AlgebraWorks Sample Pages

Easy to Follow Lesson Plans

• Scripted introductions and teacher demonstrations invite instructors to actively engage students in hands-on explorations
• Teacher tips allow instructors to probe for students’ understanding
• Posttest based on standardized tests assesses students’ algebraic reasoning skills
• Key concept review and suggested methods for further exploration are provided in Sum It Up at the end of each lesson

Engaging Student Activities

• Specific, sequential directions are easy
  for students to follow
• Hands-on, grade-appropriate activities
  encourage students to use a higher
  level of algebraic reasoning
• Friendly mascots provide clues and helpful hints to illustrate algebraic thinking skills
• Challenge section encourages students to take their thinking further

Sample Pages:

Grade 3:
Bears in Balance Teacher Lesson
Bears in Balance Student Activity

Grade 4:
Symmetry Student Activity
Perimeter Student Activity

Grade 5:
Identifying Congruent Shapes Student Activity
Area Patterns Teacher Lesson & Student Activity

Grade 6:
Graphing in the First Quadrant Student Activity