Math Pennants

“My students absolutely LOVE these math pennants. And I hate decorating bulletin boards, so this is a painless way to keep [things] looking festive!" - iheartmath

“This was one of the things that many of my students commented that they enjoyed when I asked them at the end of the year. They liked the opportunity to be somewhat creative. I think they felt like they were less threatening than "real" work. LOL!” - Marla B

"These are wonderful! I have seen other teachers use these, and I couldn't wait to try them! They are a wonderful short formative assessment for students, and a wonderful way to decorate the room!" - Sarah M

We all know how much kids love seeing their work displayed. It builds self-confidence and is a great reminder on harder days that they CAN do math! When asked, even my seniors would choose to hang their papers in our class over taking them home. 

When I first started making math pennants back in 2015, I figured they'd just be a fun way to merge classroom décor with student practice. But you all had different ideas in mind! From warm-ups to centers to math bulletin board decorations, teachers have gotten so creative about ways to use math pennants in their classes. 

I've also made a bunch of special holiday math pennants for all ages to help make classrooms festive during holidays throughout the year.

Some of the ways teachers are using math pennants in their classrooms:

1: as warm-ups 

2: as centers 

3: as team-building classwork 

4: as exit tickets 

5: as homework 

6: as extra credit 

7: as math-themed class décor (of course!)

To date, I have made over 100 sets of math pennants for all levels of math. Some were made to hit certain standards, others were made to help celebrate holidays, and most were made after teachers specifically requested pennants to hit specific standards. 

Every one of my pennants has been a labor love to get the problems, the rigor and the formatting right. In this post I want to share photos of some of them.

Here's a set for domain and range.

And a fancier set of math pennants for practice with the Pythagorean Theorem.

Adding and subtracting integers.

Earth Day word problems.

Pi Day (this is the metric version).

Comparing fraction size.

Geometric transformations.

Literal equations.

I have also made a bunch of holiday math pennants. Here is a Valentine's Day linear equations pennant:

And a Back to School pennant with a Golden Spiral theme.

All math pennant downloads can be found here:

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Below are some of the photos teachers have sent to me over the years:

Ms. Doty scientific notation pennants

Ms. Calabro Unit Rates math pennant 

Mrs. Esterhuizen math pennants

Ms. Bolin fraction math pennants

Mrs. Esterhuizen math pennant

@dixiedog1969 math pennants Christmas bulletin board display

Ms. Rose polynomial math pennants

Ms. Deculus comparing fraction size math pennants

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