“
Increase student engagement with this no-prep multiplying binomials activity using individual whiteboards! This Algebra 1 lesson includes animated Google Slides with a printable version.
This activity includes teacher directions, a review of multiplying polynomials, 12 questions, and lesson slides. The printable version can be used with the slides if you don’t have a classroom set of individual whiteboards.
*Note: You can make a ‘whiteboard’ using any piece of paper and sheet protectors!*
How this lesson plan works:
- Review multiplying binomials (if necessary).
- Present each question on the board. Your students will solve the problem, then lift their whiteboard for immediate feedback.
- Float around the room to check in with students and quickly see what they do and don’t understand.
- Animated slides reveal each answer before moving on to the next question
This activity includes:
✅ 12 questions for multiplying binomials with a range of exponents and variables
✅ Teacher directions
✅ Animated Google Slides with answer key
✅ Printable version with answer key
Ways to use this multiplying polynomials activity in your Algebra 1 class:
Small group intervention – Choose 5-6 questions to assign to students in a small group. Your students will solve each problem on whiteboards (or on the worksheet), so that you can give them immediate feedback and targeted support. You can also use this as an opportunity to pre-teach vocabulary.
Guided practice – Students solve the problems on each slide and get immediate feedback from the teacher. This is a perfect formative assessment to check for student understanding.
Test review – Quickly and easily review for an upcoming polynomials test with this activity.
You may also like:
⭐ Algebra 1 Warm Ups and Exit Tickets – Multiplying Polynomials Writing Prompts
⭐ Multiplying Polynomials Task Cards with Simplifying Expressions for Algebra 1
⭐ Polynomial Operations Real World Algebra 1 Activity (Add, Subtract, & Multiply)
“
