Description
Ensure your students have the foundational knowledge needed to do well on the SAT Math section with our Simplifying Expressions Lesson!
Focus on the fundamentals needed for the SAT Math Section with this comprehensive lesson that teaches students about combining “like terms” and the order of operations (PEMDAS). Students will get a refresher on what terms can be combined and then review what PEMDAS stands for and how we use it.
Learning Target
“I can use the order of operations to simplify an expression.”
Key Benefits
- Foundational Learning: This lesson provides important information needed to solve a majority of the Math section’s problems.
- Deeper Skills: While students might understand the basics of PEMDAS, this lesson provides a deeper look at the differences in using it when simplifying vs. isolating for a variable.
- Scaffolded Learning: The first of a three part series, this lesson is designed to flow directly into Multi-Step Equations and end with Manipulating Variables.
- Flexible Timing: With a bevy of extra problems, this lesson is designed to fit a variety of classroom schedules and can be completed in 1 to 2 hours, allowing flexibility for deeper understanding and additional activities.
Key Activities
- Math Vocabulary: Students review a detailed breakdown of the different vocabulary terms they need to know (variable, exponent, coefficient, etc.) to solve Math section problems.
- “Like Terms”: An easy-to-follow explanation of what can and can’t be simplified and why ensures that students have foundational knowledge for simplifying.
- PEMDAS: Students get a refresher on PEMDAS and how to use it in different ways when simplifying vs. isolating an equation.
- Game-ified Learning: A fun spin on the game “HORSE” helps students review each letter of PEMDAS one at a time with progressively harder problems to challenge their understanding and mastery.
Solidify your students' foundational Math skills with this learning-made-fun lesson. Download the Simplifying Expressions Lesson today and make reviewing math fundamentals fun!
Included In Every Lesson
- Learning Target: A clear goal for each lesson helps both teacher and students narrow their focus and know where the finish line is for the day.
- Do Now and Exit Ticket: An activity at the start to get students thinking about the lesson’s topic or reviewing the previous lesson’s topic and an activity at the end to help both teacher and students gauge how well students met the learning target.
- Guiding Questions and Lit Tips: Students' understanding will be repeatedly aided by “Guiding Questions” and “Lit Tips” that help students dive deeper into the lesson’s topics and questions.
- Teacher Instructions and Explanations: Each lesson comes with a “teacher version” that provides detailed instructions on how to conduct the lesson, such as logistical needs, timing considerations, and how to stretch students’ answers. Furthermore, each question has the correct answer with a detailed explanation of what the correct answer is and why it’s the correct one.
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Description
Ensure your students have the foundational knowledge needed to do well on the SAT Math section with our Simplifying Expressions Lesson!
Focus on the fundamentals needed for the SAT Math Section with this comprehensive lesson that teaches students about combining “like terms” and the order of operations (PEMDAS). Students will get a refresher on what terms can be combined and then review what PEMDAS stands for and how we use it.
Learning Target
“I can use the order of operations to simplify an expression.”
Key Benefits
- Foundational Learning: This lesson provides important information needed to solve a majority of the Math section’s problems.
- Deeper Skills: While students might understand the basics of PEMDAS, this lesson provides a deeper look at the differences in using it when simplifying vs. isolating for a variable.
- Scaffolded Learning: The first of a three part series, this lesson is designed to flow directly into Multi-Step Equations and end with Manipulating Variables.
- Flexible Timing: With a bevy of extra problems, this lesson is designed to fit a variety of classroom schedules and can be completed in 1 to 2 hours, allowing flexibility for deeper understanding and additional activities.
Key Activities
- Math Vocabulary: Students review a detailed breakdown of the different vocabulary terms they need to know (variable, exponent, coefficient, etc.) to solve Math section problems.
- “Like Terms”: An easy-to-follow explanation of what can and can’t be simplified and why ensures that students have foundational knowledge for simplifying.
- PEMDAS: Students get a refresher on PEMDAS and how to use it in different ways when simplifying vs. isolating an equation.
- Game-ified Learning: A fun spin on the game “HORSE” helps students review each letter of PEMDAS one at a time with progressively harder problems to challenge their understanding and mastery.
Solidify your students' foundational Math skills with this learning-made-fun lesson. Download the Simplifying Expressions Lesson today and make reviewing math fundamentals fun!
Included In Every Lesson
- Learning Target: A clear goal for each lesson helps both teacher and students narrow their focus and know where the finish line is for the day.
- Do Now and Exit Ticket: An activity at the start to get students thinking about the lesson’s topic or reviewing the previous lesson’s topic and an activity at the end to help both teacher and students gauge how well students met the learning target.
- Guiding Questions and Lit Tips: Students' understanding will be repeatedly aided by “Guiding Questions” and “Lit Tips” that help students dive deeper into the lesson’s topics and questions.
- Teacher Instructions and Explanations: Each lesson comes with a “teacher version” that provides detailed instructions on how to conduct the lesson, such as logistical needs, timing considerations, and how to stretch students’ answers. Furthermore, each question has the correct answer with a detailed explanation of what the correct answer is and why it’s the correct one.
