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