Cristina Tyris

This task has students sort through 8 scenarios matching all equations that accurately represent a particular scenario. I do not tell students this but there is more than one equation to represent all of the 8 scenarios (I typically just tell students that there could be more than one). This activity is a great opener to one-step equations and gets students thinking about how to model scenarios in various way. It also gets students to connect an equation that models a scenario to the equation

This powerpoint serves as an introduction in multiplying positive and negative numbers. It builds off students' existing understanding of additively combining positive and negative numbers and serves to develop conceptual understanding as to WHY a positive x a negative integer is always negative. ** See also my FREE resource about combining positive and negative integers-- they flow nicely together.

This powerpoint serves to develop conceptual understanding of why we need a common denominator when adding or subtracting fractions. It allows students to discover what multiplying a numerator and denominator of a fraction looks like and why doing so makes sense.

This opener to two step equations has students think about balancing scales first with non-numerical objects (in this case shapes). They will connect their process to determining the weight of one shape in terms of another shape to the algebraic process of solving for an equation. The last few slides transition students from working with weight of shapes to a standard two-step problem wherein they are expected to identify the meaning of each term in a set of equivalent expression. The point of t

This is an introduction to adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. Includes warm ups, whole-class practice, and ticket in the doors.