Post-It Notes - Angles in Parallel Lines

An ACTIVITY on Angles in Parallel Lines fluency and extension.

This is a scaffolded, differentiated, engaging and accountable activity that promotes discussion between students while being fun at the same time.

The idea for this activity is borrowed from Rich Walter in this TES video I saw. If you’d like to get an idea of how this works in the class, watching the video would be a good idea.

It takes me 10 minutes to prepare for this activity using the resources in this download though it may take you a little longer the first time.

Requires:

• Post-It Notes (Sticky Notes)
• A (manual feed) printer. Don’t use the large school photocopier.

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Download Contents:

• Template to help print Post-It notes
• Parallel lines questions (to print onto Post-It notes)
• Image of instructions given to students

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Notes from experience:

• Post-It notes actually have a proper method to peel them off. Using this method lets them sit nicely on the whiteboard.
• If the notes lose their stickyness quickly, place a table or two under the whiteboard to return them to instead.
• Keep an eye on the names students are writing.
• Keep an eye out for common misconceptions where everyone has written the same incorrect answer, particularly with the challenge and super challenge questions.