tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post685931541415758779..comments2023-12-12T17:28:06.506-08:00Comments on Inventing the Orangamallow: All about OrangamallowsNicole Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03065725300832806956noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-46105049445136963662013-10-08T16:41:55.342-07:002013-10-08T16:41:55.342-07:00Thanks for reading and commenting...if you haven&#...Thanks for reading and commenting...if you haven't seen them, you should check out what Julie did with it at <br />http://ispeakmath.org/2013/09/25/algebraic-expressions-with-6th-grade/<br />, what Nora did with it at <br />http://simplifyingradicals2.blogspot.com/2013/09/pennies-paper-clips-buttons-and.html<br /> and what Kathryn did with it at<br /> http://iisanumber.blogspot.com/2013/10/distributive-property-and-combining.html<br /><br />Sorry, nothing is linking for me!<br />Nicole Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065725300832806956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-39254419308553411402013-09-28T09:29:55.079-07:002013-09-28T09:29:55.079-07:00Nicole — I loved your presentation at #TMC13, but ...Nicole — I loved your presentation at #TMC13, but I think I love this writeup even more. We just had our first expressions and equations test, and I think this would be a great activity for remediating with students about identifying and combining like terms. Thank you for blogging about this!!!<br /><br />- Elizabeth (@cheesemonkeysf)cheesemonkeysfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-29756869769649384832013-09-25T05:23:48.107-07:002013-09-25T05:23:48.107-07:00We definitely come back to this when we get to add...We definitely come back to this when we get to adding polynomials<br />...many students bring it up when I show it as a "favorite mistake". I haven't tried it with "the bag" at this level but I am thinking of a large version of algebra tiles cut out of craft foam. Strips labeled "x" and squares with each side the same length as the strip labeled x^2. Julie Reubach shared a video of her class where she had a stack of items and students added them to a bag and took some out and added more, wrote the expression as they went, simplified their answer and then checked the bag, I could see a pile of strips, squares, and maybe even cubes being a fun activity with just enough concrete reinforcement. Thanks for commenting!Nicole Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065725300832806956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-45323892994702069662013-09-25T03:57:26.137-07:002013-09-25T03:57:26.137-07:00Nicole, I didn't get to see your presentation ...Nicole, I didn't get to see your presentation at TMC13 - probably some family 'emergency' that required me to step out and make a call - but I love this idea. Do you find that in the students' minds this understanding extends naturally from this activity to terms with the same base but different exponents? In my 'gifted' Algebra 2 class, more than a few students are still combining like bases with different exponents by adding the exponents. Yikes! I would love to use this to illustrate unlike terms, but I'm wondering how to stress the terms are unlike even when the bases are the same (if they don't already understand that at this late stage).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-46566171763429940882013-08-15T18:50:02.506-07:002013-08-15T18:50:02.506-07:00I love it. Fun. Engaging. It makes sense. Conc...I love it. Fun. Engaging. It makes sense. Conceptual. Fantastic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370131507912666193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-22831337024033869872013-08-05T20:52:21.670-07:002013-08-05T20:52:21.670-07:00Thanks Kathryn- I very much enjoy reading your blo...Thanks Kathryn- I very much enjoy reading your blog- I'm glad I could share something back!Nicole Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065725300832806956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-85124704820137006812013-08-05T20:30:10.716-07:002013-08-05T20:30:10.716-07:00This is such a fun and unexpected combination. I ...This is such a fun and unexpected combination. I had a student last year who just could not wrap his head around the idea that 6 and 3x aren't like terms, no matter how many analogies, pictures, and scenarios I shared with him. I wonder if this might have helped. :)Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301412875277554720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-87799784781371577272013-07-31T19:26:01.566-07:002013-07-31T19:26:01.566-07:00Thanks! Your recap post was fantastic- that is ne...Thanks! Your recap post was fantastic- that is next on my to-do list!Nicole Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065725300832806956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647232410752281612.post-22950484506139600592013-07-31T19:20:01.291-07:002013-07-31T19:20:01.291-07:00I'm so glad you blogged about this! I loved he...I'm so glad you blogged about this! I loved hearing your presentation at TMC, it was so great to meet you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com