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Transformations Introduction 8th Grade | Notes and Practice Interactive NotebookWhat is an interactive notebook?Interactive notebooks are a great way for students to keep notes and practice examples in an organized way. What is included?This is a one page foldable I give to my students to introduce them to the topic of transformations. Students fold the paper in half to create a booklet that can be glued into their interactive journals. How do I use this?First thing you want to do is print it w

This is a set of starter slides for those looking for a simple setup to get students started with online note taking. These are basic templates needed for student note taking, wrapped up in a neat ready-to-assign package. All text is customizable and ready for content to be added by teachers or students. This particular notebook has elements designed particularly for a math classroom but can be used for any subject. Slides included:Cover page Table of Contents Page to add work shown (with instru

If your students are anything like mine, there are plenty that will have a difficult time picking up all the "rules" of solving equations. My students in particular get especially confused when they start solving before they've simplified both sides–they get through the distribution just fine, but then they just don't know what to do with all those extra terms! Most of the time they just start moving terms around from one side to the other which results in extra steps and opportunities for mista

Geometric Sequences for Study & Practice (Recursive and Explicit Formulas)If you're looking for a way to help your students learn and understand geometric sequences, look no further. This easy-to-use foldable is perfect for students both learning about geometric sequences for the first time or starting to practice independently with these problems. How I use them:After searching everywhere for something to use with my recursive formula and explicit formula lessons, I finally just made exactly wh

Converting Terminating and Repeating Decimals to Fractions | Notes and PracticeMost middle schoolers understand the number theory behind converting a terminating decimal to fraction form using place value, but most have a hard time understanding the methods used to do the same to a non-terminating, repeating decimal. This foldable demonstrates an easy to understand method wherein a second, equivalent equation is formed to aid in the conversion of decimal to fraction. What is an interactive note

Simplify vs Solve | Interactive Notebook Notes + Practice FoldableEvery year my 8th graders get crazy worried when they start seeing the word 'simplify' everywhere. "Does it just mean solve?" they ask me. "Well... kind of...in the way YOU'RE thinking that solve means..." And then I try to explain it to each kid when they individually express their concern about it. This year I decided to do a pre-emptive strike on the whole simplifying vs solving dilemma, and I created a whole lesson around the

This is a set of notes to be glued or taped into an interactive math journal. Notes include the methods for adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and simplifying square roots as required by the 8th grade common core standards. Notes for Teachers: My students use these in their interactive math journals. We use these notes over three days: 1) Adding & subtracting square roots, 2) Multiplying & Dividing square roots, and 3) Simplifying square roots. There are two sets of practice pages incl

One of my favorite types of "worksheets" is the foldable, because students glue it directly into their math journals, instead of asking "Do we need to keep this?" at the end of the lesson. Fellow teachers, you know what I'm talking about. This foldable is a great practice resource for lessons on estimating square roots. The first page covers the logical process of determining the approximate value of a square root and allows students to use calculators to square their approximations and get cl

It's function time! One of my favorite ways to introduce function transformations to my students is to give them this foldable, have them log into their Chrome books, and start exploring on the Desmos online graphing calculator. By the end of this foldable, students end up with a pretty good idea of how functions are moved horizontally and vertically, what makes a function flip upside down on the graph, and how to change the sizes of functions. This was designed specifically for my Algebra 1

This foldable has three half pages, with a title page that goes through the three different types of equations students will come across: one solution, no solution, and infinite solutions (aka Identities). I find this is very helpful to my students to have an easy reference when they come across an equation that they realize is not "normal."

This is the first page I have my students put in their journals for our unit on exponents. It's a great reference for them for those very simple rules like the zero rule, or when they forget what expanded form means. There are two sets of notes per page, and the second page is two sets of the answer key. Be careful not to print the answer key for your students! (Unless you want them to just have all the info already written in for them.) Print just the first page, and only half of what you nee

Finding Exponential Equations from Two Points | Interactive Notebook PracticeWhat is an interactive notebook?Interactive notebooks are a great way for students to keep notes and practice examples in an organized way. What is included?This is a one page foldable I give to my students to practice finding exponential equations from two points. Students fold the paper in half to create a booklet that can be glued into their interactive journals. There are 18 practice problems in total. Half the pro

One of my favorite types of "worksheets" is the foldable, because students glue it directly into their math journals, instead of asking "Do we need to keep this?" at the end of the lesson. Fellow teachers, you know what I'm talking about. I use this practice foldable during my lesson on cube roots. When I teach estimating cube roots it's the same way I teach with square roots: guess (logical estimate) and check. This foldable is a great practice resource for that! The first page covers the l

These are half page notes to be glued or taped into an interactive math journal. Notes for Teachers: I use these notes in my students' interactive math journals. As we discuss what makes a number rational vs. irrational, we fill in the blanks and convert each of the numbers on the rational side to fractions. This is an excellent reference for students to go back and review exactly how to distinguish between rational and irrational numbers.

Explicit Formulas Foldable for Study and Homework | High School Math & AlgebraIf you're looking for a way to help your students learn and understand explicit formulas, look no further. This easy-to-use foldable is perfect for students both learning about explicit formulas for the first time or starting to practice independently with these problems. How I use them:After searching everywhere for something to use with my recursive formula and explicit formula lessons, I finally just made exactly wh

Recursive Formulas Foldable for Study and Practice | High School Math & AlgebraIf you're looking for a way to help your students learn and understand geometric sequences, look no further. This easy-to-use foldable is perfect for students both learning about geometric sequences for the first time or starting to practice independently with these problems. How I use them:After searching everywhere for something to use with my recursive formula and explicit formula lessons, I finally just made exact