Ben was in the bathroom for the first 12 minutes of class. When he returned, we continued our practice of graphing linear equations in slope intercept form. Ben used the y-intercept to plot the starting point. Then he used the slope to rise and run from there. When he showed a healthy understanding, then we tried problems in the reverse direction. Ben was given a graph of a line, but he had to determine the equation. He did that first by identifying where the line crosses the y-axis. Then he calculated the rise and run to determine the slope. Then he was able to write it in the form y=mx+b. Ben did great today!