I took a step back today from integers, and taught Amira the Order of Operations. She remembered PEMDAS (Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication/Division from left to right, Addition/Subtraction from left to right). I told her the way I learned it was "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally". She has an Aunt Sania, so we renamed the mnemonic "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sania."
I worked 10 examples of simplifying expressions by the order of operations on the board, and had Amira take notes. She does a great job of listening and following along. As she works through arithmetic, she will run into bumps with multiplication and division. I am encouraging her to take the time to think about the math, rather than turning to a calculator for a crutch.
After the lesson, I had her work on some of the harder exercises. Her homework is to do the first page of the practice sheet.