I've been trying to get this posted for a day or two now. I couldn't remember the source for the foldable that I used though so I didn't want to officially post until I could give credit where it was due. The foldable we used comes from "Mrs. MATH"'s site on Teachers Pay Teachers. The official title was:
Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities Foldable
It is a free download and worth checking out. She's got some other Algebra 1 materials but I haven't checked those out just yet.
We used this foldable to help us with multistep equations and inequalities. I believe we went over the concept in class and then before we moved on, we did this foldable with all the steps written out. It took some time to write everything out and more time to fold and cut. I recommend having the tabs pre-cut unless you're kids are pretty quick with foldables.
A couple days later we worked on inequalities and did a similar foldable.
The students liked having the example but near the end of the unit, they weren't referencing it as much as I'd hoped. I will probably try something else this year along the same lines. You know, I like the idea behind this foldable and am grateful someone put it together. My finished product is a bit busy and some of my dyslexic kids had a tougher time with it. To modify, I would probably have fill in the blanks for the descriptions and then have a more structured problem solving area to help them put things in the correct places. I really think I'll try something else this upcoming year though. If you know of some other foldable, please let me know!
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