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Bring back the childhood game of Go Fish! Practice or review transformations of parent functions with your students in a way they will never forget. This activity works best in groups of 3-6 students. Included are directions and a printable deck of Transformations of Parent Functions Go Fish! cards. Students will be identifying horizontal and vertical shifts of the square, cube, square root, and absolute value functions. You will love it and so will your students! The Math Lab

Get your students excited about math with this version of speed dating. Students start in two concentric circles facing one another. They "date" by solving each others one-step equation. There are 30 cards in this activity. Your students will have a blast with Solving One-Step Equations Speed Dating. Enjoy! Kelly Zunkiewicz The Math Lab

Bring back the childhood game of Go Fish! Practice or review adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers with your students in a way they will never forget. This activity works best in groups of 3-6 students. Included are directions and a printable deck of Adding and Subtracting Go Fish! cards. Students will be adding without a calculator in no time. You will love it and so will your students! The Math Lab

Your students will experience success with this story and lesson plan on horizontal and vertical transformations of parent functions. Try telling your students my creative story on how transformations work and go through the examples step by step. The notes include a graphic organizer, matching equations to transformations, and graphing transformations of a parent function. Enjoy! Kelly Zunkiewicz

Bring back the childhood game of Go Fish! Practice or review simplifying exponents with your students in a way they will never forget. This activity works best in groups of 3-6 students. Included are directions and a printable deck of Exponent Rules Go Fish! cards. Students will be simplifying expressions with multiplying, dividing, power to a power, negative exponents, and zero exponents. You will love it and so will your students! The Math Lab

Multiply monomials, binomials, trinomials, and polynomials with four or more terms.These guided notes review exponent rules and vocabulary before teaching students step by step how to multiply by a monomial, multiple two binomials, and multiple by a binomial. The graphic organizers for each problem will make every student a success. Check out the FREE quiz that is posted for this lesson too. Happy multiplying, The Math Lab

Try out this activity in your Algebra courses. It can be used after an initial introduction to parallel and perpendicular lines or as test review. Included in the activity are 18 cards of systems of equations and graphs for teachers to assess their students with. Students create and use answer cards for lines that are parallel, perpendicular or neither. This is a fun, interactive activity that will keep all of your students engaged. I hope you enjoy it! The Math Lab

Word problems do not need to be intimidating or difficult. Set your students up for success with this practice worksheet on writing equations from word problems. In part one, students are given equations based on a scenario and must write what the equation means. For example, c + a =10, child tickets plus adult tickets equals ten tickets. Part two has students writing equations from a scenario. The repetition with help solidify your students understanding of how to write an equation from a word

Energize your classroom, have some fun, maybe even try taking your classes outside! The Exponent Properties Speed Dating Activity is perfect for a change to the everyday routine. Students start in two concentric circles facing one another. They "date" by working through each others exponent property problems. There are 30 cards that cover the following: - Multiplying - Dividing - Raising a Power to a Power - Raising a Quotient to a Power - Zero Power Your students will have a blast with Expon

Classifying Polynomials by degree and number of terms can be tricky business. These guided notes will help lead your students to success. The notes are complete with bellwork on standard form, vocabulary section, organization tables, and plenty of practice for your students and a review section on evaluating functions. Enjoy! The Math Lab

Do you want to spice up your Algebra class? Are your students struggling with solving one-step inequalities? This activity is for you! Your students must color code each problem with the step that is necessary to solve the inequality. For example, if you need to multiply to solve, the problem needs to be colored pink. If you need to add, the problem needs to be colored yellow. This is a great quick check for teachers when circulating the classroom. When the problems are colored correctly, studen

This bundle contains my guided notes and graphic organizers for solving systems of equations by graphing, substitution, and elimination. These can be purchased separately for $2.50 each, or all together for $6.00. These are great lessons for your Algebra courses and remedial courses. Enjoy! Kelly Zunkiewicz

Get your students excited about math with this version of speed dating. Students start in two concentric circles facing one another. They "date" by working through each others addition or subtraction problem. There are 30 cards that cover adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. This activity is intended for use without a calculator. Your students will have a blast with Adding and Subtracting Speed Dating. Enjoy! The Math Lab

"There are so many steps, I don't know what to do when!" Does that sound familiar? This graphic organizer helps students breaks down the steps for identifying a, b, and c, finding the axis of symmetry and vertex, the y-intercept, then graphing the parabola. Having the students fill in the boxes of the organizer creates a pattern in their minds. The repetition will help reinforce the process they must take in order to graph a parabola. I recommend completing the fist example with your class and t

What a steal! Included in this bundle are two lessons with homework assignments and a quiz. The lessons cover sets, subsets, elements, and complements. There is plenty of practice for your students, even real world examples. Teacher notes for each lesson are included as well as answer keys. Check it out! Kelly Zunkiewicz

Try a fun maze activity with your students for factoring difference of perfect squares. Students will need to find a path from the starting line to the finish line through all the expressions that can be factored by difference of perfect squares. The expressions range from easy, x^2-9, to more difficult problems, 16x^2-25. After identifying the factorable expressions, students must factor each highlighted expression. ' This activity works great for a class starter, enrichment, review, or even h

Are your students struggling or bored with factoring trinomials? Try the Factoring Dominoes. Students complete the activity with traditional Domino rules, but must match trinomials and their factors end to end. Your students will have fun while factoring, and that really is possible! The Math Lab

These guided notes review multiplying monomials and binomials before teaching two special cases, difference of two squares and squaring a binomial. The step by step instructions go through foiling and give opportunities to discuss student common mistakes. Happy multiplying, Kelly Zunkiewicz

The Perfect Squares Maze Activity is a great addition to lessons on a variety of topics and grade levels. It is a good lead into teaching simplifying radicals and prime factorization. Try using this as an individual or partner activity as bellwork, reinforcement, or remediation. Try it out! The Math Lab

Pattern Puzzles are a great way to change the pace of class. They can be used as bellwork, a short individual or small group activity, exit activity, or review. I have included four different pattern puzzles in this file to allow for station work or multiple practice activities. Each problem of solving systems of equations by elimination is a little different. Students must take the given steps and put them in order to solve the system. Even your lower level students will be successful with this