This is part three of the interactive notebook pages for my first unit in Algebra 1. You may want to take a look at part one and part two.
Day 6 - Real Numbers
This is another foldable by Lisa Davenport. I liked the foldable, but my kids had so much trouble with this! It stressed them out. They had a hard time understanding the idea of subsets. I used Algebra 1 friendly language, but it was a stretch for them. Once they understood integer and rational number, I just kind of called it good. Honestly, I think that’s ok for now. I’ll have these kids again for Geometry and Algebra 2, so we can continue to work on this as they expand their math understanding.
I created this foldable because the textbook had lots of little vocabulary things all thrown into one section. It felt kind of like a hodgepodge, so I just went with it. My students had a hard time with the first page, but they hung with me. My Algebra 1 group doesn’t whine (yet) and I really like that about them.
My students are starting to call these types of foldable “hamburger books”. In elementary school, lots of teachers talking about folding paper “like a hamburger” or “like a hotdog”. We laughed about it one day in class and now the name has stuck.
Day 7 - Function Patterns
This day was a super basic introduction to function patterns. The top of the page just had some vocabulary and the accordion foldable had examples. I left a giant space for students to write their own notes as we talked about functions.