This unit has turned out to be a good unit to start Pre-Algebra students out on at the beginning of the year. It isn't too terribly difficult and it gives them a since of success right at the beginning of the school year. I have some corrections I'm going to make to the tab divider. Like I have said in a previous post, I type these up ahead of time, so mistakes are inevitable.
Lesson 1: The Real Number System
| This foldable I have used for a few years now with my 8th graders. I like it because we don't have to fill in much, except to color code the different types of numbers. We color code to go along with a worksheet they complete in class that requires them to color the different types of numbers the colors we have color coded. I will attached both the foldable AND the worksheet I use. |
Lesson 2: The Real Number System Conti...
We do this graphic organizer on day 2. Since I have already introduced them to the number system the day before, this one we fill out ourselves. They tell me what to write and fill in and we color code the same colors as we used the day before. We do another activity after our journal. I will attach both of them in my dropbox. | |
Lesson 3: Fraction, Decimal, Percent...
This lesson feels like a flash back from teaching 7th grade!! This lesson is a killer for students who are lacking these skills when they get to me. I don't let them use a calculator during this lesson, and before the test I show them how, but up until that point, I make them sweat it out! I found this journal for free some where. Maybe tpt, but I'm not sure. I would never share anything that wasn't free just so you know. Anyways, I make up my own numbers for the inside as we go. I usually use either IXL or a Kuta worksheet for practice after we finish the journal.
Lesson 4: Perfect Squares
This journal originally had perfect squares and cubes on it, but since we separated our chunks into units, we took that part out of this unit and put it with our scientific notation unit. I just cut off the bottom part and use only the top for this part and save the bottom half for the next unit. My students do really well with this lesson. They enjoy creating their own perfect squares and figuring out the square roots and learning what the square roots actually are.
Next school year I am going to have the first so many of the perfect squares and cubes up in my room from Math = Love's freebie stuff she posts.
Next school year I am going to have the first so many of the perfect squares and cubes up in my room from Math = Love's freebie stuff she posts.
Lesson 5: Estimating Square Roots - Between which two numbers
| This journal is a hodgepodge of things I snagged from a few places. I do not allow calculators on this lesson. I show them before the test how to do this on the calculator, but again I make them think about them without the help of the calculator until then. |
Lesson 6: Estimating Square Roots - On a number line
WE start the lesson reviewing perfect squares and what square roots are. I like showing them how to use the number line to estimate. I have found that if you don't give them a number line, they won't draw it or use one. Most don't want to fill it out. I use a worksheet for class work that already has the numbers on the number lines which makes life easier for my lower students. I really wish that IXL would make a topic on this that included showing the number lines. I saw one like this I Liked, so I created my own journal on this topic. | |
Lesson 7: Comparing & Ordering Rational/Irrational Numbers
This lesson I snagged a few things from here and there and created this journal that works well with my students. I do allow them to use the calculator to quickly convert the fractions to decimals just so we can get through the lesson in a timely manner.
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