Lea Johnson

Use this graphic organizer to allow your students to summarize what they have learned about transformations, or have them fill in the blank by looking up each type of transformation on their own. This handout will help them to keep the different types of transformations straight, and will serve as a valuable study tool when considering the key aspects of each type. I have provided a Word Document so that you may alter this graphic organizer to best meet the needs of your students. Happy Transfor

This assessment is meant to be given at the end of a unit that covers algebraic properties (including the Distributive Property), operations with integers, Order of Operations, and graphing on the coordinate plane. I give this test after a brief review at the beginning of the year before really diving into our Pre-Algebra curriculum! This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it even more for your students' needs! Product includes answer key.

This notes booklet will successfully guide your students through a constructivist approach to understanding the Pythagorean Theorem. You can use this resource in whatever way works best for your students, from direct instruction with use of these as guided notes for some or all students, group work using these as guiding questions for student exploration, or individual research to find the answers to the questions in this booklet. Take it, add on to it, change the examples as necessary, and have

This is a great assignment to assess whether or not students really grasp what a function is! The problems are short, so students see this worksheet as "easy", while they are actually using higher order thinking skills to evaluate each example in order to categorize it! I usually give students some class time to work on this, as the students who do not 'get it' will realize it and ask for help when they see their peers finishing! All of my resources are Word Documents to make them easily customi

This product will assess your students understanding of solving equations and how to apply these concepts to real-world problems. This is the assessment I give my pre-algebra students after their first non-review unit. This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it for your students' needs! Product includes answer key.

This product will assess your students understanding of number systems including irrational numbers. It covers square roots and cube roots and how to apply these concepts to real-world problems. This is the first unit test I give during the year to my pre-algebra students, as many of these concepts are the basis for what they will learn moving forward. This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it for your students' needs! Product includes answer key.

We know as educators that you don't really understand a topic until you can successfully teach it to someone else! Parent assignments are the ideal way to assess student learning, communicate on a deep level with families what their child should be able to do, and a creative alternative to the traditional worksheet for homework! Assign 2-4 problems that students take home to teach to any adult (parent, neighbor, older sibling, etc.). I usually give students a few minutes to look the assignment o

This worksheet is designed to give students choice and freedom when practicing plotting and identifying coordinate points. Students can create block letters, or use print or script, and can be as creative as they want with it! This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it even more for your students' needs!

These notes will engage your students creatively when you allow them to use colors to enhance their notes! This guided notes sheet is great for all learners and will help them to visualize what squares and square roots are all about! Also, be sure to download the companion page about cube roots! This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it even more for your students' needs!

This short investigation will dive students into slope in a conceptual way before they begin to calculate it using traditional methods (rise over run, change in y divided by change in x). Print this activity double sided and cut in the middle for double sided half sheets! You will need protractors to use this activity effectively. This activity is meant to be done as a class to PROVE to students that we cannot always use angles when we describe how steep a line is. This activity provides a platf

These notes will engage your students creatively when you allow them to use colors to enhance their notes! This guided notes sheet is great for all learners and will help them to visualize what cubes and cube roots are all about! Also, be sure to download the companion page about square roots! This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it even more for your students' needs!

These notes will engage your students creatively when you allow them to use colors to enhance their notes! This guided notes sheet is great for all learners and will help them to visualize and recognize the different types of angle pairs formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal. I usually have students use two different colors in the diagram at the sop while completing this together so that they can see which angles are congruent. This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personal

This product will assess your students understanding of writing and rewriting algebraic expressions by combining like terms and using the Distributive Property, how to solve simple equations, and how to apply these concepts to real-world problems. This is the first quiz I give to my pre-algebra students in our solving equations unit. This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it for your students' needs! Product includes answer key.

This product will help Pre-Algebra students review solving different types of equations, including: one step equations, two step equations, writing/solving two step equations from words, equations with variables on both sides, multi-step equations, and different solution types, and working with negatives and rational numbers in equations. This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it for your students' needs!

This resource is designed to assess learning of exponents and what they mean, properties of exponents (including negative exponents), evaluating expressions with exponents (including negative exponents), and scientific notation. This file is a Word doc so feel free to edit to personalize it even more for your students' needs!

This form will make communication with parents a breeze! Use this form at the beginning of the school year to collect information. Parents keep half of the form at home to help them remember the best way to reach you! This form makes school-home communication much easier and starts off the school year on the right foot. All of my resources are Word Documents to make them easily customizable for your unique needs!