Hello and Happy New Year! I posted this on YouTube months ago, but in case you missed it here's our factoring based parody of Uptown Funk! Also, keep an out on my blog. I make no promises, but I may make a few blog posts this year!
Lyrics:
Gon’ factor, gon’ factor, factor
Gon’ factor, gon’ factor, factor
Gon’ factor, gon’ factor
Let’s start this lesson
Learn to factor expressions
This one for those students
The blueprints for mastery
Sittin', Gettin’ a factoring education.
Take a sum or a difference
and make it a multiplication
When you see (x squared)
Without a number in front of it
plus bx (b x)
Standard form for a quad-rat-ic
then plus c (constant)
that’s x squared plus b x plus c
Standard form (aw yeah)
factor that tri-no-mial
break it down.
x squared plus bx plus c
x squared plus bx plus c
x squared plus bx plus c
Now I’m gon’ factor this expression
Now I’m gon’ factor this expression
Now I’m gon’ factor this expression
Parentheses, x’s and fill in the spots
Multiply and Add up (come on)
Multiply and Add up uh
Multiply and Add up
Multiply and Add up
Multiply and Add up
Multiply and Add up
Hey, hey, hey, oh
Stop, wait a minute
See those spots? Put those numbers in em
Write the signs, then you check
Ms McCool, Bring it back
Write parentheses, x’s
find the pair of factors
multiply to c, and add to b
That’s a skill that you can all master
When you see (x squared)
Without a number in front of it
plus bx (b x)
Standard form for a quad-rat-ic
then plus c (constant)
that’s x squared plus b x plus c
Standard form (aw yeah). Other video?
factor that tri-no-mial
break it down
x squared plus bx plus c
x squared plus bx plus c
x squared plus bx plus c
Now I’m gon’ factor this expression
Now I’m gon’ factor this expression
Now I’m gon’ factor this expression
Parentheses, x’s and fill in the spots
Multiply and Add up (come on)
Multiply and Add up uh
Multiply and Add up uh
Multiply and Add up uh
Multiply and Add up
Multiply and Add up
Hey, hey, hey, oh
Before we leave
What if there’s a number with x squared?
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up uh
I said Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Take ‘a’ then slide it
to 'c’ and then multiply em
Find the factors then divide em
by a, reduce on both sides and
Bring the bottoms up beside x
When you factor let this guide ya:
Parentheses, xs and fill in the spots
Multiply and Add up come on!
Multiply and Add up uh
Multiply and Add up uh
Multiply and Add up uh
Multiply and Add up
Multiply and Add up
Hey, hey, hey, oh
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up (say what?)
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up (say what?)
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up (say what?)
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up (say what?)
Slide, Divide, Bottoms up
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Monday, January 4, 2016
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Videos galore!
First things first I got engaged this weekend. It was awesome.
The studying strategies post is coming, but turning out to be a beast. In the meantime, I thought it was about time I make all of my videos available for download for teachers with filter issues or what have you. While I'm at it, I may as well include a previously unreleased Graphing Stories video. I felt I needed a bit of a softball to start off with to work out some of the kinks the first time around. I was happy with how it worked with my students.
Everything below is old hat, but include direct download links. Relevant youtubes are above so you know what you're downloading.
Let me know if you have any issues, I feel like I must have made a mistake somewhere!
The studying strategies post is coming, but turning out to be a beast. In the meantime, I thought it was about time I make all of my videos available for download for teachers with filter issues or what have you. While I'm at it, I may as well include a previously unreleased Graphing Stories video. I felt I needed a bit of a softball to start off with to work out some of the kinks the first time around. I was happy with how it worked with my students.
Everything below is old hat, but include direct download links. Relevant youtubes are above so you know what you're downloading.
Let me know if you have any issues, I feel like I must have made a mistake somewhere!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Slope, slope, slope, slope, slope, slope, slope, slope
First, I have to say I can't take credit for this myself. The mysterious "Andrew" left a comment on this post
and it was too awesome to ignore. It didn't seem like he had a blog, so I figured I'd post this because it worked really well.
Second, I swear that my classes aren't all songs and dances. I just wanted to post this now because I know teachers will have just done slope or are starting it soon, and it went really well.
