Interactive notebook pages for reflections and rotations in high school geometry
Trigonometry is one of my favorite units to teach. It is super visual which is a huge plus for my students. All the problems in this unit are easily tied to real life. And when I say real life, I m…
Science topics include mitosis and meiosis. Math activities include slope, slope-intercept, Pythagorean Theorem. Algebra, Pre-Algebra, 7th grade math.
Lesson Idea and Foldable for the Distributive Property for Algebra 1
I teach factoring a little bit differently than most people, I think. I only teach one method and it works every time. There's no need for boxes or fancy flow charts to tell students what to do when. You can read my post about How I Teach Factoring. For this unit, my interactive notebook pages are kind of bland. However, they got the job done! First, I taught factoring by grouping. I listed the steps to factor by grouping, then had an example below. Inside the hamburger book, I have lots of examples. Next, I taught factoring trinomials. I had the steps listed and an example below (again). Inside the giant hamburger book there are a bunch of examples. Lastly, I taught all those special factoring patterns...sort of. There really isn't a need for students to know all the factoring patterns, until they notice the pattern for themselves. They can still factor everything (that's required in my Algebra 1 standards) with the splitting the middle method I've taught them. This hamburger book lays it all out for them. Yes, this unit had only three lessons. Our textbook has an entire chapter for this unit! We did a lot of practice, so we spent more than three days working on these skills, but it wasn't necessary to teach a million special cases. I hope this helps you maybe re-think your factoring unit! Factoring by Grouping Foldable Factoring Trinomials Foldable Special Factoring Patterns Foldable
Interactive Notebook Pages for Logic in Geometry
Free Download of Chemical Symbol Foldable and Proton Neutron Electron Chart for Chemistry or Physical Science Interactive Notebooks.
We do math problem solving in my kindergarten class everyday! I will probably write a lot about it this year, so stay tuned! So I thought I would start off showing how I set up my Problem-Solving Notebooks (some people call them math journals). I use a notebook so I can keep all of the kids' problem-solving together in one place. I find that when I use loose papers, they just end up stuffed in backpacks and crumpled on the bottom of backpacks. Besides, It's amazing to look through them and see the kids' growth over the course of a year! So how, you ask, do parents know what we're doing in math? I send the journals home once or twice a quarter so parents can flip through them. I constantly communicate with my parents through e-mails, my classroom blog and even Twitter to let them know what we're doing and how they can reinforce what we're learning at home. And I use the journals during conferences to show parents evidence of how their child is performing in math. So, where to start... 1. Choose your notebook. It's really up to your own personal preferences (and what's on your school...
interactive notebook pages for slope in algebra 1
I discovered this solving equations flowchart foldable when I still had some students who were getting their steps out of order when trying to solve
It's not a foldable, but I really like this interactive notebook page idea. I (secretly) look for excuses to get out markers. This page has colors that actually have function. I've posted before about using color with a purpose, which basically means having students color-code their notes. One nice thing about this page is that you can change the example problems based on the class period. I always seem to have class periods that struggle and class periods that fly through things. You could use different examples throughout the day, depending on the class.
Lesson Idea and Foldable for the Distributive Property for Algebra 1
a properties of numbers foldable for interactive notebooks
I teach factoring a little bit differently than most people, I think. I only teach one method and it works every time. There's no need for boxes or fancy flow charts to tell students what to do when. You can read my post about How I Teach Factoring. For this unit, my interactive notebook pages are kind of bland. However, they got the job done! First, I taught factoring by grouping. I listed the steps to factor by grouping, then had an example below. Inside the hamburger book, I have lots of examples. Next, I taught factoring trinomials. I had the steps listed and an example below (again). Inside the giant hamburger book there are a bunch of examples. Lastly, I taught all those special factoring patterns...sort of. There really isn't a need for students to know all the factoring patterns, until they notice the pattern for themselves. They can still factor everything (that's required in my Algebra 1 standards) with the splitting the middle method I've taught them. This hamburger book lays it all out for them. Yes, this unit had only three lessons. Our textbook has an entire chapter for this unit! We did a lot of practice, so we spent more than three days working on these skills, but it wasn't necessary to teach a million special cases. I hope this helps you maybe re-think your factoring unit! Factoring by Grouping Foldable Factoring Trinomials Foldable Special Factoring Patterns Foldable
I hope that this blog inspires you to start using interactive notebooks with your students. Here are some things to think about when you g...
