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Slope "doodle notes" - visual note taking pages with interactive tasks for building stronger retention of slope of a line lesson concepts in Algebra Boost your students' focus and memory! The blend of graphic and linguistic input in these guided visual notes helps students' brains to convert the information to long-term memory more easily. When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral

Linear Equations & Slope-Intercept Form - Fun Practice / Review Graphing Activity: If students graph all the lines correctly, the page folds up into a paper airplane! This activity is a fun way for your class to practice using slope of a line and graphing using Slope-Intercept Form. One version also includes reflections of lines on the coordinate plane. ** This item is part of a larger DISCOUNTED bundle: Slope and Graphing Linear Equations BundleStudents graph lines and complete a short work

Creating & Analyzing Scatter Plots - Visual Interactive "Doodle Notes" When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less math anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Content

Box and Whisker Plots Notes for Middle School Math- reading and creating box & whisker plots: visual interactive "doodle note" set When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less math anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish

Slope of a Line - Practice / Review Activity for Slope in different forms: This Algebra sorting activity helps your students practice finding slope in different forms to determine whether the slope is positive, negative, undefined, or zero. Here is what's included: - 4 quick-fold pockets to hold sorted cards - 30 basic cards (mix of graphs, tables, ordered pairs, and equations with y already isolated) to offer a variety of practice with the slope formula and with visual representations - 10 opti

Plotting Points (Ordered Pairs) on the Coordinate Plane - Fun Activity: If the students plot points correctly and connect the lines as directed, the page folds up into a paper airplane! This activity is a fun way for your class to practice graphing ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. Two versions are included: - Version One incorporates reflections of points and lines across the x-axis or y-axis. - Version Two is more basic and all points are given as ordered pairs. Students plot points and

Slope-Intercept Form of a Line - Practice / Review: This game is great practice for finding slopes and y-intercepts. Students play in small groups and take turns. After drawing a card with a graph of a line, the student has a choice whether to cross off the slope of the line OR the y-intercept of the line on the grid-style game board sheet. Four spaces marked off in a row results in a win! Students can use strategy with their choices, but must state the slope or y-intercept aloud for other pl

Slope-Intercept Form for Linear Equations - Discovery: This activity is an introduction to Slope-Intercept Form. It is best for when students are able to graph a line using a table, but have not yet been introduced to graphing using Slope-Intercept Form. They are led through a guided inquiry process to discover that the slope and y-intercept of a line can be seen in the linear equation. The 3 page activity is packed with critical thinking questions. *** This item is also available as part o

Linear Equations & Their Graphs - Critical Thinking: Two versions are included - Version 1 (Worksheet) - Students determine whether each statement is "always true," "sometimes true," or "never true." They color each one accordingly and end up with a design that can be checked quickly for accuracy (but cannot be easily predicted by students). Version 2 (Sorting Activity) - Students can work alone or in pairs or small groups. Students sort the statement cards into the correct category on the

These 30 task cards include three types of questions about slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. The three types of questions help make differentiation easy and are denoted by different border styles. Please see preview for samples. Ten of each type of question are included. Answer key and student recording sheet are included. This set is also available as part of a larger full lesson pack: Lesson Pack: Slopes of Parallel and Perpendicular LinesThis set of cards can be used in many way

Slope of a Line - Main Ideas for Slope: This is a great study guide or graphic organizer for students working with linear equations and learning how to find slope. The infographic contains main ideas about slopes of lines. These infographics are intended to be printed two-per-page. You can cut each one out individually and use as a bookmark or study guide. You can also 3-hole punch as a half sheet for student binders. Take a look at the preview file to see the layout. *** This item is als

This activity is for students who are already able to graph a linear equation on the coordinate plane. It is a great way to practice or review Slope-Intercept Form. After choosing a location on each of the four maps to bury a treasure, each student writes the equations for two lines that will intersect at their “X.” Then, each student cuts or tears their strip of equations off and swaps with a partner. Each student finds his/her partner’s treasure by graphing the two lines and writing an ord

Students practice Slope-Intercept Form, Point-Slope Form, and Standard Form. They work with the equations of lines, graphs, x-intercepts and y-intercepts, and slopes. This set of three activities can be used all at once or spread throughout a unit on linear equations. The activities are great for individual practice, homework, partner work, or even assessments. In Practice Sheet A, Students are given an equation in slope-intercept form and have to find all of the cut-up pieces that match the

Quadratic Equations & Graphs of Quadratic Functions - Critical Thinking: Two versions are included - Version 1 (Worksheet) - Students determine whether each statement is "always true," "sometimes true," or "never true." They color each one accordingly and end up with a design that can be checked quickly for accuracy (but cannot be easily predicted by students). Version 2 (Sorting Activity) - Students can work alone or in pairs or small groups. Students sort the statement cards into the corr

Graphs of Derivatives - Discovery: This three-page worksheet will guide your students to graph the derivative of a function and make observations about the following concepts: * The slope of a tangent line to a curve can be identified at various points and used to create the graph of the derivative. * The degree of f’(x) is equal to the degree of f(x) minus one. * The second derivative of f(x) is denoted by f’’(x) and is the derivative of f’(x). *The derivative of a cubic function is a quadrat

working with charts and plots in math class: visual interactive "doodle note" When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less math anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. G

Graphing Lines and Writing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form - Practice / Review Game: Students pass the page around the circle of their team. Players alternate between graphing the line from an equation and writing the equation from the graph, with only the previous line visible. Each paper that makes it all the way around having kept the same line earns the team a point! When a player receives a graph, they write an equation. When a player receives an equation, they graph it. ** This

This risk-taking strategy game of conquering territories offers a fun way to practice math skills. This version has cards that require students to find slopes, x-intercepts, and y-intercepts using linear equations in Standard Form, Point-Slope Form, and Slope-Intercept Form. Cards contain a mix of equations, graphs, and given points & slopes. **This is part of a discounted bundled set: Conquest - Algebra Set 3 - Slope & Linear Equations --- Your students can continue playing the same game wi

This choice board has six project-based tasks based on graphing linear equations (1 page handout in a grid). Students choose three of the six tasks to complete. This is a great way to assess at the end of a unit on graphing linear equations. I have also included stations-style cards describing each task. You can use this format instead if you choose to have students rotate through the six tasks in centers or learning stations (6 pages with tasks listed in large print - meant to be laminated a

Slope-Intercept Form for Linear Equations - Practice / Review: This risk-taking strategy game of conquering territories offers a fun way to practice math skills. This version has cards that require students to find slopes and y-intercepts for linear equations and their graphs. **This is part of a discounted bundled set: Conquest - Algebra Set 3 - Slope & Linear Equations --- Your students can continue playing the same game with the same opponent throughout the school year if you purchase the