GRADE 8 - PRE-ALGEBRA / Slope

A comprehensive visual for studying slope. 

  

GRADE 8 - PRE-ALGEBRA / Graphing

Students with specific learning disabilities can have difficulties with orientation when graphing.  So I use a kinesthetic approach to feel the motion of positive/negative, moving along the x and the y axis.

 Then, I color the x and x axis, so the student knows which line to follow first.  

GRADE 8,9,10 - MATH / ALGEBRA, Graphing Slope Intercept Form

My Algebra 1 student was having trouble graphing equations from Slope Intercept Form so we practiced identifying slope and y-intercept by transferring problems from the book to this work mat.  We made cards representing the slope and y-intercept and identified which was which.  The template shows the student what to graph first (You can see the "Start Here").  Then the student can also very easily find the slope.

Underneath the card, I have notes, definitions and instructions to help the student.  Ex: slope is rise/run.

I refer to the slope as the "M"ountain slope, so that they remember that the "m" represents the slope.