#TMC17 Teach Me How To Factor {Anna Hester}

Teach Me How to Factor
 Anna Vance

Patterns and puzzles help kids become successful with factoring.

Progression:

• GCF 
• 4 Terms 
• Trinomials 
•  Difference of Squares 
• Perfect Square Trinomials 

(I call it the un-distributive property)

Phrase as multiplication helps eliminate mistakes with positives and negatives.

Cover up the bottom row in a 2x2 to start!!!!

Factoring is just moving puzzles pieces around until you find what fits.

Rigor doesn't mean making things arbitrarily difficult.

Try using x-box for both cases of a = 1 and a > 1.

DOS Rap: