Math autobiography for sixth grade

How is it possible to already be this far behind with blogging after the FOURTH day of school?!?  Oh, yeah.  It might be due to the fact that I still have lessons from last school year that need to be blogged about.

Math autobiography assignment

 And, I have yet to finish my #TMC14 reflections.  I feel like I’ve been constantly on the go since July.  I guess this is the life of a teacher.

This year, I decided I wanted to have my students write a mathematical autobiography.

 Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I did some serious google searching.  It took a while to find, but I finally happened upon some questions that I liked.

Math autobiography for sixth grade

This “Mathography” assignment asked students to write a three paragraph essay.  I wanted to use the same questions but make it less intimidating of an assignment for the first week of school.

Here’s my foldable version.

 Yes, I am truly obsessed.  I guess that’s why people kept referring to me as the &