Post date: Nov 11, 2018 7:27:05 PM
MSM2 Periods 1 & 2
SOLs Covered: 7.12 & 8.17 Solving Equations (with Properties)
Math Unit: 10 One- & Two-Step Equations; 11 Multi-Step Equations
Daily Agenda: Nov. 7-9, 2018
Upcoming Assessments: 2.01 Two-Step Equations, Combining Like Terms, & Distributive Property Quiz (Mon. 11/12); Term 2 Equations Test (Mon. 11/19-Tues. 11/20)
Math 7H Period 4
SOLs Covered: 7.12 & 8.17 Solving Equations (with Properties)
Math Unit: 10 One- & Two-Step Equations; 11 Multi-Step Equations
Daily Agenda: Nov. 7-9, 2018
Upcoming Assessments: 2.01 Two-Step Equations, Combining Like Terms, & Distributive Property Quiz (Mon. 11/12); Term 2 Equations Test (Mon. 11/19-Tues. 11/20)
I don't know about you, but I've had a pretty busy weekend and still have some chores/errands to take care of today, so I'm going to try to keep this update quiz. After a teacher work day on Monday and then parent/teacher conference day on Tuesday, we started the school week off on Wednesday making sure the kids all had a solid understanding of two-step equations. As you can probably imagine, the kids struggled a little getting back on track after a four-day weekend, but I believe they all felt better about the two-step equations by the end of the block.
This allowed us to move onto learning the first couple steps (combining like terms and the distributive property) for solving multi-step equations over Thursday and Friday. The kids were all a bit hesitant at first but by the end of the block, they were all exclaiming over how easy it was! I think they've let the idea of algebra intimidate them, but they seem to have gotten a confidence boost with the recent work. Hopefully all my extra little tricks along with my Sweet Algebra! activity planned for Tuesday will continue to boost their overall math confidence!
As I'd hoped, this has been a fairly quick update but as always, please let me know if you have any questions. I hope everyone has a great week!