Math Fun for
Holidays
and
Every Day of
the Year
Christine Scheffel
cscheffel@eawr.org
www.scheffelmathematics.com
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High School
Math Resources
September
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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
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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
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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
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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/BBallDiam
ondLev2.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.sht
ml
http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/