Linear functions activity

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linear equations flippables for a Algebra interactive notebook

Students will graph various linear equations while finding treasures or troubles along the way in this graphing linear equations activity!

Are you looking for a fun, hands-on linear equations project? This algebra project was one of my favorite things about teaching 8th grade math and algebra. My students would run into the room and right over to the windowsill, excited to see their grass, collect the day’s date, analyze slope, write linear equations and all without even realizing they were doing algebra!

I am so excited about this new game! I wanted to engage all my students in an activity where they were finding the slope of a linear equation from a graph. I remembered playing "I have, Who has..." games with my elementary students back in student teaching. Click here to see this resourc

I was hopping around the MTBoS this afternoon and I happened to reread a post by Sarah from several months ago in which she listed som...

The cornerstone of 8th grade math is learning about slope and y-intercept. Basically, it’s all things functions for the majority of 8th grade. What I realized a few years ago is that comparing functions is a multi-faceted beast. It seems simple at first, just find the slope on both functions and compare. Then, I realized […]

Is it a function or not? Lots of ideas for teaching functions and function notation in Algebra, 8th grade math and even Algebra 2, including a free function sorting activity and free function dice. Seen here is a part of an 8th grade math word wall covering function vs. not a function. #algebra #functions #8thgrademath

I will never forget one of my students telling me after a district exam, "One of the questions asked me to translate a line - what does that mean, write it in Spanish?" I thought I had done just a great job on the linear functions unit, but I had totally missed connecting the idea of translations for them. I had always waited until quadratic functions to talk about shifts in the parent function as transformations, but when I looked into the standards I realized I was missing a key part of…

I created this linear vs non-linear card sort activity for my Algebra 1 students to glue in their interactive notebooks.