I used a round-the-room activity as a closing (20-30 minute closing) for my lesson on graphing using x-and y-intercepts. The night before, my students watched a video on graphing using intercepts and how to algebraically find them. We reviewed the concept and graphed with pipe-cleaners and laminated graph paper (not in love with the exact approach I used) and then they completed this activity. I like using this activity because the answer is there, so if they have the incorrect answer it prompts them to ask me and then I can clear up misconceptions. It is also easy to check because I make them write the answer letter in the last column. This is a great alternative to a worksheet! I have a small room and 32 freshman had enough room to complete the activity. Materials: 1) Answer sheet - 1 per student 2) Question/Answer Sheets - Print 2 pages on 1 page so each page has a question and an answer Solution: 1) C 2) J 3) K 4) G 5) B 6) D 7) L 8) I 9) A 10) F 11) E 12) H
13 Comments
8/21/2012 05:03:54 am
I'm totally going to use this this year. You saved me so much time by posting and sharing this. Thank you so much. I will leave feedback for you after we do it. Thanks!!!!
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Mary
8/21/2012 10:14:42 am
That is a super idea. Thank you so much for sharing and for giving us the Word doc to go with it.
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Jennifer cook
8/21/2012 07:58:49 pm
This would be so easy to do with a "joke" worksheet! You could just cut and paste questions and answers and hang them around the room so the kids have to get up and move around to get the answer to the joke. I love it! Thanks for sharing!
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Megan Smith
10/17/2012 10:42:34 am
I used this today in my algebra math lab class. It worked well and was really easy since you posted everything!! THANKS!! :)
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Natalie Turbiville
10/17/2012 08:34:04 pm
That's great! Thanks for the comment.
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Chase Arrington
10/14/2013 02:57:28 am
Great activity! The kids enjoyed walking around and interacting with one another. It was A LOT better than guided/independent practice with a worksheet!
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Kathy Morgan
2/3/2014 07:17:26 am
Thanks so much for sharing this! I have done similar activities with other lessons. It's so nice to have everything ready to go! You saved me a lot of time. :)
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Natalie Turbiville
2/14/2014 04:23:53 am
Great! Glad it could help :)
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Melinda Gibbons
8/4/2014 03:07:55 pm
Absolutely love this. Can think of the many other ways I can adapt this into my program. Thanks so much for sharing!
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LaShanda
12/1/2014 11:17:10 am
Thank you! This will be great to use tomorrow!
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Shannon
11/6/2015 11:52:23 am
Thank you for this lesson! I'm finishing up my certification (even though I'm already teaching in a private school!) and I needed to write a lesson plan on intercepts. I plan to use your idea and modify it a bit. I found a corny math joke: What tool do you use in Mathematics? And instead of "Answer A, B, C...", I'm going to replace the answer letters with the answer to my riddle: "Multi-pliers". I hope this will add a little more excitement to the lesson as well. I look forward to reading more ideas on your blog! Thanks!
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Ms. Sias
11/20/2015 12:13:40 pm
This is a great idea to assess intercepts, especially for my kinesthetic learners. Thanks.
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Heather
1/11/2016 01:19:07 pm
Thank you so much for this :o) And making it easy to get!
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