Each student received a paper plate. We had all of the other supplies (scissors, glue, coloring supplies) for them at each station. They rotated through 8 stations where they solved a word problem involving fractions, decimals and percents. The answer to the word problem determined the color of the feather they used to attach to the paper plate to build Tom. There was a station to determine the color of his body and his nose, also. We used the last station as an extra decorating station so that the students could personalized the turkey. They had so much fun! We took a topic, word problems with rationals numbers, that is typically pretty bland and turned it into a hands-on station activity that resulted in high engagement and energy! They worked so well together in their small teams and their turkeys turned out great!
In 8th grade we continued working on solving multi-step equations. We added the next step to the process of moving the variable to one side. We spent a lot of time doing example after example. We ended the week with a game of Battleship. The students worked in teams to solve the equations in order to get a chance to reveal a ship. This game is always a huge hit with our students. The template is a smart document. We simply insert our problems and rearrange the ships for each class/period. We weren't able to get through every problem but each team was able to reveal at least one ship. One of our favorite things about these games is seeing the students come together and help each other. We will definitely use this game again in the future with a different topic.
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