Order Of Operations Interactive Notebook Pages

This year, I'm actually emphasizing club of operations at the inaugural of all of the twelvemonth inward Algebra 1. Last year, I tried to saltation right into evaluating expressions because my kids bring been learning most the club of operations since third flat or so. I figured review would endure pointless. I was WRONG.

My students may bring been looking at club of operations problems for years, but these problems most probable didn't incorporate grouping symbols such equally absolute value bars, radicals, or fraction lines. My students withdraw practise amongst this broader Definition of grouping symbols than simply the parentheses that they learned most from Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.

I actually liked the Grouping Symbols poster I created final year, as well as thence I decided to plow it into a notebook page.

I gave students a blank club of operations template, as well as nosotros filled inward the pregnant of each of the letters. I made a big bargain of emphasizing that multiplying as well as dividing are actually the same functioning as well as thence nosotros produce them from left to right. Same amongst add-on as well as subtraction.

Next, nosotros spent to a greater extent than or less character fourth dimension looking at negatives as well as exponents. I had a featherbrained minute when I was making this notes page, as well as I used 3 for all of my exponents which led to to a greater extent than or less really tiresome results. Oops! Changing the 3s to 4s worked much better.

I recollect inward the future, I would brand this activity into to a greater extent than or less variety of carte du jour variety instead. I equally good wishing I would bring had a house where students formally recorded the departure betwixt a negative within parentheses as well as a negative without parentheses. I did a amend chore of this amongst to a greater extent than or less of my classes than others.

When I was gluing inward my notebook pages, I accidentally forgot to acquire out a page for this develop of "Negatives as well as Exponents" notes. Oops... So, I ended upwardly taping it inward equally a flap over the grouping symbols.  You tin encounter that amend below. That's why the grouping symbols flake that sticks out says "Grouping Symbols."

Next, I gave my students a booklet foldable that had 3 club of operations practise problems. These were definitely complex problems. I wrote them to involve negatives amongst exponents, absolute value bars, radicals, as well as fractions.

 

The final matter nosotros glued inward our notes for club of operations was an activity I borrowed from Greta Bergman.  Students are given 8 expressions. seven of the expressions simplify to -13. 1 of them doesn't. I challenge students to consummate problems until they uncovering the 1 that doesn't equal -13. I tell them that when they uncovering that one, they may stop. Of course, they bring to acquire their operate checked past times me. Students are ever eager to acquire their operate checked when they acquire an response that isn't -13. Usually, I uncovering to a greater extent than or less fault inward their work, betoken it out to them, as well as ship them dorsum to re-work the problem. So, they halt upwardly getting LOTS of practice!

I created several activities to acquire amongst our club of operations skill, but I volition percentage those inward dissever posts. :)

Files for these notebook pages tin endure downloaded here.

Tweet

Subscribe to receive free email updates: