Phase+4_Design+Integration+Strategies


 * Lesson Title: Algebra **
 * Grade: Middle School, 6th Grade **
 * Content Area: Math **
 * Lesson Length: 55 Minute Classes for 5 Days **

1. Pre-Survey on students feelings about algebra
 * Day 1: Translate Verbal Phrases **

2. Smartboard/PowerPoint //(attached notebook)// //(attached pdf)// Introducing key words to help students translate equations.

3. Exit Slip


 * Day 2-3: Simplifying Variable Expressions **

1. Smartboard/PowerPoint //(attached notebook) (attached pdf)//

2. YouTube video: (Link is found on first page/slide of lesson) media type="youtube" key="Ect-kgxBb4M" height="385" width="480" align="center"

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We are trying to help the students realize that algebra is as easy as things they learned as children watching Sesame Street. It was also a great way to engage students prior to learning the lesson. - The first video is a great way to show the difference between constant terms and variables. - The second video is a way to see the difference between two different variables. (event tho they are all circles, they are not the same exact circle)

3. Exit Slip (Day 2)

4. Exit Slip (Day 3)


 * Day 4-5: Solving Equations **

1. Smartboard/PowerPoint //(attached notebook) (attached pdf)// Work as a class on balancing equations.

2. Virtual balance: National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: [] Scroll to Algebra (Grades 6-8), and click on Algebra Balance Scales

Students will be able to independently balance equations in computer lab.

3. Math Jingles: Keeping It True []

4. Exit Slip (Day 4)

5. Quiz

6. Post-Survey on students feelings on algebra