Tuesday 26 September 2017

Straight line

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Our Junior students are learning about straight equations so after using a few online interactive resources,  playing kahoot and completing a teacher-created Quizizz resource a few were still struggling to identify the gradient, also known as the slope or m value and the Y intercept or c value.

I had a conference lesson with 3 students and tried to break it down
s........l.....o.....w..........l.......y. using this example

y = 2x - 3
Teacher: Read this straight line equation
Student: y equals 2x minus 3

Teacher: Repeat it to your friend
Student: y equals 2x minus 3

Teacher: So to find the gradient you must look to see what is in front of the letter x. So what do you see in front of the letter x
Student: (silent)

Teacher: Remember to look  to see what is in front of the letter x
Student: Which way is the front?

This was a teachable moment .........................



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