80 Activities to Make Basic Algebra Easier


Book Description

With this sourcebook of reproducible puzzles and practice problems, you can successfully reinforce first-year algebra skills. Now revised to meet NCTM standards, this book contains more teaching tips, new calculator activities, and additional "outdoor math" activities. Secret codes, magic squares, cross-number puzzles, and other self-correcting devices provide stimulating and fun practice. Chapters cover basic equations, equations and inequalities with real numbers, polynomials, factoring, using fractions, graphing and systems of linear equations, and rational and irrational numbers. Worked-out examples, drawings, and cartoons clarify key ideas. Answers are included.




Homeschooling Almanac, 2000-2001


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This comprehensive almanac contains everything a person needs to get started in homeschooling and all the information and support to make it a positive and rewarding experience for the whole family.




Homeschooling Almanac 2002-2003


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This guide contains all the information, support and resources needed to make homeschooling a positive and rewarding experience for families. Includes tips on how to start, the legalities of homeschooling, materials and supplies, support groups and more. Illustrations.




Algebra Teacher's Activities Kit


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Help your students succeed with classroom-ready, standards-based activities The Algebra Teacher's Activities Kit: 150 Activities That Support Algebra in the Common Core Math Standards helps you bring the standards into your algebra classroom with a range of engaging activities that reinforce fundamental algebra skills. This newly updated second edition is formatted for easy implementation, with teaching notes and answers followed by reproducibles for activities covering the algebra standards for grades 6 through 12. Coverage includes whole numbers, variables, equations, inequalities, graphing, polynomials, factoring, logarithmic functions, statistics, and more, and gives you the material you need to reach students of various abilities and learning styles. Many of these activities are self-correcting, adding interest for students and saving you time. This book provides dozens of activities that Directly address each Common Core algebra standard Engage students and get them excited about math Are tailored to a diverse range of levels and abilities Reinforce fundamental skills and demonstrate everyday relevance Algebra lays the groundwork for every math class that comes after it, so it's crucial that students master the material and gain confidence in their abilities. The Algebra Teacher's Activities Kit helps you face the challenge, well-armed with effective activities that help students become successful in algebra class and beyond.




Algebra: Word Problems Vol. 2 Gr. 3-5


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**This is the chapter slice "Word Problems Vol. 2 Gr. 3-5" from the full lesson plan "Algebra"** For grades 3-5, our resource meets the algebraic concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Each task sheet is organized around a central problem taken from real-life experiences of the students. The pages of this resource contain a variety in terms of levels of difficulty and content to provide students with a variety of differentiated learning opportunities. Included are opportunities for problem-solving, patterning, algebraic graphing, equations and determining averages. The task sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.




Algebra: Word Problems Vol. 5 Gr. 3-5


Book Description

**This is the chapter slice "Word Problems Vol. 5 Gr. 3-5" from the full lesson plan "Algebra"** For grades 3-5, our resource meets the algebraic concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Each task sheet is organized around a central problem taken from real-life experiences of the students. The pages of this resource contain a variety in terms of levels of difficulty and content to provide students with a variety of differentiated learning opportunities. Included are opportunities for problem-solving, patterning, algebraic graphing, equations and determining averages. The task sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.




Algebra: Word Problems Vol. 1 Gr. 3-5


Book Description

**This is the chapter slice "Word Problems Vol. 1 Gr. 3-5" from the full lesson plan "Algebra"** For grades 3-5, our resource meets the algebraic concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Each task sheet is organized around a central problem taken from real-life experiences of the students. The pages of this resource contain a variety in terms of levels of difficulty and content to provide students with a variety of differentiated learning opportunities. Included are opportunities for problem-solving, patterning, algebraic graphing, equations and determining averages. The task sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.




Algebra: Word Problems Vol. 4 Gr. 3-5


Book Description

**This is the chapter slice "Word Problems Vol. 4 Gr. 3-5" from the full lesson plan "Algebra"** For grades 3-5, our resource meets the algebraic concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Each task sheet is organized around a central problem taken from real-life experiences of the students. The pages of this resource contain a variety in terms of levels of difficulty and content to provide students with a variety of differentiated learning opportunities. Included are opportunities for problem-solving, patterning, algebraic graphing, equations and determining averages. The task sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.




Algebra: Word Problems Vol. 3 Gr. 3-5


Book Description

**This is the chapter slice "Word Problems Vol. 3 Gr. 3-5" from the full lesson plan "Algebra"** For grades 3-5, our resource meets the algebraic concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Each task sheet is organized around a central problem taken from real-life experiences of the students. The pages of this resource contain a variety in terms of levels of difficulty and content to provide students with a variety of differentiated learning opportunities. Included are opportunities for problem-solving, patterning, algebraic graphing, equations and determining averages. The task sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.