Mrvaudrey

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  • Math Valentines, 2013

    Substitute days are tricky for a teacher.B A successful lesson for the sub is one where these things happen:

    • B Students are productive (Read: BUSY) the whole period doing something mathematical
    • …yet are happy to see me when I return.
    • The sub is happy that the class worked hard.
    • And my classroom is intact, nothing stolen, punched, or burned down.

    To that end, this was a successful lesson, just like last year. I left a sample list of some words they could use and they got to work.

    Here are some of my favorites:

    And, as usual, a Valentine for my wife using stolen lines from the student work:

    Dear Andrea,

    The formula of love is Me + You.B You are theB solution to all my problems. Your expressions are the cutest ever. You addB happiness to my soul, youB intersect my heart. You give me theB power to do anything I desire.

    You’re the numerator to my fraction. You and I equal a perfect square. You’re so radical; I want us to be binomials.

    Roses are red, Violets are blue,
    But the only flower I choose…

    …is you.

    Love,

    Hunter Hayes

    Thisguycouldbehunterhayes

  • A Math Valentine

    I had a sub on Thursday, and the students’ assignment was a Valentine’s Card using math vocabulary (and the math terms underlined).

    Here are some of the all-stars. Click on the first one to see a slideshow.

    So, I stole a few lines, and here is a letter to my wife, the lovely and talented Andrea Vaudrey (with the math terms underlined):

    To my Valentine:
    Our love is like an irrational equation; it can’t be simplified.
    You are a factor of my life.
    If we distribute our love, we can be together forever. Together, we make a perfect square.
    I love you like a coefficient loves its variable.
    You are the square to my root, the solution to all of my equations. The slope of my love for you is ever increasing.
    We fit together like coordinates on an axis.
    You are the solution to my New Year’s resolution. Our love is a slope that increases with all my hope that is so dope.
    I less than three you.
    For my love, like pi, is neverending.

    Happy Valentime’s Day.

    ~Matt

    UPDATE February 20, 2012: Thanks to Scoop.it for featuring this post, and for opening my eyes to what a fabulous online magazine you are.

    UPDATE February 11, 2013:B And here’s the B Math Valentines Card GuideB thatB I used. I’d give credit… if I knew where I got it.