math about my life - always set aside one bulletin board for Student of the Week. This meant that the bboard was constantly changing and I didnt have to do a thing.
What if students could post "math about their life." This could be done a couple of ways. First, they could just post things that related to math -- picture of their 4 dogs, 2 sisters, their birthdate, etc. OR, they could create riddles or word problems about their life. They could post the problems, with the answers (such as ... source
Try math problem of the day or the weekend - When I taught math with sixth and seventh graders they had a warm up activity to complete 3 to 4 days per week. The textbook series was great because it had transparencies with review problems (no more than 5) on the left side and the answers on the right side. The problems reviewed the previous day lessons plus prior information. I just covered up the right side and had students work on it while attendance and homework check were being completed. When we checked it I... source