0 Parts of an Expression and Translating Expressions Foldables

Remember the pictures I posted of my Algebra 1 INB pages over polynomials and factoring?  That was the end of our second unit of the year.  It looks like I never got around to posting the beginning of our second unit.  Oops...

Unit 2 was simply titled "Expressions."

Unit 2 Table of Contents

We started Unit 2 by writing our own definitions of some very important vocabulary words.  I got these examples/counter examples from the Kagan Cooperative Learning book for Algebra 1.  I like the process of having students reason through the examples and non-examples to write their own definitions.  However, I think I will break down the vocab and do it throughout the unit instead of trying to do all the vocab at the beginning of the unit.  I think my students will retain the vocabulary better that way.

Unit 2 Vocabulary

We created these foldables to emphasize the parts of an expression.  I stole/modified these from some foldables I found on A Sea of Math blog.

Parts of an Expression INB Page

Constant and Variable - Outside of Foldable

Constant and Variable - Inside of Foldable

Coefficient, Factors, Equivalent Expressions - Outside of Foldable

Coefficient, Factors, Equivalent Expressions - Inside of Foldable

We then moved onto translating expressions from words to math and from math to words.  This foldable was created to summarize which words go with which mathematical operations.

Translating Expressions - Outside of Foldable

Translating Expressions - Inside of Foldable

The rest of the unit included exponent rules, polynomials, and factoring.

PDF Templates to Download:

Unit Table of Contents (PDF)


Parts of an Expression Foldables (PDF)


Four Door Foldable for Translating Expressions (PDF)