Algebra Activities: Allowing All to Achieve

Author(s): Deichert Deana

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SECTION I TOOLS FOR SUCCESS
UNIT 1 STUDY SKILLS 
SELECTING COURSES 
MATH STUDY SKILLS INVENTORY 
STUDY TIME AND ENVIRONMENT 
Weekly Schedule
Using Time Wisely 
Healthy Environment 
ORGANIZATION AND NOTE-TAKING  
Organization  
Flash Cards 
Taking Notes 
Cornell Note-sheet Template 
MANAGING HOMEWORK 
READING MATH TEXTBOOKS 
BUILDING MATH MEMORY 
TEST TAKING SKILLS 
Before the Test 
During the Test
After the Test 
REFLECTION: UNIT I  
UNIT 2 MATHEMATICS DISPOSITION  
MY MATH STORY 
Introduction 
Guidelines 
My Math Story Example 
My Math Story 
EVERYONE CAN LEARN MATH 
Mathematical Mindset Inventory 
Myths Surrounding Math Ability 
Math Instruction 
MATH ANXIETY vs POSITIVE DISPOSITION 
Math Anxiety Inventory 
Math Anxiety 
Math Anxiety Code of Responsibilities 
SELF-ADVOCACY 
BALANCING SCHOOL AND LIFE 
REFLECTION: UNIT II  
UNIT 3 PROCESSES, PRACTICES AND PROBLEM SOLVING  
POGIL 
8 MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES 
PROBLEM SOLVING  

SECTION II WHICH ONE DOESN’T BELONG? 
UNIT 1 UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATING WITH REAL NUMBERS 
INTEGERS 
THE “FLOATING” NEGATIVE 
PROPERTIES OF NUMBERS: COMMUTATIVE AND ASSOCIATIVE 
UNIT 2 EXPONENT LAWS AND RADICAL PROPERTIES 
EXPONENTS 
UNIT 3 RATIO AND PROPORTION 
DIVISIBILITY RULES 
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS 
COMPARING FRACTIONS 
FRACTION DIVISION 
RATES AND UNIT RATES 
PROPORTION SOLUTIONS
UNIT 4 LINEAR FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 
GRAPHING PROPORTIONS/DIRECT VARIATION 
GRAPHING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
UNIT 5 SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
PROPERTIES OF NUMBERS: SOLVING  
SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
LITERAL EQUATIONS  
UNIT 6 FACTORING POLYNOMIALS 
POLYNOMIAL VOCABULARY 
AREA MODELS FOR MULTIPLICATION 
MULTIPLYING 2 BINOMIALS: PART 1 
MULTIPLYING 2 BINOMIALS: PART 2 
FACTORING: GREATEST COMMON FACTOR 
UNIT 7 QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 
GRAPHS OF QUADRATICS: PART 1 
GRAPHS OF QUADRATICS: PART 2 
EXTENSION: CUBIC EQUATIONS: PART 1 
EXTENSION: CUBIC EQUATIONS: PART 2
UNIT 8 REDUCING RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
REDUCING RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
UNIT 9 OPERATIONS WITH RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
ADDING AND SUBTRACTING RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS

SECTION III POGIL ACTIVITIES 
UNIT 1 UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATING WITH REAL NUMBERS 
Operations and Properties of Real Numbers 
Absolute Value and Order of Operations 
UNIT 2 EXPONENT LAWS AND RADICAL PROPERTIES 
Exponents 
Radicals and Properties of Radicals 
UNIT 5 SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
Solving One-Variable Equations 
UNIT 6 FACTORING POLYNOMIALS 
Factoring Polynomials: GCF and Trinomials 
UNIT 7 QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 
The Complex Number system 
UNIT 8 POLYNOMIAL OPERATIONS 
Adding, Subtracting & Multiplying Polynomials 
UNIT 9 AND 10 REDUCING AND OPERATIONS FOR RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
Rational Expressions 

