I can’t lie, math isn’t the most entertaining subject out there. I remember saying to myself how boring geometry was when I was a first year teacher; and if I thought geometry was boring, could you imagine how my students felt? Exactly! After my first year, it became my mission to make math as “painless” as possible; and while I’m still stumped on keeping everyone engaged for geometric proofs, I’ve become pretty successful with creating a fun and less painful environment in my math classes.

Believe it or not, my students and I began to have more fun in the classroom when I started to veer away from the traditional worksheets and replaced them with activities that provided the same outcome as completing a worksheet but through a different process. My students were still getting a lot of practice time in the classroom, but I presented the work in the form of fun engaging activities that are listed below. Click on each activity below to learn more, or visit The Unique Expressions on Teacher’s Pay Teachers to look at my store.