Using Acronyms
Teaching Strategy
Examples of Acronyms Commonly used in different Subjects
Common Math Acronyms
PEMDAS
AKA - Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Order of Operations
Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtractions
FOIL
First
Inner
Outer
Last
SBYM
Used when multiplying with fractions and factors.
Science
An interesting way to remember the order of the planets in our solar system. Some teachers prefer to use Excellent instead of Educated.
Reading
Acrostic Poems
Citation
"Acrostic Poems." Readwritethink.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2014.
Brody. books. photograph. 2005. Flickr. Web. https://www.flickr.com/photos/brody/4483246/in/photolist-dRhn5k-f3ze57-oYHm-dDusA-51t5TC-dsYZgk-9hBXf8-aGsP14-8KCCKW-4Jcu56-99cX1t-7PozJp-84P71r-8b9rja-6sSffK-4yFCiY-8fhFAz-7oe7Wp-4vNRQ9-7Bazrf-UmBz-akZ9LM-8U8t1Z-5WXKhd-Yoovp-zzdCt-4DH9q5-7Ae2Ph-67g6JM-9Ltwwm-7HoeXV-9oGZZK-8H9PZ8-5NZzVJ-4vjWBm-comqio-4QAf8v-ntNE-4hn47g-7qTL28-8AJ5aQ-5e7yGa-dphot9-7HRoG5-ahytco-5hPFgg-9hB41z-dJw9ZQ-6v6cag-aEBMN/
Corbis, . Planets of the Solar System. [Image]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com
Jayates. (2012, Jun 4). Basic Trigonometry: SOHCAHTOA: finding angles using sine, cosine and tangent. Retrieved April 13, 2014 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rJfKGmp6fw