After this weeks homework I feel like my brain is just FULL of all these different formulas! From area, to volume, to surface area. I found my self forgetting what formula is for which equation, which really made me struggle while working on my test.
I thought a great alternative to help my future students remember their formulas is FLASH CARDS. I have always been such a lover for flash cards, because all through out high school it really helped me nail down what I needed to memorize. Which is why I think that it would be perfect for formulas. Not only because it will help them remember, but because when you know a formula for math it puts you one step further in solving the problem.
For flash cards as a class activity I would most defiantly have them made before hand. I would have a formula written on one side and what that formula is used for on the back. Now to make it a fun activity I would make it into a game. We all know the classic game, "Around the World". Well I would take a spin off of that game. All the students will be sitting at their desks, the first student would stand up and compete with the student next to them, whoever answers the question first and correctly gets to move on the next classmate. If you answer wrong or not quick enough you must sit down. The first student to get ALL the way around the classroom (world) wins!
I think this activity would be great because all of the repetition would really help them focus on remembering their formulas for math! I hope this activity can help some of you! I also am going to attach a website I found helpful with all the formulas. Great because they are all in the same spot! http://math2.org/math/geometry/es-areasvols.htm
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