Algebraic Thinking

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Ms. Child's Instructional Unit

Initial Assessment

Seating Chart

The Children

Day 1

• SmartBoard Screens-- What's Next (pdf file)
• Introduction to Patterning (video)
• Students Building Their Own Patterns (video)
• Sample Student-constructed Patterns (pictures)
• Discussing Ways to Represent Patterns (video)
• Students Symbolizing Their Own Patterns (video)
• Finding Missing Pattern Pieces (video)
• Lesson: What's Next

Day 2

• SmartBoard Screens--SnakePatterns, Snakes (pdf files)
• Warm Up (video)
• Building a Snake Pattern (video)
• Students Building a Snake Pattern (Real Player) (video)
• Lesson: Snake Patterns

Day3

• SmartBoard Screens--SnakeTable (pdf file)
• Building Tables from Data (video)
• Students Building Tables for Their Data (video)
• Looking for Patterns in the Table (video)
• Lesson: Patterns in the Table

Day 4

• Warm Up (video)
• More on Patterns in the Table (video)
• Students Making Their Own Snake Patterns (video)

Day 5

• More on Snake Patterns (video)
• Sample Snake Pictures (pictures)

Day 6

• An Introduction to Writing Number Sentences from Patterns (video)

Day 7

• Symbolizing Patterns (video)
• SmartBoard Screens--Worms--Watch Them Grow
• Lesson: Watch Them Grow

Day 8

• Connecting Manipulatives with Symbols (video)
• SmartBoard Screens--Algebra Check-up
• Algebra Check-up Worksheet
• Algebra Check-up (video)

Day 9

• Differentiated Instruction (video)
• Pictures
• Lessons: Patterns That Grow and Peddling Petals
• Smart Board Screens--Growing Patterns

Day 10

• More on Differentiated Instruction and Introduction to a Function Machine (video)
• Lesson: Introduction to Function Machine

Day 11

• Continued Working in Two Groups (video)

Day 12

• Introduction to Number Patterns in Flowers (video)
• Number Patterns in Tiling (video)
• Students Discussing Their Flowers and Their Related Number Pattern (video)
• Lesson: See http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=134

Day 13

• Continued Work with Fibonacci and Number Patterns and Intro to Graphing (video)

Day 14

• Finishing Previous Activities and Fibonacci Sequences (video)
• Tiling a Patio (video)
• Lesson: Tiling a Patio
• Smart Board Screens--Tiling a Patio

Day 15

• More on Tiling a Patio (video)
• Smart Board Screens--Number Patterns in Tiling

Day 16

• More on Tiling a Patio (video)
• What's the Best deal? (video)
• Lesson: What's the Best Deal?
• SmartBoard Screens--What's the Best Deal?

Day 17

• More on What's the Best Deal? (video)

Day 18

• Introduction to Equations and Inequations and Algebra Scales (video)
• Lesson: Equations and Inequations and Algebra Scales

Day 19

• More on Algebra Scales (video)
• Smart Board Screens--Algebra Scales Day 2
• Intro to Building Houses (video)
• Lesson: Building Houses
• Smart Board Screens--Building Houses

Day 20

• Students' Solutions to Algebra Scales (video)
• Students' Solutions to Building Houses (video)

Day 21

• Assessment: Catch of the Day