tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post780723863735194512..comments2023-10-03T04:20:03.184-06:00Comments on Math = Love: Cutting and Pasting to Combine Like TermsSarah Carter (@mathequalslove)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-6993795512175684182017-12-02T09:15:49.367-06:002017-12-02T09:15:49.367-06:00simply WOW. I loved this activity.simply WOW. I loved this activity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100176235173623683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-41987388170654993022017-02-07T20:21:58.726-06:002017-02-07T20:21:58.726-06:00Sarah I really like this activity! My students hav...Sarah I really like this activity! My students have always struggled with the meaning of "like terms" and I had run out of ways to explain it. I'm trying this in my class tomorrow. Wish I'd found this site earlier.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693877691985737918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-23776517812310663112017-01-10T09:55:52.922-06:002017-01-10T09:55:52.922-06:00Thank you so much. This is exactly what I needed.Thank you so much. This is exactly what I needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-84713818384093669162016-01-08T08:11:04.092-06:002016-01-08T08:11:04.092-06:00Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-29616412622675235852016-01-05T14:22:09.975-06:002016-01-05T14:22:09.975-06:00Smart! Smart! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-72462096747083889112015-12-23T09:39:03.597-06:002015-12-23T09:39:03.597-06:00For Additional Practice problems, kids can use dif...For Additional Practice problems, kids can use different colored highlighters to identify/group/color like terms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-53416242565752953602015-12-21T11:57:49.969-06:002015-12-21T11:57:49.969-06:00Hi Sarah! As I looked through many of your blog po...Hi Sarah! As I looked through many of your blog posts of you lessons, I noticed that you almost always include activities that add some fun to mathematics. I think this is extremely important in keeping your students engaged and spicing up the content so that it is not boring for your students. As I move on to student teaching this spring semester, this is one thing I want to practice more in order to master. We also discussed the importance of including a variety of question types for your students in my math course this past semester. I think that you do a great job of this in your polynomial lesson. Students first get a hands on opportunity to manipulate the terms. In the second set of questions, you omit the +/- so that students will need to figure out what terms have the coefficients. Finally, in the additional practice, students aren’t given number strips to cut. In this case, your students adapted and made “cut lines.” I really like the lessons that you post as they give many wonderful teaching ideas and activities. I also feel like the way you teach math has a very constructivist like approach, which is how I plan to teach mathematics in the near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-43255667836777837562015-12-09T19:12:41.865-06:002015-12-09T19:12:41.865-06:00Thanks, Nancy! You sure make teaching German look...Thanks, Nancy! You sure make teaching German look fun with your blog posts and #Teach180 tweets! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-88865425354998395992015-12-09T19:09:23.065-06:002015-12-09T19:09:23.065-06:00I think it's so awesome that you're doing ...I think it's so awesome that you're doing this with 7th graders! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-33443216971610381372015-12-09T16:18:00.564-06:002015-12-09T16:18:00.564-06:00Sarah,
I decided to try this out with my on-grad...Sarah, <br /><br />I decided to try this out with my on-grade 7th graders. I told them that this was something another math teacher (you) was using with her high school students, and that I wanted to use it now to help avoid having to spend a bunch of time on it in high school. They definitely got the hang of cutting, sorting and gluing, but since we're still working on combining positives and negatives...actually combining the groups was a challenge for them. Thanks for making this available! Oh, and I had one student call out to another "Order doesn't matter!" That made me smile.LifelongLearner08https://www.blogger.com/profile/00245147239453844348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-58917804529123616422015-12-06T06:44:29.057-06:002015-12-06T06:44:29.057-06:00Great lesson! Makes me miss math! :)Great lesson! Makes me miss math! :)Nancy in Indianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815880089265103557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-90990777328110299132015-12-05T09:59:03.321-06:002015-12-05T09:59:03.321-06:00I like that you had students use interactive noteb...I like that you had students use interactive notebooks and different colors throughout the notebook. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-56528993823361415842015-12-04T14:30:40.487-06:002015-12-04T14:30:40.487-06:00You're welcome!You're welcome! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-29255172080204713542015-12-04T14:30:23.223-06:002015-12-04T14:30:23.223-06:00Now, if only we could figure out how to cut paper ...Now, if only we could figure out how to cut paper without getting it all over the floor...Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-83610290778918545912015-12-04T14:29:52.908-06:002015-12-04T14:29:52.908-06:00Thanks Kathryn! Thanks Kathryn! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-56598902907341092622015-12-02T20:17:40.978-06:002015-12-02T20:17:40.978-06:00I think this is such a great idea, especially as I...I think this is such a great idea, especially as I am a huge fan of using hands-on activities in the classroom! I would love to do this in one of my algebra classes next semester. I think physically cutting apart the terms is a great way to help with the confusion of which sign belongs to which term. Thanks for sharing!!Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-56715734016498662472015-12-02T19:24:34.296-06:002015-12-02T19:24:34.296-06:00I think the cutting apart is the key! It's wha...I think the cutting apart is the key! It's what I finally stumbled upon myself after way too much confusion with the signs when I was just teaching kids to box and circle like terms. Physically cutting apart terms and putting them together really turned the lightbulb on for many of them.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722008492889294960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-87192314246358077502015-12-01T19:55:19.149-06:002015-12-01T19:55:19.149-06:00My students thus year have struggled a lot with us...My students thus year have struggled a lot with using the sign in front. This activity would be great to help with that. Thanks for sharing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03125592165177367745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-37492545568607417342015-12-01T17:22:44.429-06:002015-12-01T17:22:44.429-06:00What a great lesson idea! My 7th grade pre-algebr...What a great lesson idea! My 7th grade pre-algebra and 8th grade algebra students struggle with this concept! I can't wait to use this as a review activity next year.<br /><br />I have also used one where students have a grid filled with terms, and they have to color the like terms the same. I think the actual manipulating terms and moving them around would be so much more effective!<br />Susan Hewetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126108127297053487noreply@blogger.com