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Combining Integers
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT Workshop
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By
Josh Rappaport,
creator of: |
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PreAlgebra Blastoff!™
Combining Integers Kit
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Algebra
Survival Guide
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Algebra
Survival Guide Workbook
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Co-author
of the Card Game Roundup Series
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| 505/438.3418
Fax: 505/438.7742 Email: Josh@SingingTurtle.com
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TEACHERS,
MATH COORDINATORS:
ASK YOURSELF THIS:
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Do
you ever hear students say things like:
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… because two negatives make a positive"? |
Or that:
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"
… because a negative and a positive make
a negative?"
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Ever
feel like PULLING YOUR HAIR OUT, SCREAMING
AND RUNNING OUT OF THE BUILDING when teaching
these rules? |
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Rest
assured, you’re not alone.
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Teachers
everywhere struggle getting all of their students
to learn all of these rules.
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But
here’s the good news:
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Singing
Turtle’s new PreAlgebra Blastoff!™
Combining Integers Kit has arrived on the scene,
and it is here to rescue both befuddled students
and frustrated teachers.
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In
his PreAlgebra Blastoff! Professional
Development Workshop, PRODUCT CREATOR Josh Rappaport
shows teachers how by using this product, teachers
enable their students to literally grasp
the rules of algebra, through working with the
fun and easy-to-use foam manipulatives.
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FUN
INTRODUCTION:
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With
his easy-going manner, Josh first introduces
teachers to the PreAlgebra Blastoff!™
manipulative: the POSITon™,
the NEGATon™,
and last but not least, the ZERObi™,
Josh demonstrates how these manipulatives allow
teachers to demonstrate basic facts, such as:
- 1 + 1 = 0.
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MOVING
FORWARD:
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Josh
shows teachers how to use the PreAlgebra Blastoff! Teacher’s
Guide’s WorkSheets and WorkMats to demonstrate
basic rules, such as the same-sign rule, by modeling
problems like:
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–
4 – 2 = – 6
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4 + 7 = + 11
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–
1 – 1 – 1 – 1 = –
4
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| ADJACENT
SIGNS:
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3 – (+ 9) = – 12
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–
2 – (– 3) = + 1
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5
– (– 2) + – 3 = + 4
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THE
BEST PART:
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Teachers
will learn how to teach all of these rules in
a fun, manipulative way.
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Equipped with
the PreAlgebra Blastoff!™ Teacher’s
Guide, and classroom sets of manipulatives,
teachers can implement these new, effective
strategies as soon as they get back in the classroom.
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