Day 26 Compound Inequalities

Quote of the Day: “My advice for you is figure out what you enjoy doing most in life, and then try to do it full-time. Life is short. Follow your passion.” - Will Shortz

Question of the Day: "Is there such a thing as a fake number?"

Regular Math Objective: Simplify exponential expressions; rewrite exponential expressions

Regular Math Standards: 8.EE.1 Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions. 

Regular Math Lesson Sequence:

1. QSSQ
2. Quiz 
3. TenMarks Weekly Quiz 
4. Retakes
5. Get to ten or 2048 

The quiz was about what I would expect. Some silly mistakes but overall I was pleased with the growth that students have made on this standard.

I saw some of the mistake here where students were multiplying before they were simplifying. This will undoubtedly be something we have to reexamine each month this year for students to master what they have not yet and retain it even if they did well.

Honors Math Objective: Graph and write compound inequalities

Honors Math Standards: A1-A-REI B3 Solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable, including equations with coefficients represented by letters. a. Solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable involving absolute value.

Honors Math Lesson Sequence:

1. Review the two-step inequality homework
2. QSSQ 
3. Compound inequality practice in the Big Ideas workbooks
4. Trying two compound inequalities on their own

The nice thing with the compound inequalities was that the workbooks served as a nice little appetizer for the main course. If students were to just try a problem that said 4 < -2x + 3 < 8 or something of that format they would have been overly challenged. As it were, a little over half the class could do the exit ticket and the rest could not.