3 scientific domains and 6 kingdoms interactive notebook foldable. Differentiated fill-in-the-blank.
Fantastic Flexible Foldables.
Using foldable notes to teach combining like terms.
Interactive Notebook Pages for Logic in Geometry
Interactive Notebook Pages for Logic in Geometry
Lesson Idea and Foldable for the Distributive Property for Algebra 1
I discovered this solving equations flowchart foldable when I still had some students who were getting their steps out of order when trying to solve
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Interactive Notebook Pages for Logic in Geometry
This past week in class we started my FAVORITE type of math to teach! ALGEBRA!! I'm not sure what I love so much about it, but I just think that the possibilities are ENDLESS with the fun things that you can do with it! I remember when I was in school and was in Algebra-it was book/paper activities ALL. THE. TIME. However, I plan to do some out of the box things this 9 weeks with my Expressions and Equations 6th Grade CCSS. :) So, here is a peek at what I did this past week in class to introduce Expressions and Equations. First, we took some note in our Interactive Notebooks on the difference between Expressions and Equations, vocabulary, the Distributive Property (with Algebra), and did some stick and solves (with post-its). It was hard for the students to grasp the distributive property a little with algebra since we learned about it a little with Number Systems, but with numbers not variables. They got stuck for awhile thinking that you could SOLVE these expressions with a number, so we spent a LOT of time talking about the difference between an expression and an equation. We then got into like terms and combining them. This sparked my higher students to go crazy with this, and all week during enrichment, I spent giving CHALLENGES with maybe 7 terms that had to be distributed to, powers and mixed variables! Even though we got into some CRAZY variables, powers, and combining (7th or 8th grade stuff), they had a BLAST! It really challenged them to understand the process-so I think that it really pushed my higher students! Not to mention they were having FUN---and who wants to stop that? :) We did an Algebraic Expression Mix and Mingle, too. I did it on note cards for now, unless anyone expresses an interest for me to put all of my Mix and Mingle games on Teachers Pay Teachers, then I will make them cute and fancy. :) Just send me a message or comment, First, I made expressions that the students needed to solve using the distributive property: I then also made cards in blue ink that had the answers written on them. The students paired up and were each given a question card and a random, answer card. The pairs of students then worked out the question on their card: Once everyone had worked out their questions, they mingled with each other to try to find the group with their answer card. They had a lot of fun--plus it included an aspect that ALL middle school students LOVE to do---MINGLE! :) The last thing that we got to this past week was translating words into algebraic expressions. Ugh. I was dreading this one because even when I taught math at the community college they struggled with this one. We started with some Pinspired notes in our interactive notebooks: Then we did some practice whole class. That is about as far as we got this week. We did a Mix and Mingle activity with this too. Everyone got a card-some were the words and some were the expressions, and they had to match up the correct words to expression. :) We only have two and a half days this next week of school, and I am planning to have them work on our Thanksgiving Math Centers as a review (shameless plug-they're on sale the rest of today!!!). :) Plus, I have math planning on Monday, so I won't be in the classroom. Have a great week everyone! :)
Tracy Bednarick, a 6th Grade Teacher, used my blank cootie catcher template to make this impressive maths teaching aid, and has kindly agreed to share it on the site. CLICK HERE to download integer…
Here are my interactive notebook pages and some teaching ideas for "Angles Formed By Secants and Tangents" in a circle. First, we went over each theorem on the pink sheet and highlighted each theorem and explained what it meant. If you are a regular reader, I think I'm going to make a poster of all of my "left side" circle theorems and hang them up around my classroom! After going over each theorem, we started on the following foldable that has practice problems. I found that cutting out two strips of paper and positioning them around the angle helps my ESL/SPED students visualize the arcs and angles better. They were able to see the relationship between the arc measure and the angle. (Highlighting is also a very big help!) After we finished the foldable, students worked on a simple maze review over this topic. Thank you for taking the time to read! Only 5 more school days left for me :) Here are some files that I used in this lesson: Angles Formed by Secants and Tangents Foldable Secants and Tangents Theorems
Students love this silly, funny area of a triangle foldable activity for student interactive notebooks because this is a lesson they're sure to remember!
