topics are common for any 8th Grade Math Curriculum.

Topics Included

  • Rational vs. Irrational Numbers
  • Converting Decimals to Fractions
  • Converting Fractions to Decimals
  • Estimating Value of Irrational Numbers
  • Exponent Properties
  • Scientific Notation: Converting and Operations
  • Scientific Notation: Estimating
  • Equations with Roots
  • Equations with Roots: Application
  • Equations with Variables on Both Sides
  • Slope and y-intercept
  • Graphing Linear Equations
  • Linear Equations Application
  • Functions
  • Rate of Change & Initial Values
  • Systems: Solving by Graphing
  • Systems: Solving Algebraically
  • Systems of Equations: Application
  • Pythagorean Theorem
  • Pythagorean Theorem: Application
  • Parallel Lines & Triangles
  • Transformations
  • Similarity & Congruence
  • Volume of Cylinders, Cones, & Spheres
  • Scatter Plots: Correlations
  • Scatter Plots: Characteristics
  • Scatter Plots: Creating & Analyzing
  • Two-Way Frequency Tables

  • Highlights

    • 34 pages of quality content
    • Includes a PDF and an editable Power Point file
    • Answer keys (Yes, I am here to make your life easier)
    • Comprehensive
    • Focus on fluency AND conceptual understanding
    • Consistent formatting 
    • Goes great with these 8th grade math notes (though absolutely not required)


    CHECK OUT ONE OF THE BEST 8TH GRADE MATH WORKSHEET PACKETS


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    8th Grade Math Worksheets


    Math Anxiety.


    If you teach math, you know exactly what I'm talking about.


    Many students battle with the belief that everyone can learn math, including them. 


    This belief often fuels math anxiety and apathy.  Help your students combat math anxiety with the math success cycle.

    Positive Self-Talk about Math

    Engaging positive self-talk about math plays a vital role in building math confidence. When students have a positive internal dialogue about math they confirm their ability to understand math and their potential for success.

    Math Confidence

    When students have confidence in their math abilities they have a firm belief that they can and will understand the material.  This promotoes a growth mindset and math grit.

    Math Grit

    Math grit is the perseverance in understanding math, making and learning from mistakes, and not giving up.  Students with math grit continue to practice, learn, and understand. Math grit leads to success in mathematics. 

    Math Success

    Math success comes from persevering in math and never giving up in efforts to understand.  


    Share the math success cycle with your students.  Grab this FREE Math Success Poster for your classroom, or print it as a handout for your students.

     


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    Middle School Math Activities

    Middle School Math Activities for 7th Grade Math & 8th Grade Math

    Middle school math is a critical year for math education, where algebra, geometry, and statistics take center stage. While diving deep into the content is important, supplementing math lessons with fun math activities is a great way to enhance the learning experience and improve their math skills.


    Look at the benefits of supplementing your curriculum with fun math activities.

    1. Boosts Engagement

    Using fun activities makes learning enjoyable. You can motivate even your least engaged learner with the right can of activity.  As students are engaged in fun math activities they practice different math concepts and are creative in their approach. Students love anything that makes math fun.


    2. Enhances Critical Thinking

    Board games, card games, puzzles, scavenger hunts, hands-on activities, and math projects are a fun way to stimulate critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Your students will often think outside the box, discover a new way to do the math, and develop their problem solving skills.


    3. Encourages a Growth Mindset

    Engaging in math activities teaches students that mistakes are part of learning and persistance leads to improvement. As math teachers, remember to give your students enough time to make mistakes and to learn from their mistakes. Watching your students understand after continual persistance is the best part of teaching.

    4. Collaboration

    Many activities involve teamwork and promote math talk, cooperation and learning from each other while practicing math skills.  Your middle schoolers can work in small groups and talk about their discoveries and different ways to do the math problems.


    5. Personalized Learning

    With the right activities you can reach all types of learners and tailor the fun activity to all levels of learners. Activities can easily be differentiable by having students' justify their answers, using manipulatives, and allowing collaboration.


    Fun supplemental math activities for your middle school students offer numerous benefits  and should be incorporated in your middle school math classes.


    Do you need a great activity to supplement your lesson plans? We've got you covered for grade levels 7th and 8th.


    Click on your grade level to grab fun math activities at a discount. 


    7th Grade Math Activities
    8th Grade Math Activities

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