Class Topics: 09.24.14

In Common Core Math Six today, students began class by completing a Socrative quiz that dealt with skills from Lesson 2.8: Translating Word Phrases.

During class, Mr. Giomini introduced Lesson 2.10: Equations and Their Solutions.  This lesson is a precursor to Lessons 2.11 and 2.12 where we began to solve one-step equations.  Students practiced with problems similar to the following where substitution and checking possible solutions were key concepts.

• Nancy has 94 baseball cards.  This is 6 more than Jack has.  The equation 94 = j + 6 can be used to represent the number of baseball cards.  Does Jack have 88 or 93 baseball cards?
• Determine whether each number is a solution of 19 = x + 4.  (5, 14, 15, 23)

Students completed numbers seven through sixteen from page 106 to practice the skill.  They then collaborated with a colleague to compare and discuss answers.

Today's Learning Targets: The student will be able to...

• determine whether a number is a solution for an equation.
• understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true.
• use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true.

For Evening Practice, the student is expected to...

• complete pages 34 and 36 in Chapter Two.

Expression Terms, Factors and Coefficients