This past week in class we started my FAVORITE type of math to teach! ALGEBRA!! I'm not sure what I love so much about it, but I just think that the possibilities are ENDLESS with the fun things that you can do with it! I remember when I was in school and was in Algebra-it was book/paper activities ALL. THE. TIME. However, I plan to do some out of the box things this 9 weeks with my Expressions and Equations 6th Grade CCSS. :) So, here is a peek at what I did this past week in class to introduce Expressions and Equations. First, we took some note in our Interactive Notebooks on the difference between Expressions and Equations, vocabulary, the Distributive Property (with Algebra), and did some stick and solves (with post-its). It was hard for the students to grasp the distributive property a little with algebra since we learned about it a little with Number Systems, but with numbers not variables. They got stuck for awhile thinking that you could SOLVE these expressions with a number, so we spent a LOT of time talking about the difference between an expression and an equation. We then got into like terms and combining them. This sparked my higher students to go crazy with this, and all week during enrichment, I spent giving CHALLENGES with maybe 7 terms that had to be distributed to, powers and mixed variables! Even though we got into some CRAZY variables, powers, and combining (7th or 8th grade stuff), they had a BLAST! It really challenged them to understand the process-so I think that it really pushed my higher students! Not to mention they were having FUN---and who wants to stop that? :) We did an Algebraic Expression Mix and Mingle, too. I did it on note cards for now, unless anyone expresses an interest for me to put all of my Mix and Mingle games on Teachers Pay Teachers, then I will make them cute and fancy. :) Just send me a message or comment, First, I made expressions that the students needed to solve using the distributive property: I then also made cards in blue ink that had the answers written on them. The students paired up and were each given a question card and a random, answer card. The pairs of students then worked out the question on their card: Once everyone had worked out their questions, they mingled with each other to try to find the group with their answer card. They had a lot of fun--plus it included an aspect that ALL middle school students LOVE to do---MINGLE! :) The last thing that we got to this past week was translating words into algebraic expressions. Ugh. I was dreading this one because even when I taught math at the community college they struggled with this one. We started with some Pinspired notes in our interactive notebooks: Then we did some practice whole class. That is about as far as we got this week. We did a Mix and Mingle activity with this too. Everyone got a card-some were the words and some were the expressions, and they had to match up the correct words to expression. :) We only have two and a half days this next week of school, and I am planning to have them work on our Thanksgiving Math Centers as a review (shameless plug-they're on sale the rest of today!!!). :) Plus, I have math planning on Monday, so I won't be in the classroom. Have a great week everyone! :)
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Students love this silly, funny area of a triangle foldable activity for student interactive notebooks because this is a lesson they're sure to remember!
I created this factoring quadratics using the box method foldable for my Algebra 2 students to glue in their interactive notebooks. My students (and I) seemed
interactive notebook pages for slope in algebra 1
This year, I taught geometric transformations at the end of first semester. It’s a unit that is easy to move around and I needed to fill a weird length of time before final exams. I didn’t go as in-depth this year as I have in the past, but I will have the same students again next year for Algebra 2 and can fill any holes then. First, I started with a page to introduce all of the vocab that goes with the unit. Straightforward, quick, and uninteresting. Next, I taught translations. This lesson always goes pretty quick. It’s nice to start with an easy lesson like this one though, because you can use TONS of vocab and students can get used to hearing it throughout the lesson. This page and the previous page are in my TpT store. Next, I have a practice page for translations. I printed it on legal paper and cut it in half. Have I mentioned my LOVE of legal paper for INBs? Cut in half, it fits perfectly in a notebook and there is overall less wasted space. This page is uninteresting, but worked very well. I had my students complete it with their partners and we regrouped as a class to check it. Reflections, rotations, dilations, and symmetry coming soon!
interactive notebook pages for solving equations in algebra 1
This Language Arts Interactive Notebook is filled with over 30 pages of hands-on grammar activities for grades 4-8. Activities including everything from diagramming to figurative language.
132 Order of Operations Worksheets Printable 79
