Playlist: MS TAG
How Many Ways: Multiply, Then Add to 22
Fill in the blanks so the expression equals exactly 22, using each digit only once. Then change 22 to 24 and watch most of the solutions disappear.
Super Specific Similes – Strong Uncle
Let’s make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.
Writing A Thanksgiving Letter
What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?
Advanced Alliteration and Consonance
When students learn about alliteration, it’s hard to steer them away from goofy tongue-twisters. Certainly, there must be more powerful and practical ways of using alliteration. In this lesson, I draw on delicious examples from Shakespeare to show how a very advanced writer used alliteration. Then, I break those ideas down so students can try them out.
Math Curiosity: The Coloring Problem
No video gets me more email from students! How few colors can you use to color in any map so that no two, neighboring regions are the same color?
Investigating Cost of Living
Would you save money if you lived in Las Vegas and commuted every day to San Francisco?
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.
Percents and Credit Cards
Let’s buy something expensive with a credit card and then make only the minumum payments!
A Nutrition-Based Math Project
Let’s create a parody ad attacking a surprisingly calorie-rich meal.