tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post8999514779912574622..comments2023-10-03T04:20:03.184-06:00Comments on Math = Love: Reviewing One Variable InequalitiesSarah Carter (@mathequalslove)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-86858822258509891172016-09-27T00:09:09.997-05:002016-09-27T00:09:09.997-05:00This is a very clever idea to review something tha...This is a very clever idea to review something that students already know. I like how you laid out the method and procedure so all students are able to start from the same home base, no matter what their prior experience was in 8th grade. I also really like the foldable idea, as there is an example for each inequality sign.<br /><br />I’m also a bit sad that the interactive moving around didn’t work for the two people on the number line. Another idea could be to do some type of overhead or projector where you, as the teacher, have the two people where you want them on the number line and can move them accordingly. That may give students an actual physical representation that’s easier than just imagining without confusing the students with which student stands where and why.<br /><br />I agree with you about the format of the activity – it would have been nice to have an inequality that required dividing by a positive number to show students that the sign does not change. I also think it may be beneficial to add a sixth flap with an equal sign. That way, students could get more comfortable with the open circle vs. closed circle notation and it’s a good reference point (even though it’s equality and not inequality).<br /><br />Overall, I really liked this lesson. Although it was reviewing a familiar concept, it felt more like a traditional day of class opposed a boring and dry review. The Graphs of Inequalities Speed Dating was a great wrap-up activity, and I feel that students will be ready to handle story problems introduced the following day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-40142674893166290352016-09-26T18:59:49.755-05:002016-09-26T18:59:49.755-05:00Inequalities is my next unit...I can't wait to...Inequalities is my next unit...I can't wait to use this with my algebra students!Susan Hewetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126108127297053487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-49332125990889550002016-09-26T09:53:58.120-05:002016-09-26T09:53:58.120-05:00LOL funny how sometimes too much "movement&qu...LOL funny how sometimes too much "movement" can be a distraction! <br />I *love* walking through the operations and proving that relationship. <br /><br />My guys are doing divisibility and ... I'm wanting something like that to show it. In my head I have a "cloak of divisibility" that shakes and arranges the numbers in rows or columns of the divisor's size.... SiouxGeonzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852040976080951492noreply@blogger.com