BUILD TOWARDS FULL GRADE LEVEL COMPETENCE Here are ideas to build competence towards the full grade level competence using this same activity. See the unit plan and talk with the general education teacher for more ideas. Component Activity What Student Does Generalization/ Fluency Simplify linear equations with Students are presented with Students simplify orders for Different amounts and items more than two types of multiple customers with bolts, washers, and brackets. daily. variables orders for bolts, washers, and brackets. Rewrite statements in more Present students with orders Students rewrite the Different numbers daily. than one form for three types of items and expressions in more than one ask them to rewrite the way. expressions in more than one way. Substitute values for variables Have students calculate the Students simplify the Different numbers/amounts and simplify (e.g., 2a + 3a; total items by substituting a expressions by replacing the daily. where a=4 bolts) value for the variable. letters/variables with varying amounts. Teacher Demonstration Card #1 Create an expression to represent the word problem. At the hardware store, Betty needs 2 bags of bolts and 5 bages of washers. Juan needs 4 bags of bolts and 1 bag of washers.
BUILD TOWARDS FULL GRADE LEVEL COMPETENCE Here are ideas to build competence towards the full grade level competence using this same activity. See the unit plan and talk with the general education teacher for more ideas. Component Activity What Student Does Generalization/ Fluency Simplify linear equations with more than two types of variables Students are presented with multiple customers with orders for bolts, washers, and brackets. Students simplify orders for bolts, washers, and brackets. Different amounts and items daily. Rewrite statements in more than one form Present students with orders for three types of items and ask them to rewrite the expressions in more than one way. Students rewrite the expressions in more than one way. Different numbers daily. Substitute values for variables and simplify (e.g., 2a + 3a; where a=4 bolts) Have students calculate the total items by substituting a value for the variable. Students simplify the expressions by replacing the letters/variables with varying amounts. Different numbers/amounts daily. Teacher Demonstration Card #1 Create an expression to represent the word problem. At the hardware store, Betty needs 2 bags of bolts and 5 bages of washers. Juan needs 4 bags of bolts and 1 bag of washers.
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