Math Fun for Holidays and Every Day of the Year

Christine Scheffelcscheffel@eawr.org

www.scheffelmathematics.com

•High School Math Resources

September

• Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday• Seating Chart Activity• Labor Day Graph • Puzzle Worksheets – place value, big numbers, palindromes,

patterns in numbers, time problems, math crossword• Constitution Day – order of operations• Constitution Day Number Trivia• RTI Documentation – weekly, grid, checklist• Formula Matching – Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2,

Statistics/Precalculus/Calculus• Quick Integer Facts• Multiplication Facts Flash• Name & Vocabulary Word Introduction

October• Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday• Metric week – prefixes, history, trivia facts,

guessing games, conversions, equivalencies, vocabulary, measurement

• Columbus Day Graph• Halloween Graph• Halloween Song for Order of Operations, trivia

facts, venn diagram, pumpkin relay, cryptograms, crosswords, word search and scramble

• Halloween Math Problem Solving Worksheets• Metric Conversions KHDUDCM• Metric Trivia• Halloween Math Problems

November

• Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday

• Voting Math Problem Solving• Veteran’s Day Graph• Thanksgiving crossword, problem solving,

word scramble and search, relay problems, multiplication facts, trivia facts, and graph

December• Variety of Math Worksheets for Every

Holiday• Christmas Graphs, Problem solving

worksheets, relay problems, multiplication facts, crossword, maze, counting shapes, calculator activity, number stumper, reading and creating bar/circle/line graphs

• 12 Days of Christmas• Tree Stumper

January• Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday• Snowman graph• Snow Flake activity• Winter Olympic Problem Solving• Winter problem solving• Martin Luther King crossword, addition &

subtraction facts, word scramble and search• Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt• Ideas for 100th Day of School• National Puzzle Day Activity –

www.puzzlechoice.com

February

• Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday• Groundhog Day problem solving• Valentine’s Day Graph, Relay, problem solving,

mathematical valentines• Work Keys Reading Strategy – SQRR• Most Cost Effective Option Problems

March• Variety of Math Worksheets for

Every Holiday• Pi Day Activities – memorization

contest, numbers in hallway, power point, songs, story, measurement activity, trivia facts, bulletin board, etc.

• St. Patrick’s Day graph, basic math facts, relay problems

• Spring Problem Solving• Pi Day Guess the Phrase• Pi Day Powerpoint Presentation

April• Variety of Math Worksheets for

Every Holiday• April Fool’s Day graph• Easter graph, relay problems, egg

hunt, problem solving• Earth Day problem solving

May• Variety of Math Worksheets for Every Holiday• May Day Graph• Problem Solving Worksheets – fractions,

multiples, impossibilities, possibilities, statistics, math riddles, critical thinking puzzles

• Mother’s Day Problem Solving• Summer relay problems

Newest Activities• Connect Four• Divisibility• Dot Game• Puzzle Game• Scavenger Hunt• Scrambled Eggs• Slope, Midpoint, Distance, Equation of line• Timanye’s Testing Tips• Trifold Pairs/My Turn, Your Turn

Bulletin Board Ideas• August – pictures of last year’s mathemagicians• September – Constitution Day Math• October – Metric Week, Math Isn’t Scary• November – We are Thankful for…, Even the Pilgrims Used Math• December - Factoring in a White Christmas, Multiples of Holiday

Blessings, Count Down to Exams• January – I Have A Dream of Math, New Year’s Math Resolutions,

Snowflake Symmetry• February – Mathematical Valentines, Black History Month

Mathematicians/Scientists• March – St. Patrick’s Math Limericks, Symmetrical Shamrocks,

History of Pi, Women’s History Month Mathematicians /Scientists• April – Easter/Spring Geometry Collage, Tessellations on Eggs,

Graph projects using reflections, rotations, and translations• May – Count Down to Exams/Summer, What I Learned this Year,

My Favorite Math Concept

Resources• Math books, other teachers, creative ideas of my own• Cartesian Cartoons Holiday Book by Mystery Media• www.edhelper.com about $40 a year• http://regentsprep.org/ free• http://mathforum.org/library/ free• Math posters in lab – www.rjdposters.com• www.activityvillage.co.uk • www.rhlschool.com/• www.regentsprep.org/emathlab.com• http://emathlab.com/Algebra/DiamondProblems/BBallDiamond

Lev2.php• http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm• http://www.worksheetworks.com/• http://lrt.ednet.ns.ca/PD/BLM/table_of_contents.htm• http://www.kutasoftware.com/index.html• http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech101.shtml• http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/