Practice Structures

Showing posts with label Practice Structures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Practice Structures. Show all posts
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Factoring Trinomials Question Stack - Updated alongside GCFs!

I wasn't quite certain what to weblog nigh today, as well as then I started looking through my drafts folder inwards Blogger.  I ran across this post service on a enquiry stack I created for factoring trinomials during Algebra 1's unit of measurement on polynomials.  

I start blogged nigh this activity inwards Nov of 2015.  Here's the link to my master post.  

I generally kept the same questions, but I edited around of the problems to brand my students possess got to ingredient out the GCF first.  

Here are the questions: 



Here are the answers; 


I intentionally added 2 questions amongst a GCF of 2 as well as 2 questions amongst a GCF of x^2.  This meant that students wouldn't survive able to automatically figure out the right reply merely past times identifying the GCF.  

So, how does a enquiry stack work? 

Students are given a double-sided deck of 10 cards.  One side of the bill of fare features a question.  The other side features the reply to a DIFFERENT enquiry  Many people mistakenly assume that the reply printed on the dorsum is the reply to the enquiry on the front.  These may await similar flash cards, but they are definitely non flash cards.    

Students start the activity past times turning over all of the cards to break ALL of the answers.  I say my students this is their reply bank.  

Then, students flip over 1 bill of fare of their choosing.  This volition survive their start occupation to solve.  When students discovery the solution, it should survive inwards the reply banking concern if they possess got done everything correctly.  They option upwards the solution bill of fare as well as flip it over to break the side past times side question. 

I dearest enquiry stacks because they are self-checking.  This way I tin focus my tending on the groups struggling the most.  The reply banking concern gets smaller as well as smaller amongst each enquiry which helps gear upwards pupil confidence.  

Here are around pictures of my students inwards activity spell doing this activity: 









Want to acquire to a greater extent than nigh the box method for factoring polynomials?  I propose that y'all read these 2 posts: Post 1 as well as Post 2.

Printable file to practice this activity is uploaded here.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Always, Sometimes, or Never? Resources for Math Class

After successfully using Always, Sometimes, or Never? to assistance my students hit a ameliorate conceptual agreement of the measures of fundamental style (link to spider web log post), I began to wonder what other math topics I could utilisation the Always, Sometimes, or Never? construction with.


I spent utilisation of an even out googling for resources.  I idea I should part my findings alongside yous guys equally well.  Have yous used Always, Sometimes, or Never? to review other concepts?  Please piece of job out a comment!

Algebraic Properties


Angles


Miscellaneous


Negatives


Number Sense


Parallel together with Perpendicular Lines


Points, Lines, together with Planes


Quadrilaterals


Rational together with Irrational Numbers


Similarity


Transformations


Trig


Monday, October 30, 2017

Rationalizing the Denominator Practice Activity

I already posted nearly our recent Algebra 1 unit of measurement on radicals.  But, I only realized I forgot to part the query stack I created to assist my students exercise rationalizing the denominator. 

Question stacks are ane of my favorite exercise structures.  Students are given a double-sided deck of x cards.  One side of the menu features a question.  The other side features the reply to a DIFFERENT question.  

Students start out the activity past times turning over all of the cards to discover ALL of the answers.  I say my students this is their reply bank.  

Then, students flip over ane menu of their choosing.  This volition move their starting fourth dimension employment to solve.  When students detect the solution, it should move inwards the reply banking concern if they convey done everything correctly.  They alternative upwards the solution menu as well as flip it over to discover the side past times side question. 

I dear query stacks because they are self-checking.  This agency I tin sack focus my assist on the groups struggling the most.  The reply banking concern gets smaller as well as smaller amongst each query which helps orbit pupil confidence.  

Here are the questions.  I pose boxes unopen to the questions to brand them easier to spot. 

 

And, here's the reply bank.


 Here are some pictures of my students inwards action: 









I convey uploaded the file for this query stack here.  

Want to a greater extent than query stacks? 

Adding as well as Subtracting Polynomials (With Function Notation)
Operations amongst Radicals
Evaluating Expressions
Rational Expressions
Factoring Trinomials
Fraction Operations



Saturday, October 28, 2017

Two Truths together with a Lie Activity Template

I dearest using the Two Truths in addition to a Lie strategy to larn students practicing applying math concepts inwards my class.  Normally, this is used equally an H2O ice breaker. For example, I mightiness percentage the next iii statements:

1. I in i trial fed almonds to a kangaroo.
2. I cause got never eaten steak.
3. I become to the circus every unmarried year.

Two of those statements are true. One is a lie. So, which i is it?

Any guesses?

If you lot guessed that reveal iii was the lie, you lot were correct. To brand this into a math-y or science-y activity, I cause got my students write iii statements virtually our electrical flow theme of study. Two of them require to live on true. One of them needs to live on false.

