Algebra Interactive Notebook

I am SO excited to show you my notebook and how amazing it is!!!  

There is so much to my notebook.  Included is 16 foldables and over 200 pages of material!  Your students will be organized and engaged!  Below you will find a complete breakdown of the 10 units included.  Also, there will be a link to where you can purchase my notebook at the end of this post.

There are a total of 10 units that include:

1.) Intro to Algebra
2.) Equations & Inequalities
3.) Functions
4.) Sequences
5.) Linear Equations
6.) Exponents
7.) Systems of Equations & Inequalities
8.) Polynomials
9.) Quadratics
10.) Radicals

There are two pages for each concept. The first page is used for direct instruction (notes) and the second page is for students to practice the concept. The first page includes a "I can..." statement and the second page includes an area where students can rate themselves on how well they understand the concept. This allows students to look back in their interactive notebook before a test and know which concept they need to study.

You can purchase my Algebra interactive notebook by CLICKING HERE

Let's Go Fly a Kite

By Deann Marin of  Socrates Lantern




When I taught special needs kids, each month we would do something special for those who earned enough points. One of their favorite activities was to make and fly kites in March. Years later, I was mainstreamed to 6th grade and the children also loved  this activity.  After they flew their kites, they wrote two papers, one explaining how to make a kite and the other about their experience.

I am going to show you how to make simple kites that your class will love doing.

Materials for a garbage bag kite:  plastic bags, two sticks, string, a ribbon and a nice windy day.

Step 1:  Take two sticks, wooden dowels, or garden stakes and put them into the shape of a cross., one horizontally and one vertically. Place the horizontal stick about a third of the way down and tie them together with a string.

 Step 2: Wrap the string securely around the horizontal and vertical sticks so that they stay together.

Step 3:  Cut the bag to fit the kite frame. Secure tightly by tying the ends of the bag to the frame at the tip of each dowel or stick.

Step 4:  Tie string from one side of the horizontal stick to the other, make it loose so that it forms a triangle, see first picture in step #4. Tie a large ball of string to the bottom part of the vertical stick. Loop under the loose portion of the horizontal string and tie a knot then tie another knot where the horizontal and vertical strings meet. You’ll know you’ve done it right if you see a triangle shape. See 2nd image in step #4.

Step 5: Tie some colorful ribbons to the end of the kite to give it balance. If it seems flimsy , you can attach washers to the ribbons to add support.

Step 6: Voila, your kites are complete. All you need is a sunny and windy March day and some space for your kids to run with their kites. Have fun. By the way, you can have a contest to see which kite flies the highest or the best.

Another fun thing that I’ve done with the kids is to take them camping at the end of the school year, but that’s another story.

For more spring activities, please take a look at a few of my products. 

Parts of Speech for St Patrick's Day

Interactive Poetry Notebook for Spring

Spring into Grammar Part 1

Spring into Grammar Part 2

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Deann

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Before you leave, please take a look at the rest of the blog posts that are part of our March Teacher Talk blog hop.

An InLinkz Link-up

Halloween Science Interactive Games

Looking for some terrifically terrifyingly Maths and Science Lessons this Halloween? Great for use with interactive Whiteboards!

Monster Scavenger Hunt 
Halloween Haunted House game
Squeal or no Squeal Halloween game
Sound bingo - Spooky noises
Sound Bingo - Creepy Cafe

By Deann Marin at The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs III

Offering for Educators, Comprehensive Teaching Aides.

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I’ve been noticing that many teachers like using interactive notebooks with their classes. So I’ve done some research and decided to make one of my own. This type of activity utilizes all learning styles, visual, auditory and kinesthetic. It allows children to cut, paste, write, see and listen. Better yet, it keeps them engaged because they are doing things with their hands as well as listening and seeing.

I’ve come up with an interactive-poetry notebook bundle. There are 100 pages of various types of fold-able templates that can be added to their notebooks.  If you would like to make a regular booklet or have the class write poems to put on the bulletin board, color and black and white templates are also included. As a highlight of this poetry workshop, the class may pick their favorite poem and get it published in the anthology called  Celebration of Young Poets- Creative Communication, Inc.

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A Preview of What’s Inside

Teacher’s Complete Lesson Plans…………………4-13

Poetry Writing Workshop, Student Handouts……14-20

Parts of Speech, & Sensory Cards, ……………….........21-33

Free Verse Poems Interactive Notebook &

Worksheets   …………………………………………..34-40

Sensory Interactive Notebook Poems &

Worksheets………………………………………….........41-50

Acrostic Interactive Notebook Poems &

Worksheets…………………………………………….51-56

Limericks & Riddles Interactive Notebook……….57-68

Cinquain Interactive Notebook……………………..69-74

Diamante Interactive Notebook…………………….75-84

Haiku Interactive Notebook…………………………85-91

Shape Poem Interactive Notebook………………….92-98

Grading Rubric……………………………………….  99

Contact Information…………………………………. 100

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Making this bundle took many hours, it was a work of love for me. I hope it will help to bring out the poet in all of your students. 

Thank you very much.

Deann

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