Combining(Like(Terms(Ac1vity(

By(Alice(Keeler(www.alicekeeler.com(

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Direc1ons:((Print(out(these(like(terms(cards(6(to(a(page.(Print(on(card(stock(Laminate(You(may(want(to(print(out(mul1ple(copies(to(have(a(lot(of(like(term(cards(for(your(class.(Group(students(into(2J4(students.(Remind(students(what(a(base(and(exponent(is.((Give(an(example.(Write(the(deni1on(of(like(terms(but(give(no(examples.(Like(terms(have(the(same(variables(and(the(same(exponents.(Restate(it(a(couple(of(1mes.(Pass(out(a(chunk(of(shued(like(terms(cards(to(each(group.(Students(should(to(the(best(of(their(ability(sort(the(cards.(If(students(ask(ques1ons(as(to(if(they(are(doing(it(right,(only(restate(the(deni1on.((When(a(group(thinks(they(are((done(do(a(visual(check(to(see(if(there(are(any(piles(that(could(be(combined.((If(so(say(nope(and(walk(away.(Do(not(give(hints(as(to(what(is(wrong.(If(the(visual(check(looks(good,(pick(up(a(stack(and(start(reading(o(the(terms.(Do(not(say(the(coecient.(((Example:(For(the(constant(pile(just(say(constant,(constant,(constant,(constant((For(the(x(squared(pile(just(say(x(squared,(x(squared,(x(squared.(Emphasizing(the(term(and(not(the(coecient.(

If(there(is(a(mistake(do(not(say(anything,(just(walk(away(and(let(the(students(in(the(group(gure(out(what(mistake(they(made.((Go(to(other(groups.(When(called(back(do(the(piles(that(were(already(approved.((If(come(to(another(mistake(leave(the(group(and(move(on(without(saying(anything.((Trying(to(nd(the(rst(group(that(sorted(all(the(piles(correctly(rst.(((Award(a(small(prize(to(the(group.(Regroup(and(discuss(with(students(what(they(learned,(what(their(challenges(were(there.(Which(piles(were(tricky(and(why( 52 0

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