Aiden had a great class today as we discussed how to write and solve two step equations. We began with a scenario that Marley had 3 more than twice the number of golfballs that Tucker had. Aiden did a great job coming up with the equations 2m+3. Then we related that to Tucker's amount and set up the equation T=2m+3. Then we created a table with various amounts of golfballs that Marley had and considered how that would result in Tucker's amount. Next we discussed a problem where Aiden would purchase a $335, put $50 down at the store and then make 6 equal monthly payments, p. We considered how we would find how much each monthly payment would be. Aiden said he would take 335, subtract 50 and then divide up that result by 6. He was correct! Then we had to consider how we would turn that into an equation. (335-50)/6=p. We "undid" the properties by multiplying by 6 on both sides to get 335-50=6p. Then adding 50 to both sides we'd have 335=6p+50. Aiden thought about this for a while to make sure he understood this concept. These word problems are quite difficult for students at first. I believe after seeing more examples, Aiden will do great with these.