Tuesday, January 7th

The focus of our lesson today was translating words & phrases into algebraic expressions. We created a word & phrases chart in our math notebooks to guide us as we constructed the actual algebraic expressions. Here is a copy of what students recorded in their notes today:

Once we got down the words/phrases we could use, we then began working on actually constructing the algebraic expression. Here are some of the examples we worked on together whole group during class:

No homework tonight! I want this information to “marinate” on your brain for the evening! We will continue with this skill in class on Wednesday!

Have a great Tuesday evening! Welcome back!