Translating Words Into Symbols Coloring Notes

One of our Algebra 1 standards is that students endure able to interpret betwixt written expressions together with equations together with symbolic expressions together with equations.  This is i of those topics that drives me crazy to test to instruct because it seems together with therefore intuitive to me.  My students, however, guide keep traditionally struggled amongst it.

If I inquire them to interpret "the amount of a set out together with five," they tin unremarkably come upward up amongst "x + 5."  No problem.  But if I inquire them to translate, "the production of a set out together with the amount of the set out together with five," they close down.

I know there's a lot of speak inwards the MTBoS nearly non teaching kids which words hateful which operation.  And, I run across where they are coming from amongst this.  Half of tin hateful multiply past times 1/2 or separate past times 2.  Per tin hateful multiply or divide.  But, if students don't know what the give-and-take quotient means, how am I supposed to aid them without giving them a chart???

Here's this year's endeavour at teaching this topic.  

In the past, I've had students brand foldables together with listing the telephone substitution words.  This was fourth dimension consuming, together with I oft institute myself giving students a lot of the words because they couldn't come upward up amongst them on their own.

Here's a moving painting of a foldable from a pair of years ago:

I knew I wanted to test something novel this year.  I idea nearly doing a bill of fare form to gum in, only a i 1000 m petty pieces to gum inwards together with my Algebra 1 students don't mix well.  Then, I remembered how @druinok had modified a statistics bill of fare sort I had made to endure a coloring activity.

I decided to brand a coloring page for my students to complete.

The kids kept trying to course of pedagogy the words that hateful equals every bit add/subtract/multiply/divide which was frustrating.  We did this every bit a class.  I asked them to propose words for addition.  We colored all those.  Then, subtraction, etc.

We drew arrows over the "turn some words."  This wasn't enough, however, to arrive stick for my students.  This needs some to a greater extent than operate for adjacent year!  

I think I'll continue the coloring aspect for adjacent year.  I missed some phrases when putting this together quite hastily.  (Read: during root hr invention to instruct tertiary period!)  So, I definitely desire to test together with arrive to a greater extent than comprehensive.

I likewise desire to come upward up amongst a way to signify that some words tin hateful multiple dissimilar operations.  Still working out the best way to create that.  Any suggestions on improving this lesson would endure greatly appreciated!

Another expanse my kids guide keep struggled amongst inwards the past times was knowing when to role parentheses.  I decided to test a novel approach this year.  

I had students line ovals some all of the functioning words.  Then, I had them line a rectangle some the equation/inequality word, if applicable.  If at that topographic point are 2+ ovals on i side of the rectangle, I told them they needed to role parentheses.

Now, you lot together with I both know that these parentheses are sometimes redundant.  But, I'd rather my students putting parentheses together with non needing them than needing them together with non putting them.

Practice Problems:

Note to self for adjacent year: TYPE THESE!

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 mutual inquiry type my students create out amongst is writing expressions that gibe a scenario that builds on itself.  I set i of these on the quiz, together with it was silent the most missed question.  I think my error was non giving students independent exercise amongst this inquiry type.  That's some other matter to laid upward for adjacent year!

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