Class began with a discussion about making corrections. The procedure is that students exchange papers and mark which problems have been missed on an assignment. Then, students get their own papers back and have the opportunity to ask questions, get help, and make corrections on missed problems BEFORE submitting the assignment for a final grade. There is NO REASON a student could not have 100% on every assignment. It was pointed out to students that it is not the teacher's responsibility to make sure they are correcting every problem before submitting - it is the student's responsibility to
take advantage of the opportunity. When asked why corrections weren't being made suggestions from students were laziness (just not caring) and frustration with having to redo a problem. We discussed these suggestions and many students decided that it would be worthwhile to ask for help the first time they didn't understand a problem, and then they wouldn't have to try it again later.
Today we went over Lesson 21: Solving Equations - this lesson was mostly a review about how to find missing numbers.
- If you are missing and addend, subtract
- If you are missing the top number in a subtraction problem, add
- If you are missing the bottom number in a subtraction problem, subtract
- If you are missing a factor (multiplication), divide
Assignment: Lesson 21 worksheet
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