System of Inequalities quilt part 1

These were my two examples for my quiz today. Monday, I will take a picture of the final product along with a link to the activity.   This week, we pushed forward on graphing systems of inequalities and they finally got it. At least the majority did. So instead of a test or quiz, we did a scrapbook inequality project. Man, it was a blast!  I was thrilled in how most caught on after doing one together. It was easy to grade and now I have beautiful artwork for my classroom!

Math craft for the holidays

So my students had a half day of class before the winter break and I knew that they wouldn't be 100% in class, so I went searching the internet for a fun activity that would fit to state standards for South Carolina, but would keep the kids working instead of babysitting the kids for the day because they wouldn't work.  I stumbled upon a project online using only quadrilaterals, the students must make a Christmas/Holiday card.  I was floored by the adorable outcome of some of the cards.  They had to use at least one square, one rectangle, one kite, one trapezoid, and one parallelogram ( I assumed them making a rhombus would be too much of a mental challenge for them this particular day).  The other stipulation was that they could only use quadrilaterals on the front.