Algebra i Expressions (Unit 1) INB Pages 2017-2018

Unit 1 inward Algebra 1 was a long one. And, it took us much longer than I expected to larn through it. Now that we're out of our introductory unit of measurement on expressions, I think we're finally making some headway through Algebra 1. And, I promise to larn caught dorsum upward to where nosotros should live on past times Christmas. We lead maintain had quite a few disruptions this year, as well as it has definitely showed inward our pacing.

In this post, I desire to portion pictures of each of our interactive notebook pages from the start unit. I lead maintain already blogged close some of these pages inward private spider web log posts, but many are beingness shared for the start fourth dimension inward this post.

Every unit of measurement starts amongst a divider. These dividers lead maintain actually taken my interactive notebooks to the adjacent level. My students' notebooks are x times to a greater extent than organized immediately than earlier I started using dividers betwixt each unit. Learn to a greater extent than close these dividers here.

The left side of the divider asks students to listing the move past times x things they think they demand to cry back from this unit. Some of my students hold back until the terminate of the unit of measurement to fill upward this out. Others fill upward it inward every bit nosotros go. And, to live on honest, some never fill upward it out at all. These students do, however, lose points for this when I produce their notebook cheque at the terminate of the unit. For to a greater extent than information close how I'm currently doing notebook checks, read this post.

The right side of the divider lists our SBG skills for the unit. Students are expected to tape their quiz scores inward their notebook whenever quizzes are handed dorsum out. I also cheque this when I produce notebook checks.

Our start science of the unit of measurement was over 4 telephone substitution words: absolute value, reciprocal, opposite, as well as contrary reciprocal. We completed a frayer model for each word. This year, I am pre-printing the words on the frayer models. In years past, I had as well as thus many students forget to write the give-and-take inward the center. That's the most of import part!

Here are close-ups of each Frayer model.

Absolute Value:

Reciprocal:

Opposite:

Opposite Reciprocal:

We completed an Always, Sometimes, Never chore involving these vocabulary words. I blogged to a greater extent than close this activeness here.

We also did a 2 Truths as well as a Lie activeness where students had to apply their cognition of our novel vocabulary words. This 2 Truths as well as a Lie template tin flaming live on used for almost whatever topic. You tin flaming download it here.

Our instant science of the unit of measurement was a review of the corporation of operations.

We began amongst an exam of the connections betwixt negatives, exponents, as well as parentheses. Next year, I think I'll brand this it's ain skill.

I downsized the grouping symbols poster from my wall as well as thus students could lead maintain a version inward their notebooks.

We also set inward a diagram of the corporation of operations. I made it to appear similar the order of operations posters on my wall.

We did 3 practise corporation of operations problems inward our notebooks.

To give students extra practice, I gave them a 2 Truths as well as a Lie activity.

Now, on to the distributive property!

First, nosotros tackled a super unproblematic employment that's similar what my students were used to seeing from middle school.

Then, a slightly harder employment that involves drawing inward the invisible 1 inward front end of the parentheses.

Then, LOTS of practise inside!

Those practise problems were pretty easy, as well as thus I made some other practise canvas amongst questions similar to what would live on on their quiz. After taking the quiz, 1 pupil asked me if I meant to brand the questions on this page appear similar the questions on the quiz. Why, yes, I did!

Close-ups of each problem:

And, lucky us, Greta Bergman has also made a "One Incorrect" puzzle for distributive property!

Now, it's fourth dimension for 3 novel vocab words: expression, equation, as well as inequality.

We wrote definitions for each as well as created examples every bit a class.

On the inside, students translated twelve statements written inward words to symbols. Then, they classified each tilt every bit an expression, equation, or inequality.

Up next, to a greater extent than practise amongst translating. Some of my students actually got into the brand your ain employment section!

I've made myself a banking corporation complaint to alter the wording on 1 of the problems because it's a flake ambiguous as well as could live on written 2 dissimilar ways.

I decided to reuse an facial expression writing practise canvas that I made to piece of work amongst my students 2 years ago. We no longer lead maintain an end-of-instruction exam that features these types of problems, but it did give my students a flake of extra practise amongst translating from words to symbols!

And, that's all our notes for the start unit of measurement of the twelvemonth inward Algebra 1.

We did also mucilage inward 2 things to our reference materials department at the front end of our notebooks.

First, nosotros glued inward a translating "cheat sheet" that I created in conclusion year.

Students tri-fold it earlier gluing it inward as well as thus that it tin flaming unfold as well as live on used no affair where nosotros are inward our notebook.

When nosotros aren't using it, it folds upward nicely inward our notebook.

If students mucilage it on the left mitt page of their notebook, it tin flaming live on used throughout the residuum of the year!

The other reference nosotros glued inward also had to produce amongst translating from words to algebra. I created a laid of translating cards every bit an experiment to run into if it helped students amongst their translation. I'd link to the spider web log postal service sharing the cards, but I haven't got some to blogging close them yet.

After using the cards, my students expressed a want to lead maintain a re-create of the cards for their notebooks. I'm non but happy amongst this notebook version, but the whole organisation needs some tweaks earlier I piece of work it again. Still, my students lead maintain establish it to live on a useful resources inward their notebooks!