Andrew's suggestion was to use the tune to Flo Rida's "Low" but with the following words:
The difference of the y and the difference of the x
Also known as rise over run
Divide the two
And then reduce
Then you got slope, slope, slope, slope
I added the following verse in between chorus' to add a little excitement:
"When I'm sittin' in math and I'm tryin' to find
How to get the the slope, the slope of a line
I think about the rise, and the run all the time
Then I think of this song, and I'm gonna be fine
1/2 slope come on
1 slope come on
2 slope come on
now that's three slopes
You think I'm a dope?
I'd gotta say nope
I am gonna find that slope!"
So, I easily found an instrumental version of the song by searching google and played it in the background. I had a student from another class help out the first time to introduce it. This is how it went(the 3rd time through):
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The Dance Steps to Solving and Equation- The Lesson
I generally do this lesson after I've taught solving equations entirely. At that point there are at least a few students that get really overwhelmed by the process, and I've found that this helps them to break it down into steps (and to actually remember what those steps are) and it's just a heck of a lot of fun for everyone.
The day before the lesson I tell students that their homework is to remember to NOT bring their bookbags to class the next day. (Otherwise we wouldn't have room). At the beginning of the period, I race to get all the desks stacked on the sides of my room to clear a nice dance area for everyone. Then, I give them this speech:
"Today is a math fun day. I *absolutely* guarantee that if you don't act "too cool" for this lesson that you'll have fun. In fact, this will most likely be the most fun you ever have in math class!" Cutting the too cool kids off at the pass right up front has always worked for me, and was my biggest fear before ever doing this lesson. (I also tell them participation is mandatory) I then stick my arms out and swing them back and forth and tell them that they need to be able to do that without hitting anyone so they have space. I start the beat, and sing the intro, then put the lyrics on the board with the smart screenshade hiding the moves we haven't done yet.
From there, the lesson goes pretty much like this:
After they are able to do the dance with some proficiency, I speed it up 10% and keep speeding it up each successive time until it all ultimately falls apart. Then, I have them grab a desk and go get their backpacks and work on a sheet of difficult equations to solve, telling them to think about the song as the go along. When they ask questions, I pretty much just prompt them with song lyrics.
Here are some important tips:
Dance Steps instructional video (High Quality, 110 megs)
Dance Steps instructional video (Low Quality, 30 megs)
Audio Files (right click to download):
The beat (play it in a continuous loop)
Audio of the full song
Faster full song
Even faster full song
Fastest full song
The day before the lesson I tell students that their homework is to remember to NOT bring their bookbags to class the next day. (Otherwise we wouldn't have room). At the beginning of the period, I race to get all the desks stacked on the sides of my room to clear a nice dance area for everyone. Then, I give them this speech:
"Today is a math fun day. I *absolutely* guarantee that if you don't act "too cool" for this lesson that you'll have fun. In fact, this will most likely be the most fun you ever have in math class!" Cutting the too cool kids off at the pass right up front has always worked for me, and was my biggest fear before ever doing this lesson. (I also tell them participation is mandatory) I then stick my arms out and swing them back and forth and tell them that they need to be able to do that without hitting anyone so they have space. I start the beat, and sing the intro, then put the lyrics on the board with the smart screenshade hiding the moves we haven't done yet.
From there, the lesson goes pretty much like this:
After they are able to do the dance with some proficiency, I speed it up 10% and keep speeding it up each successive time until it all ultimately falls apart. Then, I have them grab a desk and go get their backpacks and work on a sheet of difficult equations to solve, telling them to think about the song as the go along. When they ask questions, I pretty much just prompt them with song lyrics.
Here are some important tips:
- You should definitely try this lesson if at all reasonable. I'm fairly certain you could throw this lesson inside 179 other days of teaching like Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller's Day off and kids would still think your class was fun.
- The video is only 3:49, but the dance part of the lesson actually takes me 15 minutes (and an extra few moving desks out and back in). So, if you are to use the video above to teach the lesson I would highly suggest pausing and going back a lot to give kids time to really learn it.
- I'd suggest writing the lyrics on a side board even though they are in the video so that it's easier for the kids to follow.
- If you use the instructional video, I would still highly suggest doing the dance along with them. If you are too cool to dance, they probably will be too.
- Call them out as a group if some kids aren't singing along, I think sometimes they honestly get so wrapped up in the dance they think they are singing along when they aren't.
- Have some sweet moves prepared for the check portion.(I like the lawnmower or the shopping cart)
Dance Steps instructional video (High Quality, 110 megs)
Dance Steps instructional video (Low Quality, 30 megs)
Audio Files (right click to download):
The beat (play it in a continuous loop)
Audio of the full song
Faster full song
Even faster full song
Fastest full song
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