Math Wheel Notes: A Visual System for Math Note-Taking and Organization
Transform Your Students' Math Experience with Engaging VISUAL Note-Taking:
Introducing Math Wheel Notes – a brain-friendly way to make math notes stick!
Discover a creative but structured way to take math notes—and watch your students’ engagement and retention soar!
TAKING NOTES IN MATH CLASS can be A STRUGGLE FOR STUDENTS.
Are you dealing with:
Students tuning out when it’s time to take math notes and try practice problems?
Trying to create new and engaging ways for students to take notes?
Lack of organization in students’ math notes and example problems?
There's no other way to spin it:
Math notes can be boring.
Math notes can be confusing.
Math notes can fail to meet students' needs.
Math notes can lead to disengaged students.
BUT, it’s time to change that ~ because math notes shouldn’t be a drag!
I get it. I've been there
I’ve tried different note-taking methods with students over the years, like:
- Letting students set up their own notes in their notebooks
- Using packets of guided notes
- Avoiding much note-taking and using hand outs instead…
But here’s the thing: students NEED to write and ENGAGE with the material themselves – that’s how information actually sticks. Handing them pages of completed notes doesn’t help get the content into their brains.
So, when Doodle Notes came on the scene several years back, I wanted to create something similar, but with a little different structure…maybe because my brain just needed the structure of different sections.
And I came up with the idea of ‘math wheels,’ which blend structure and creativity.
With math wheels, students:
- Are engaged while learning with colorful, interactive notes.
- Retain key concepts through color and visual representations.
- AND complete practice problems in the pattern around the wheel.
WHY YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS WILL LOVE MATH WHEEL NOTES
Math wheels facilitate interactive learning through the use of doodles and creative visuals, helping students to better engage with the content and retain it.
The use of colorful, engaging visuals and doodles can make learning math more fun and enjoyable for students, increasing their motivation and interest in math.
Math wheels encourage creativity and personalization, allowing students to express themselves and their understanding of the material in unique ways.
PLUS, the use of color and images in math note-taking is
supported by brain research!
What's Included in Each Wheel Resource:
Math wheel for student notes, with practice problems around the wheel.
Key and sample notes to guide you.
Editable wheel so you can create your own wheel for any topic!
Being added in summer, 2025: ‘no pattern’ backgrounds
What Teachers Are Saying About Math Wheel Notes
Align With our standards and Learning goals
The Kids....Actually
Refer Back To Them!
They are a fabulous way to...help students remember concepts!
This is a great resource for my students to do note taking and practice problems in their Interactive Math Notebooks. They have a lot of information in them and align very well with our standards and learning goals. I highly recommend!
I love these math wheels! I love using guided notes and these are fun and easy to use. The kids like them and actually use them and refer back to them. Totally worth the money and a time saver!
I’ve used other wheels before with my students, so I went ahead and bought the entire bundle. They are a fabulous way to make math fun and help the students remember concepts.
This is definitely something you want to use in a creative math classroom.
Ready to Make Math Notes Exciting and Effective?
Choose from over 100 math wheels for grades 3 to 8, covering concepts like basic fractions and decimals, ratios, surface area, exponent rules, slope, and transformations. You can purchase individual wheels or save with bundles!
Besides specific math topics, you can also find wheels for:
- Class Expectations
- Getting to Know You (Meet the Mathematician)
- Math Talk
- Problem Solving Strategies
- Test-Taking Strategies
AND, if you happen to teach ELA too, there are a few grammar wheels for you.
Find them all in the Cognitive Cardio Math shop on TPT.
Check Out the Math Wheels Below!
Shop by grade level: the buttons will take you to the grade level bundle on TPT
You can also get to the individual wheels from the bundles.
Math notes are so important - let's get students engaged in them!
You can use math wheels in so many ways.
With math wheels, you can...
- Use with the whole class, to introduce or review content
- Use in small groups, for remediation
- Use in centers as review, student discussion, or extra practice
- Use for test prep
- Address different learning strengths and needs
- Utilize BOTH the left and right hemispheres of the brain during note taking
- Help students understand the meaning of concepts with visual representations
- Help students keep their notes organized as you move through the year
- Provide engaging reference sheets for the year
- Create anchor charts for reference and to guide students in taking notes
You AND Your Students Will Love the Math Wheels!
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