During today's class, we worked on the order of operations. I showed Carson the PEMDAS chart and he completed 3 worksheets where he had to apply the order of operations. He seemed to understand the material perfectly fine, worked focused throughout the whole class, and completed all his work.
It has been really nice catching up with Kaitlin, we used some class time to talk about her summer and she was excited to show me her new wall in her room. After that, we went over the order of operations and I showed Kaitlin the PEMDAS. We applied this concept to solve several practice problems.
Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Real Numbers – We learned that the rules for multiplying and dividing real numbers are related to the properties of real numbers and the definitions of operations. Then we reviewed the distributive property which can be used to simplify the product of a number and a sum or difference. Next we learned that an algebraic expression can be simplified by combining the parts of the expression that are alike.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.
1-2 Solving Linear Equations – We reviewed several problems involving solving linear equations. These problems involved multiplying by the LCD to remove fractions and setting up word problems. Then we reviewed the characteristics of a linear equation.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.
1-2 Solving Linear Equations – We reviewed several problems involving solving linear equations. These problems involved multiplying by the LCD to remove fractions and setting up word problems. Then we reviewed the characteristics of a linear equation.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.
We worked on an Algebra Readiness Assessment. It is a sample of some of the types of problems and concepts that a student should be able to do when they take Algebra 1.