Deichert Deana

SECTION I TOOLS FOR SUCCESS
UNIT 1 STUDY SKILLS 
SELECTING COURSES 
MATH STUDY SKILLS INVENTORY 
STUDY TIME AND ENVIRONMENT 
Weekly Schedule
Using Time Wisely 
Healthy Environment 
ORGANIZATION AND NOTE-TAKING  
Organization  
Flash Cards 
Taking Notes 
Cornell Note-sheet Template 
MANAGING HOMEWORK 
READING MATH TEXTBOOKS 
BUILDING MATH MEMORY 
TEST TAKING SKILLS 
Before the Test 
During the Test
After the Test 
REFLECTION: UNIT I  
UNIT 2 MATHEMATICS DISPOSITION  
MY MATH STORY 
Introduction 
Guidelines 
My Math Story Example 
My Math Story 
EVERYONE CAN LEARN MATH 
Mathematical Mindset Inventory 
Myths Surrounding Math Ability 
Math Instruction 
MATH ANXIETY vs POSITIVE DISPOSITION 
Math Anxiety Inventory 
Math Anxiety 
Math Anxiety Code of Responsibilities 
SELF-ADVOCACY 
BALANCING SCHOOL AND LIFE 
REFLECTION: UNIT II  
UNIT 3 PROCESSES, PRACTICES AND PROBLEM SOLVING  
POGIL 
8 MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES 
PROBLEM SOLVING  

SECTION II WHICH ONE DOESN’T BELONG? 
UNIT 1 UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATING WITH REAL NUMBERS 
INTEGERS 
THE “FLOATING” NEGATIVE 
PROPERTIES OF NUMBERS: COMMUTATIVE AND ASSOCIATIVE 
UNIT 2 EXPONENT LAWS AND RADICAL PROPERTIES 
EXPONENTS 
UNIT 3 RATIO AND PROPORTION 
DIVISIBILITY RULES 
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS 
COMPARING FRACTIONS 
FRACTION DIVISION 
RATES AND UNIT RATES 
PROPORTION SOLUTIONS
UNIT 4 LINEAR FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 
GRAPHING PROPORTIONS/DIRECT VARIATION 
GRAPHING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
UNIT 5 SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
PROPERTIES OF NUMBERS: SOLVING  
SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
LITERAL EQUATIONS  
UNIT 6 FACTORING POLYNOMIALS 
POLYNOMIAL VOCABULARY 
AREA MODELS FOR MULTIPLICATION 
MULTIPLYING 2 BINOMIALS: PART 1 
MULTIPLYING 2 BINOMIALS: PART 2 
FACTORING: GREATEST COMMON FACTOR 
UNIT 7 QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 
GRAPHS OF QUADRATICS: PART 1 
GRAPHS OF QUADRATICS: PART 2 
EXTENSION: CUBIC EQUATIONS: PART 1 
EXTENSION: CUBIC EQUATIONS: PART 2
UNIT 8 REDUCING RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
REDUCING RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
UNIT 9 OPERATIONS WITH RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
ADDING AND SUBTRACTING RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS

SECTION III POGIL ACTIVITIES 
UNIT 1 UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATING WITH REAL NUMBERS 
Operations and Properties of Real Numbers 
Absolute Value and Order of Operations 
UNIT 2 EXPONENT LAWS AND RADICAL PROPERTIES 
Exponents 
Radicals and Properties of Radicals 
UNIT 5 SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS 
Solving One-Variable Equations 
UNIT 6 FACTORING POLYNOMIALS 
Factoring Polynomials: GCF and Trinomials 
UNIT 7 QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 
The Complex Number system 
UNIT 8 POLYNOMIAL OPERATIONS 
Adding, Subtracting & Multiplying Polynomials 
UNIT 9 AND 10 REDUCING AND OPERATIONS FOR RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS 
Rational Expressions 

Deichert Deana