I am teaching a class to other teachers in my program about algebra. I wanted to give some strategies on some topics. I have some, but I always would rather have more than less. Here are some of the topics I have planned:order of operations integers square roots multiplying monomialsIf anyone has websites they found useful, please send that information also. I want to include a website resource listing. BTW, I read about the aplusmath.com site, it was wonderful!!!!Thanks, Corina
Borensen/Hands On Equations :-)
Patti,Thanks so much for the recommendation! I got my copy of Hands on Equations the other day. I was utterly hopeless in Algebra as a student: couldn’t visualize problems or translate notations into anything meaningful. My teachers dispaired of me. I was one of those kids who got by with B’s just because I was able to plug in equations, retain the protocols just long enough for a test, but had no real understanding of what I was doing by rote. Half the time I think the B’s were just sympathy grades.I sat down with Hands on Equations the other day to try it out, and in no time flat I had mastered the whole system. I wish this had been invented when I was a kid. My math career would have taken a whole different turn. I can’t wait until my girls are ready for this. My 4th grader is concentrating on fractions for the rest of the school year, so I don’t want to distract her attention from that at present. I figure, though, that if she can master something as complicated as Pokemon and chess, she’ll have fun with this this summer!Thanks again,Jenny: I have attached a website for Hands on Equations which is a
: multi-sensory method to teach algebra. It is great, my daughter is
: just sailing through algebra thanks to this program in her LAB
: class for dyslexic kids. Her 5th grade teacher last year used it
: with the LD kids and the GATE kids in the public school system. On
: the state testing the math scores in her classroom were through
: the roof. It helps the kids understand Algebra. I think you might
: want to mention it as a resource for the teachers that can be used
: with both gifted and ld kids to teach algebra.
PASSWORD>aaI221mi7wL3II have attached a website for Hands on Equations which is a multi-sensory method to teach algebra. It is great, my daughter is just sailing through algebra thanks to this program in her LAB class for dyslexic kids. Her 5th grade teacher last year used it with the LD kids and the GATE kids in the public school system. On the state testing the math scores in her classroom were through the roof. It helps the kids understand Algebra. I think you might want to mention it as a resource for the teachers that can be used with both gifted and ld kids to teach algebra.