Our unit of study for the next two weeks is Creating Equivalent Expressions. There are three methods we will learn to do this:
- The Distributive Property
- Combining Like Terms
- Factoring Out
On Monday, students learned how to use The Distributive Property to create Equivalent Expressions. Today, students learned how to utilize the Combining Like Terms method. I have attached a copy of the procedures students wrote down from the whiteboard. We worked a multitude of examples together to ensure everyone understood each step and also WHY we have to complete each step in the process. I assigned students a fairly easy homework sheet, just 10 problems, of which we worked the first 4 problems together.
This is GREAT math! I hope students enjoy learning these skills as much as I enjoy teaching them!!!!
