I want to share a HOY VUX foldable I created to remind my students how to graph vertical and horizontal lines. During my student teaching experience, my eighth graders really struggled with graphing horizontal and vertical lines. I was not presenting this material to them for the first time but reviewing it with them before …
Algebra Activities & Resources
Do you want to give your students lots of practice finding the slope between two points? Do you want to spark the interests of your students about what you will be learning that day? More than that, do you want to spark the interests of every single person who walks into your room? Inspired by …
I created this set of vertical line test notes for my Algebra 1 students to write in their interactive notebooks.
Yesterday, I finally introduced my Algebra 1 students to slope intercept form using a new y=mx+b foldable that I created. . I have had several students who have been really anxious to get to this part of the chapter. These are students who are taking Algebra 1 for the second time or have moved in …
My Algebra 1 students recently completed a four types of slope pictures project. I’m excited to share the resulting slope artwork with you! This weekend and today were spent attending my first ever student council state convention. It was full of fun and games and amazing speakers, but I have to admit that I am …
Today I want to share with you the best activity ever for reviewing square roots. This is the first time I have ever taught my students to simplify square roots. So, it may not be the best activity ever. But, I can tell you that I have never had more engaged students in my Algebra …
Well, after attending the Global Math Department‘s meeting over favorite review games, I knew I had to try out Alisan Royster‘s Review Auction idea. I created a Solving Equations Auction Review Game. I made up an auction sheet with 3 columns. The first column is pretty boring and just featured the lot number of each auction. The …
Nine weeks into the school year, I am still in love with foldables. I feel like they have made such a difference in the attitudes of my students toward math. Some of our most recent interactive notebook pages in Algebra 1 have been over proportions. I especially like my proportions foldable. We did some unit …
We made a types of correlation foldable to summarize the three different types of correlation that a scatter plot can have. We used a basic 3 door foldable template. I have uploaded a blank template at the bottom of this post. I gave each student a sheet of dot stickers. They used their dots to …
I created this methods of factoring foldable for my Algebra 2 interactive notebook.
Today I want to share some inequalities foldables that my Algebra 1 students recently added to their interactive notebooks. My students are just now finishing up our chapter on inequalities. Tuesday, we will start ratios and proportions. After telling my students this, they let me know that they greatly dislike proportions. I can’t wait to …
My Algebra 1 students glued a flow chart for solving multi-step equations into their interactive notebooks. I downloaded the flow chart template from this site.
I want to share a systems of equations foldable I created for my Algebra 2 students to glue in their interactive notebooks. First, we did a pretty basic interactive notebook page on how to solve systems of equations by graphing. We began by defining two important terms: system of equations and solution. I love having …
These are the notes my Algebra 2 students took in their interactive notebooks over absolute value functions. I found this absolute value transformations graphic organizer online. The site where I downloaded it no longer exists, so I am uploading the file at the bottom of this post. In one class, one of my students wanted …
Today, in Algebra 1, we had a snowball fight. My students had never done anything like this. Well, for that matter, I hadn’t either. This idea originated from Kate’s blog as a first day of school getting to know you activity. Well, we’ve been in school almost a month, and I teach at a very …
Today I’m sharing a factoring flow chart that has been really helpful to my students. Factoring finally clicked for my college algebra students. It was definitely a Hallelujah! moment. The lowest grade on the factoring test was a 95. I’m definitely not your typical math teacher. When students ask for help during a test, I …
I created this solving one step equations foldable for my Algebra 1 students to glue in their interactive notebooks. We also completed a Frayer Model about what it means to solve an equation. We glued in the Frayer Model on our left hand side. Downloads
I created this distributive property foldable to show my Algebra 1 students the four different ways that a distributive property problem can be written. To create this foldable, I took a letter-sized sheet of colored paper and cut it in half lengthwise on my paper chopper. Then, I had each student fold the strip of …
I created this integer operations foldable for my Algebra 1 students to fill out as we reviewed the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers. I used my favorite four door foldable template to create this integer operations foldable. I have uploaded the file at the bottom of this post. Here’s the inside of our …
On the fourth day of school, I assigned my college algebra students the Real Number Line Project. My inspiration came from Matt Coaty’s Real Number Line Project. I even stole the name of the project. The previous day, I had introduced the real number system. We spent an entire class period classifying numbers as natural …
Less than a year ago, I made my first every foldable – a slope foldable. It was one of those random ideas you get in the shower. Or maybe I’m the only person who thinks about how to teach various math concepts in the shower… I made it. I loved it. I blogged about it. …
I created this graphic organizer for my Algebra 2 students to glue in their interactive notebooks. Free Download of Subsets of the Real Numbers Graphic Organizer You might also be interested in my Real Number System Graphic Organizer and my Real Number System Nesting Boxes.
After having to reteach my Algebra 2 students the distributive property, I wanted to make sure my Algebra 1 students had a strong understanding of the distributive property. Looking online for ideas, I found the idea of teaching the distributive property using combo meals. I printed off pictures of various foods. I cut them out …
Today, I wanted to share what has been my favorite foldable of late. It’s so versatile, and I’ve found myself using it left and right in my interactive notebooks. It’s a simple four door foldable. I’ve sized mine to fit in a composition notebook. If you aren’t gluing these in a notebook, I would suggest …
I created this properties of real numbers foldable for my Algebra 2 students to glue in their algebra interactive notebooks as we went through the beginning of year review material. Free Download of Properties of Real Numbers Foldable