Change It Up With Math Graffiti!

I don't know about you but when I think of math worksheets my initial reaction is ugh... worksheets. My students aren't excited about worksheets either but we got to practice our math somehow right?

Today out of the blue I decide to change things up a little bit... instead of practicing the order of operations on worksheets, we're going to do it graffiti style.

All you need is large black butcher paper and chalk. Students will do the rest. This was a big hit.

Simple DIY Calendar

Dry-Erase Calendar

Some time ago I created a really cool calendar for my classroom. The problem with buying the pre-made calendars where you can velcro on the days is that you can't write down special events, student's birthday, state testing window and so on. Plus I wanted something practical that the students and I can use for middle school. 

So… I bought a decent size dry-erase white board from Target, two rolls of Washi tape and created this! 

I measured my board longest side first and divide it by 7 (obviously for seven days in the week) and then went back and mark the measurements on the board with dry-erase marker. Then I created a two-inch space on the top straight across to write Sunday-Saturday. After that, I again measured from that line to the bottom of the board and divide it by 5 (for the weeks) and marked the increments with the dry-erase markers. 

Simple! 

Voila!