LucusMathGames

This is a game where students solve 1 and 2-step equations to find the letters that spell out Harry Potter spells based on the first story. It is mostly 2-step equations although there are a few 1-step to help make the worksheet realistic for a single class period. There are a few with negatives as well to give students further practice with negative rules. The answer key is the final page. It is set up to print in landscape mode, so if it downloads in portrait I suggest changing it to landscape

Students are given blocks of 4 colors and use them to practice simplifying an expression. Each variable (x, y, z) and consonant are assigned a unique color and students manipulate them to build the expression and then put the groups together. After building it with blocks students write down the new simplified expression. There are 2 questions where they work backward to go from the simplified version and come up with their own expanded version of the expression. It could also simply be assigned