Lessons tagged with "commutative"

This algebra and functions lesson focuses on identifying the commutative and associative properties in simplified expressions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the expressions as they are simplified. Then, they identify which property of addition was used to simplify them. They justify their answer by explaining that if the addends were put into different places in the expression, then it was commutative, while if the addends were grouped to add them together, it was associative. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This Algebra 1 lesson teaches students how to use the properties of real numbers to perform computational procedures. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Students will read partial equations and complete them by determining, writing, and justifying the real number property that applies (Commutative, Associative, or Distributive). Then, they will perform the operations to prove the results do not change. In addition to the lesson, there is one page of Independent Practice and three pages of periodic review.