Combining Like Terms

Showing posts with label Combining Like Terms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Combining Like Terms. Show all posts
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Two Truths in addition to a Lie: Combining Like Terms

A few weeks ago, I shared a free template I created for using 2 Truths together with a Lie inwards class. Specifically, I shared examples of using the practise construction amongst a few vocab words: absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, together with reverse reciprocal.


Recently, I used the same template amongst a dissimilar topic: similar terms. I loved that I could transcend out the template, together with students knew precisely what to produce without whatever prompting from me!

After students wrote their 2 truths together with a prevarication simply earlier they wrote downwardly which contestation was a lie, I gave students a adventure to demo their statements to the flat using our Ipevo Document Camera (affiliate link).


Students dear to seat theirs nether the document photographic television set camera because it way they larn to sit down inwards my comfy chair for a infinitesimal or two!


My favorite way to role this activeness is equally a concluding infinitesimal quiz review. It's a smashing way to larn students thinking near mutual misconceptions.


Here are unopen to examples of what my students came upwards with:












You tin sack download the Two Truths together with a Lie Template here.

Distributive Property Question Stack

In a previous post service most creating cards for a speed dating activity, I mentioned that I had started using printable work concern cards for my speed dating cards instead of printing them on carte du jour stock in addition to laminating them. I've too been doing the same affair for query stacks.

Last year, I purchased a bunch of Avery printable work concern cards (affiliate link) from NAEIR. These are a lifesaver for making activeness prep super fast. The cards snap apart in addition to then quickly. It never fails to amaze in addition to excite me how the newspaper I but ran through my printer tin sack come upwards apart in addition to then easily.
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I educate Word to impress on the right Avery template in addition to chop-chop created a query stack template.  If yous don't lead maintain access to printable work concern cards, yous tin sack nevertheless role this template. You'll but demand to chop off the margins earlier cutting the cards apart! You tin sack download the blank template to brand your ain query stacks here.


So, how does a query stack work? Check out this post for the total details, but I'll become ahead in addition to chop-chop summarize how it plant below!

Each grouping gets an explanation carte du jour alongside all of the rules.

I printed them on peach newspaper in addition to laminated them in addition to then they are handy every fourth dimension nosotros create a query stack. And, I create lots of query stacks!


Students set out all of the cards individually alongside the reply sides facing up. These cards shape the "answer bank." Each grouping chooses i carte du jour to flip over. They set this carte du jour on laissez passer on of their laminated query stack template in addition to then they don't larn confused.

Each grouping fellow member plant out the problem. When the grouping has decided on an answer, they cheque the "answer bank" to encounter if their reply is there. If it is, they are (most likely) correct. If it isn't, they lead maintain made a mistake. They demand to cheque their locomote and/or inquire for help.

If the reply is inwards the reply bank, this carte du jour is flipped over to disclose a novel question. This procedure repeats until the concluding query is flipped over. The reply to this carte du jour should hold upwards at the bottom of the pile if all of the questions lead maintain been answered correctly.

There are a few things I specially dear most this exercise structure. It's self-checking. Groups know precisely when they demand to inquire for help. Groups larn to locomote at their ain pace. Some volition become far through all 10 questions. Others may entirely become far through four. As long every bit they are working in addition to shout for adept questions, I am happy! Groups don't but larn to skip questions when they experience similar it. This activeness is all most perseverance. Also, i time students know how the construction works, all I lead maintain to create is perish out the cards. The students know precisely what to create to larn started.

I lately used the template I created to brand a query stack to review the distributive belongings in addition to combining similar terms. Here are the questions I came upwards with:

 




Here are to a greater extent than or less photos of my students working through this query stack:







You tin sack download the file for this activeness here. The template is designed to hold upwards printed on Avery Printable Business cards (affiliate link). But, yous could too impress on regular newspaper in addition to chop off the margins earlier cutting the cards apart!

Distributive Property INB Pages

Quick postal service today to portion a foldable I made to review the distributive belongings amongst my Algebra 1 students. This is 1 of those topics that my students induce got seen since they were inwards the 7th grade, simply they nonetheless brand mistakes.

Here are the ii most mutual mistakes I see:

3(5x - 2) = 15x - 2
5 - (4x + 2) = 20x + 10

I wrote these notes amongst these ii mistakes inwards mind. 


On the inside, I gave students a tabular array to fill upward out that walks them step-by-step through the distribution process.

My favorite column is the bit one: What should survive distributed? Before kickoff the multiplication process, I desire my students to intend critically close what set out is genuinely beingness distributed. I house a big emphasis on drawing inwards our invisible 1's!


For combining similar terms, I instruct my students to house the similar price inwards groups. Eventually, they wean themselves off this method, simply I honor it helps my students agency to a greater extent than than the to a greater extent than traditional agency of color-coding or shape-coding the similar terms.


After filling out the table, nosotros tackled a few to a greater extent than advanced distributive belongings do problems. You tin meet our grouping strategy to a greater extent than easily hither since at that spot are to a greater extent than price to combine!


You tin download the files for these notes here.