Distributive Property of Multiplication Guided Notes & Doodles | 6th Grade Math

Overview

Introduce distributive property and combining like terms to simplify expressions with this Distributive Property Guided Sketch Notes resource. Contains 10 pages total including guided notes, a practice coloring worksheet (color by number), and a real-life math application. It works well as graphic organizers, scaffolded notes, and interactive notebooks. And it's artsy—if your students love color by number, color by code, or sketch notes, they'll love these lessons.

Why you'll love this

This product is part of the Expressions Bundle: Read, Write, Simplify, Evaluate Expressions! (purchase the bundle for the best deal!).

All the expressions in this activity contain only positive numbers, so students will not need to know negative integers to apply the distributive property or combine like terms to simplify expressions.

CCSS Standards:

6.EE.A.3, 6.EE.A.4

Want the 7th grade version of distributive property guided notes with negative integer coefficients instead? Grab it here.

What's included:

  1. Guided notes. Teach the topic with these structured notes. Integrates checks for understanding to verify your students are on the right track. - 2 pages

  2. Practice worksheets. Worksheet and color by code to practice rates, ratios, and unit rates. - 2 page

  3. Real-life application. Read and write about real-life uses of rates, ratios, and unit rates with shopping. - 1 page

  4. Answer key. Included for all of the worksheets. - 5 pages

Great for:

  • Introductory Lessons

  • Reteaching & Spiral Review

  • Homework

  • Sub Plans

  • Quiz, Test, & Exam Prep

What teachers say about my Guided Notes & Doodles lessons:

  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Great resource and a different way to take notes. Students were engaged and used their notes to help them with solving problems later.” - Heather P.

  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My students really enjoyed these notes. I needed an additional resource to reteach this material before our end of the year assessment, and this was perfect.” - Ashley H.

  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I used this resource with students who typically struggle to remain engaged in mathematics. They remained very engaged and didn’t hesitate to fix mistakes and complete their work. Great resource!” - Carissa S.

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License

Each license of this product is for one teacher’s classroom and their students. If you wish to share with other teachers, please purchase additional licenses.

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