Direct Instruction: 20 minutes

One strategy that is fun to use when helping students understand operations of positive and negative numbers on a number line is the “WALKING” strategy. This activity will get students up and active with their entire bodies. Use the notes below to teach your students the strategy. Have the students take notes on the strategy in their Interactive Math Journals. You may choose to print out the “teacher guided notes” in the resource section, or have students draw a number line for each example and hand write each example. This will be left up to you and the time you have to complete the lesson. This lesson should only take one day.

Teacher Guided Notes: These teacher guided notes were revised from the Columbus City Schools Curriculum Guide.