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Saturday, October 28, 2017

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!

Updated Evaluating Expressions Question Stack amongst More Difficult Questions

On Sunday, I shared a question stack I made to review the distributive property using printable draw organisation cards. Today, I desire to portion a unlike version. I created this query stack for my Algebra 1 classes to review evaluating expressions.

If you've laid upwards my weblog for awhile as well as tin continue rails of my hundreds of posts, you lot may hold upwards thinking that I've already shared my evaluating expressions query stack before. Yes, I did portion an evaluating expressions query stack final year. Here's the post.

The questions looked similar this:

Last Year's Question Stack (Download HERE)
There was nil incorrect amongst this, but this twelvemonth I decided I wanted my students to create problems at a fighting of a higher level. I spent a substantial amount of fourth dimension reviewing the lodge of operations this year, as well as thence that allowed me to inquire much to a greater extent than hard evaluating questions than inwards years by where I skipped lodge of operations review because I assumed all of my students had already mastered it. Let's merely tell that evaluating expressions went a 1000000 times ameliorate this twelvemonth than final cheers to the lodge of operations review fifty-fifty amongst the harder problems!

Introducing my novel as well as improved as well as much to a greater extent than hard query stack!


I printed these query as well as respond cards on Avery Business Cards (affiliate link) that I purchased from NAIER final year.
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So, how does a query stack work? Check out this post for the total details, but I'll teach ahead as well as rapidly summarize how it plant below!


Each grouping gets an explanation menu amongst all of the rules.

I printed them on peach newspaper as well as laminated them as well as thence they are handy every fourth dimension nosotros create a query stack. And, I create lots of query stacks!



Students seat out all of the cards individually amongst the respond sides facing up. These cards shape the "answer bank."

Each grouping chooses i menu to flip over. They seat this menu on reach of their laminated query stack template as well as thence they don't teach confused.

Each grouping fellow member plant out the problem. When the grouping has decided on an answer, they depository fiscal establishment jibe the "answer bank" to run into if their respond is there. If it is, they are (most likely) correct. If it isn't, they receive got made a mistake. They ask to depository fiscal establishment jibe their operate and/or inquire for help.

 

If the respond is inwards the respond bank, this menu is flipped over to give away a novel question. This procedure repeats until the final query is flipped over. The respond to this menu should hold upwards at the bottom of the pile if all of the questions receive got been answered correctly.

Here are approximately activeness shots from the twenty-four threescore minutes catamenia I used this activity inwards class:













You tin download the file for this activity here.

Graphing Solutions on a Number Line Speed Dating

Recently, I wrote a blog post sharing a ready of speed dating cards I created to review absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, together with reverse reciprocal using printable describe of piece of work organization cards (affiliate link).
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I used the blank template I created to exercise a novel ready of speed dating cards for a dissimilar topic: graphing solutions on a publish line.

I've done this activity inwards the past, only I had ever handwritten the questions/answers on index cards. This worked good enough, only it meant I couldn't percentage the file amongst others.



Here's my newly designed version using Avery printable describe of piece of work organization cards (affiliate link).






The backs of the cards cause got the reply printed then partners tin flame easily banking concern fit each other's work.



These cards testify that students know how to graph the next types of solutions on a publish line:
* is equal to
* is non equal to
* is greater than or equal to
* is greater than
* is less than or equal to
* is less than

So, how does speed dating work?

1. Create a deck of cards that has a enquiry on i side together with the reply on the other side.
2. Pass out the cards to students amongst the enquiry side facing up.
3. Instruct each pupil to solve the occupation inwards front end of them earlier checking their reply past times flipping the carte du jour over.
4. Have students stand upwards up together with uncovering a partner.
5. Students accept turns quizzing their partner together with coaching/praising them.
6. Once the pair has successfully answered both questions, the partners should merchandise cards.
7. Find a novel partner.
8. Repeat.

So, why is it called speed dating?

In speed dating, the finish is to run into every mo many people every mo possible inwards every mo piddling fourth dimension every mo possible. At the terminate of each "mini date," y'all merchandise information inwards illustration y'all afterward determine y'all desire to larn far contact. My high schoolhouse students commonly honey the analogy. If y'all don't holler back your students tin flame lead maintain the dating analogy, y'all tin flame telephone telephone this activity it's other mutual name: Quiz, Quiz, Trade.

Here are a duet of activeness shots from the 24-hour interval nosotros used these inwards class:



I cause got uploaded the file for these speed dating cards here. If y'all don't cause got access to printable describe of piece of work organization cards (affiliate link), y'all could impress them together with cutting off the excess margins earlier cutting the cards apart.