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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Foldables
To teach students to solve equations I had them create a foldable. They took a regular 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper and folded into a brochure. Holding it horizontally the front in the first step: simplify by combining like terms to one side using inverse operations. The students open the first flap where they will write step 2: undo addition or subtraction then they fully open the foldable where step 3 will be: undo multiplication or division. They are required to bring it to class everyday and they use it as they solve various equations. It has worked really well for many students.
That is a great idea...especially for my special ed population that needs a little extra. I will be sure to add it to my plans for next year.
ReplyDeleteDinah Ditz, the author of the Big Book provides every imaginable foldable. The foldables are a great way to increase student comprehension and retention of vocabulary words along with the definitions that they create.I tend the use the foldables especially during the Geometry/Measurement unit as well as the real number system.
ReplyDeleteDinah Zike is actually the name for the Queen of Foldables. Her website is http://www.dinah.com/
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