Friday, December 6 – String Art and Lesson 6

Shape of the Day

Current unit:  Cribbage and Linear Relations and Equations

  • Attendance
    • Sit according to the seating chart
    • No FIT: 80 minute class
    • Period 3: Take down unused chairs near you
  • Warm-up questions (15 minutes)
    • Simplify the following expressions
      • 3x + 6 – 2x + 1
      • -2x – 3 + x – 12
      • -3x – 4x + 1 – 8 + x + 2x + 7
  • Lesson 6 – Solving x/a + b = c Equations (20 minutes)
    • Do Notes questions 1 and 2 using both algebra and tiles
    • Homework: Do Lesson 6 Examples 1abc
    • Homework: Find a word problem that you have not been able to solve
      • Can be from textbook, Linear Equations Problems, or Rates and Ratios Problems
  • String Art Project (5 minutes)
    • Homework for Tuesday: Create a full-size image
      • 3 full-page grids available
  • Work time (40 minutes)
    • Check homework: Create at least 3 sketches using symmetry
    • New homework: Do Lesson 6 Examples 1abc
    • New homework: Find a word problem that you cannot solve
    • New homework for Tuesday: Draw full-size string art image
  • Wrap-up
    • Period 4: Put up all the chairs