In the past, I've simply had students write their statements on dry out erase boards in addition to percentage them amongst the class. This year, I decided to cause got students practise a page for their interactive notebooks.

Here's what I came upwardly with:


I intentionally my template generic thus I tin reuse it throughout the twelvemonth for diverse topics. :)

I used it for the showtime fourth dimension when my Algebra 1 students were reviewing the definitions of absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, in addition to contrary reciprocal. I instructed my students to fill upwardly the boxes for A, B, in addition to C amongst 2 truths in addition to a lie. I told them to exit the bottom of the page blank for now.

After students wrote their 2 truths in addition to a lie, I invited students to house their newspaper nether our document camera (affiliate link) for the shape to see. The shape thus had to figure out which disceptation was the lie. Some students actually liked getting to demo their statements off to the class. Others refused. I simply allow those who wanted to practise it volunteer.

It turns out it's actually difficult to cause got pictures of using a document camera!


We had to plow the lights out inwards the room for students to live on able to run into the pencil markings come upwardly up on the document camera.



Once everyone who wanted a plow had a peril to percentage their statements amongst the class, I had my students consummate the bottom of the paper. They had to specify which disceptation was a prevarication in addition to WHY the disceptation was a lie.





You tin download the template I created for this action here.

Question Stack Explanation Card

I'm currently inward the procedure of making to a greater extent than inquiry stacks for my Algebra i classes. Every year, students are a chip confused when I innovate the exercise structure. Often, they are talking or twenty-four hours dreaming when I am giving the crucial instructions, together with they goal upward wasting a lot of time.

This year, I've decided to brand a template for students to role alongside their inquiry stack cards that has the instructions printed on it.

Here's what I've come upward up with:

I've printed them on peach newspaper together with laminated them.


You tin download the file here.

Want to come across the inquiry stacks I bring created thence far together with posted on my blog?
Factoring Trinomials
Rationalizing the Denominator
Adding together with Subtracting Polynomials inward Function Notation
Operations alongside Radicals
Evaluating Expressions
Rational Expressions
Fraction Operations


More coming soon!

Non-Standard Operations Sorting Activity

Since I've already blogged near my INB notes for Non-Standard Operations too my Add Em Up Activity for the same topic, I decided it was in conclusion fourth dimension to weblog near 1 of my favorite activities that I've created this schoolhouse year: Non-Standard Operation Sorting Cards!

I've done quite a few Question Stacks lately, then I decided I wanted to alter things upwards a fleck when it came fourth dimension to produce some do for Non-Standard Operations. It's gotten then that my students intend we're doing a enquiry stack EVERY SINGLE TIME I transcend out a pocketbook of cards! And, yes, I realize I'm behind on blogging all my novel enquiry stack files. It's on my to produce list. I promise!

 To brand this activity, I created twelve problems. I intentionally wrote the problems then that at that spot were 3 dissimilar answers alongside 4 problems resulting inwards each answer. Special thank you lot to my husband for helping me arts and crafts some of these problems to come upwards out to a specific answer! When I would write a work that failed to come upwards out to the correct answer, he would assistance me tweak my numbers then it worked. This was a trickier trace of piece of work to produce than I initially regard when I laid out to brand these cards!

The regard behind this activeness is that students instruct a deck of cards. They are told that at that spot are 3 dissimilar answers. Groups of students endure through the decks of cards to determine the 3 answers too house the cards inwards 3 piles according to their answers. To assistance my students out, I did plow over them a hint that at that spot were 4 cards for each answer.


I also typed upwards an respond fundamental that I could role to easily depository fiscal establishment fit a group's work. I laminated my respond fundamental on the same coloring of newspaper every bit the cards.


After explaining the activity, my students took off. We used our jumbo group-sized dry out erase boards for this activity. They were the perfect size for multiple students to endure around!


I loved the self-checking appear of this activity. Many groups institute themselves inwards the scenario where they had institute 4 dissimilar answers. Often 1 of these answers would solely accept 1 bill of fare inwards its pile. Students knew that this was the work they needed to rework.


I loved walking unopen to the room to run across how dissimilar groups were organizing their work.


Some groups dealt the cards out to grouping members earlier start then that each grouping fellow member worked the same release of problems. This worked good until 1 grouping realized that 1 grouping fellow member had gotten ALL one-step problems!


I await frontwards to applying this do construction to a greater extent than inwards the future!


There is something powerful near giving students a express release of respond choices.


I saw educatee confidence alongside non-standard operations grow alongside leaps too bounds every bit my students worked through this activity.


I gave my students xxx minutes for this activity. For some groups, this wasn't enough. For other groups, they finished later on 15 to 20 minutes.


Luckily, I was able to accept my groups that finished early on come about the Add Em Up activity.



This activeness is a definite keeper! You tin download the files for this activeness here.

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.