Algebraic Thinking

What is important?

• Algebra is a tool used to generalize arithmetic and to represent patterns in the world
• Symbolism must be well understood to be successful in Algebra
• We should use generalized methods to compute 
• a+b=b+a
• Patters should be recognized, extended and generalized
• For every input there is a unique output

Resources and Games:

http://www.mathplayground.com/algebraic_reasoning.html

http://insidemathematics.org/index.php/operations-and-algebraic-thinking-oa

http://www.math-play.com/Algebra-Math-Games.html

http://hotmath.com/games.html

Van De Walle, J. A., Karp, K. S., & Bay-Williams, J. M. (2010). Elementary and middle school mathematics: Teaching developmentally (7^th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.