Murrio and Friends going the Distance!

So for my last Murrio themed worksheet since I stumbled across Andy Lutwyche's Dinky King Activity is this little practice sheet.  But in all honestly, I found this to be the most interesting.

Here is my original Murrio themed activity and the scavenger hunt I did the day before.

I do not remember any time in my education actually 'comparing' the Pythagorean theorem and distance formula.  Prior to this year, I had always taught Algebra though and it had been years since I actually 'did' Geometry.  I found this lesson to be really informative and neat how they relate so simply.  And yes.... I'm a #mathnerd so that is likely part of it.

These are my quick notes.  We just did a couple of examples since they had been practicing the concepts.

And then we celebrated our knowledge with Murrio, Lequigi, Powser, and Princess Maisy...

The students did well and some did find the concept neat and do not remember comparing them before.

And so this was END GAME for Murrio and Friends...

It was a fun filled week of saving the princess, designing new games, hitting ? blocks, and reviewing and applying geometry concepts.  It is also the last day I'm giving notes this year!  Nothing like going out with the best video game of all time!

Download my resources in Word and PDF here for FREE. For any keys, please feel free to email me at camfan54@att.net from your school or professional account.  I've had students try and email for keys in the past but luckily their email said student! 

For my title and example font, Austie Bost Envelope, you may download it here for FREE to keep the formatting the same.

Thank you and please let me know if you see any issues with links or corrections on anything!

And thank you again to my new educational friend, Mr. Lutwyche.  I hope that your inspiration causes me more hours of work and my students more engagement.  



Enjoy,
Lisa

Stupendous 'Murrio' Pythagorean Theorem Scavenger Hunt

I love Mario!  I'm an 80's girl and still remember that TJ was the first kid in the neighborhood to get a Nintendo.  I remember the hours and hushed urging as a neighborhood kid approached the elevators at the end of World 1-2.  A kids gotta focus right?  The first dark level.  The first Super Mario.  Oh the memories.   

Flash forward to 2018 State Standardized Testing Week... also Teacher Appreciation Week (gotta appreciate the irony huh?).  I created an activity for the end of the week which, as most of my activities do, escalated quickly to this scavenger hunt!

Read my first Mario/Murrio themed finds and activity here.  Thank you again to Mr. Lutwyche for the hours of fun and engagement by my students and colleagues.  This Mario/Murrio has made the end of the year something exciting.

I took an old scavenger hunt over Pythagorean Therem Real World Problems and changed them to a Murrio and Lequigi Real World!  Who wouldn't rather see a Flying 'Kooga' instead of a bird and protect 'Powser's' Castle as oppose to a backyard?

Here is the Stupendous Murrio Pythagorean Theorem Scavenger Hunt complete with Student WS!  

Materials: 

•    One set of scavenger sheets to post around the room (A – J)

•    One answer document for each student

And for the teacher.... 😉😆😀😄

Teacher Notes: 

Place each of the scavenger hunt  sheets (A – J) on the walls around the room.  Each student should be given one answer document and assigned (or choose) a place to begin in the hunt.  Have students start at their poster, solve the problem and search the other posters to find their answer, which is boxed on the bottom.  Once they find their answer, then that poster is the next question they solve.  This solution will  then send them on another hunt for a new answer, and so on.

By the end of the class period, students should have solved each of the Pythagorean Theorem problems and filled in their answer sheet.

PLEASE NOTE:  Some of the problems are not looking for the missing length of the triangle; but an application of that missing value in order to solve a different problem!!

If you can print in color, do so! 

Get the PPT and PDF here for FREE!

Please let me know if you have any questions or see any corrections!  Also, feel free to share!

For any keys, please feel free to email me at camfan54@att.net from your school or professional account.  I've had students try and email for keys in the past but luckily their email said student! 

Enjoy!

Lisa

Dinky King and Murrio! Pythagorean Theorem Edition

So last week was standardized testing.  I needed something to work on for Friday but not super strenuous.  Pythagorean Theorem!  Perfect!

I got some quick notes together then decided I'd like something fun for the assignment.

Enter the genius of Andy Lutwyche.  And I do mean genius!  I love finding assignments that add just a little something different to a pretty standard concept.  Enter Mr. Lutwyche's Dinky King...

How fun is this?!?!  You may download his version here for FREE!!!  It was perfect and pure genius for an 80's nostalgia girl like me... who also happened to have a Mario costume... that she has not worn for school... yet.  Genius.  Thank you Mr. Lutwyche for sharing and allowing me to use Dinky King.  Thank you for making something a little more engaging for our students.  You may follow him on TES here and Twitter here.

And of course Friday went like this....

Notes....

Mrs. Richardson...

Dinky King and Murrio...

It was super fun and the reactions to me dressed as Mario were hilarious.  Made a few Snapchats and during the school emergency later that day, my students found me right away 😏😆😄😃.  My classes will remember Pythagorean Theorem this year!

Mr. Lutwyche's names had me cracking up and of course I emphasized them with the students.

Due to the school-wide emergency, I didn't get to see a couple of my periods and knew they would be bummed out missing me dressed up in class- no one could miss me in the gym!  I decided to continue with Mr. Lutwyche's inspiration and work the theme into an activity for Monday.  This quickly escalated, as most of my planning does, and I ended up with 3 more activities with the 'Murrio' theme.  And yes, I laughed every time I typed Murrio and changed a name.  And yes, I'm easily entertained.

My next lesson was over distance.  I wrote some notes and created a WS where we measured the distance for 'Murrio' and 'Lequigi' had to hit the blocks.  Just a different twist to  some of the same old but necessary practice.


Notes...

Cutest. Worksheet. Ever.

The number line example is actually a font so I could type in exactly what I wanted.  You can download it free here.  I could not wait to hand this assignment out!! #mathnerd.  And the occasional chuckles from the class when they read Lequigi made the extra work worth it!  I will do almost anything to engage my students in math.  This meant they were reading the assignment!!!

For my title and example font, Austie Bost Envelope, you may download it here for FREE.

After this I couldn't stop and even did a 'Murrio' themed Pythagorean Theorem scavenger hunt which I will share later (need to do it in class before I get ahead of myself).

You may download all my resources used above here for FREE. For any keys, please feel free to email me at camfan54@att.net from your school or professional account.  I've had students try and email for keys in the past but luckily their email said student! 

Thank you and please let me know if you see any issues with links or corrections on anything!

And thank you again to my new educational friend, Mr. Lutwyche.  I hope that your inspiration causes me more hours of work and my students more engagement.  

Enjoy,
Lisa