Today Miss Parco's Grade 8 class will be starting a new unit in math, strand B2.1 use the properties and order of operations, and the relationships between operations, to solve problems involving rational numbers, ratios, rates, and percents, including those requiring multiple steps or multiple operations.
Libisema: 2
Okay class, to start today's lesson solve the following equations on your mini white board- on my mark flip them over to show me.
2 x 3 - (10 + 2) =
This starter activity was designed as an assessment for learning, demonstrating what students remember from Grade 7. Using observational notes Miss Parco can adjust todays lesson and plan for subsequent lessons based on student knowledge.
Libisema: 3
Good job everyone, I see a lot of great answers, and a couple question marks - Sarah, maybe you can help us out how did you know the answer was -6? What did you do to solve this equation?
Using classroom discussion, the class will go over how to solve the problem; having multiple students explain the process of solving the equation will help students that struggled learn the method of solving.