Grade 6: Expressions & Equaons...Grade 6: Expressions & Equaons NCTM Interac3ve Ins3tute, 2016 Name Title/Posion Aﬃlia3on Email Address Introduc3ons… With your table, decide the

Grade6:Expressions&Equa3onsNCTMInterac3veIns3tute,2016

NameTitle/Posi3onAffilia3on

EmailAddress

Introduc3ons…

Withyourtable,decidethesimilari3esanddifferencesaboutthefourphrasesbelow:

• Numericalexpression• Numericalequa3on• Algebraicexpression• Algebraicequa3on

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CommonCoreStandards

Thissessionwilladdressthefollowing:

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6.EE.2 Write,read,andevaluateexpressioninwhichleCersstandfornumbers.

6.EE.4 Iden3fywhentwoexpressionsareequivalent.6.EE.9 Writeanequa3ontoexpressonequan3ty

(dependentvariable)intermsoftheotherquan3ty(independentvariable).

6.EE.7 Solvereal-worldandmathema3calproblemsbywri3ngandsolvingequa3onsoftheformx+p=qandpx=q.

AlgebraMagic

•  Thinkofanumber.•  Mul3plythenumberby3.•  Add8morethantheoriginalnumber.•  Divideby4.•  Subtracttheoriginalnumber.

Compareyouranswertoothersatyourtable.Whydidthishappen?Showin2differentways.

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AlgebraMagic

Whatcouldbedonetothestepsinordertogetthenumberyoustartedwith?

•  Thinkofanumber.•  Mul3plythenumberby3.•  Add8morethantheoriginalnumber.•  Divideby4.•  Subtracttheoriginalnumber.

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Wri3ngExpressions•  Enterthefirstthreedigitsofyourphonenumber.•  Mul3plyby80.•  Add1.•  Mul3plyby250.•  Addthelastfourdigitsofyourphonenumber.•  Repeattheabovestep.•  Subtract250.•  Divideby2.

Describethenumberyouhave.Howdidtheproblemwork?

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AlgebraMagic

Whichofthefollowingstepscanyoureversewithoutchangingtheresult?Why?

1)  Thinkofanumber.2)  Subtract7.3)  Add3morethantheoriginalnumber.4)  Add4.5)  Mul3plyby3.6)  Divideby6.7

AlgebraMagic

Thefollowingtrickismissingthelaststep.•  Thinkofanumber.•  Takeitsopposite.•  Mul3plyby2.•  Subtract2.•  Divideby2.•  ??????????

Decidewhatthelaststepshouldbeforthegivencondi3onsofinalresultis:a)  Onemorethan

originalnumber.b)  Oppositeoforiginal

number.c)  Always0.d)  Always-1.

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AlgebraMagic

Makeupaseparatealgebramagictrickwithatleastfivesteps

thatwillmeetoneofthebulletslistedbelow:•  Finalresultisonemorethantheoriginalnumber.

•  Finalresultis0.•  Usesallfouropera3ons.•  Resultissame,whetherstepsaredonebackwardsorforward.

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Interpre3ngAlgebraicExpressionsWhaterrorsmightoccurasstudentstranslatethefollowingsentencesintoalgebraicexpressions?

•  Mul3plynby5thenadd4.•  Add4tonthenmul3plyyouranswerby5.•  Add4tonthendivideyouranswerby5.•  Mul3plynbynthenmul3plyyouranswerby3.•  Mul3plynby3thensquareyouranswer.

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MatchingExpressions,Words,Tables,&Areas

Workcollabora3velywithyourtablemates.•  Matchcardstomakeacompletesetwithanequivalentexpression,descrip3on,table,andareacards.

•  Ifthereisnotacompleteset,makeacardforthemissingtype(s)withoneoftheblankcards.

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MatchingExpressions,Words,Tables,&AreasLargegroupdiscussion:

•  Which,ifany,ofthegroupsofexpressionsareequivalenttoeachother?Howdoyouknow?

•  Whatwillstudentslearnasaresultofthisac3vity?

•  Whatchallengesmightstudentencounterwiththisac3vity?

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ExpressionstoEqua3ons

8+4=+7

Whatresponsesdostudentsgiveforbox?

Opera3onalvsRela3onal“answer”vs“equivalence”

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Equality

Theno3onofequalityissurprisinglycomplex,

iso_endifficultforstudentstocomprehend,and

shouldbedevelopedthroughoutthecurriculum.

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Equality

•  Manystudentsatallgradelevelshavenotdevelopedadequateunderstandingofthemeaningoftheequalsign.

“Limitedconcep:onofwhattheequalsignmeansisoneofthemajorstumblingblocksinlearningalgebra.Virtuallyallmanipula:onsonequa:onsrequireunderstandingthattheequal

signrepresentsarela:on.”

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Carpenter, Thomas, Megan Franke, and Linda Levi. Thinking Mathematically: Integrating Arithmetic and Algebra in the Elementary School. 2003

Equality

Isthenumberthatgoesintheboxthesamenumberinthefollowingtwoequa3ons?2X+15=312X+15–9=31–9Intheequa3on+18=35,thenumberthatgoesintheboxis17.Canyouusethisfacttofigureoutwhatnumbergoesinthisbox:+18+27=35+27

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Transi3oningtoRela3onalThinking

TrueorFalse:471–382=474–385674–389=664–379583–529=83–2937x54=38x535x84=10x4264÷14=32÷2842÷16=84÷32

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•  No calculators – No computations •  Use relational thinking to justify answer.

Transi3oningtoRela3onalThinking

Whatisthevalueofvariable?73+56=71+d67–49=c–46234+578=234+576+d94+87–38=94+85–39+f92–57=94–56+g68+58=57+69–b56–23=59–25–s

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•  No calculators – No computations •  Use relational thinking to justify answer.

Rela3onalThinking

Whatproper3esareimportanttodevelopingrela3onalthinkingwithstudents?a+0=aa–0=aax1=aa÷1=aa+b=b+aaxb=bxaa+b=(a+n)+(b–n)a+b=(a–n)+(b+n)a–b=(a+n)–(b+n)a–b=(a–n)–(b–n)ab=(na)( 1/𝑛 𝑏)𝑎/𝑏 = 𝑛𝑎/𝑛𝑏 19

EqualitySignCau3on

3+5=8+2=10+5=15

EqualitystringswriCenbystudents(andteachers!)provideopportunitytodiscuss

meaningofequalsignanditsproperuse.

3+5=88+2=1010+5=15

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Interpre3ngEqua3ons

Whichisgreater,xory?Explainyourreasoning.

y=4x

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x is greater because it’s multiplied by 4.

y is greater because it is four times the size of x.

Interpre3ngEqua3ons

Leterepresentthenumberofeggs.Letbrepresentthenumberofeggboxes.

Thereare6eggsineachbox.Findanequa3onlinkingeandb.

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b = 6e e = 6b

Interpre3ngEqua3ons

Leterepresentthecostofanegg.Letbrepresentthecostofaboxofeggs.

Thepricepereggisthesamewhetheryoubuythemseparatelyorinabox.

Findanequa3onlinkingeandb.

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b = 6e e = 6b

Interpre3ngEqua3ons

Workingtogetheratyourtables:•  Matchanequa3oncardwithastatementcard.•  Explain/challengereasoning.•  Useblankcardstowriteequa3onorstatementcardssothateachcardisgroupedwithatleastoneothercard.

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SolvingEqua3onsStripDiagramMethod

•  Helpsstudentsconceptualizethecharacteris3csoftheproblemtosolveMakesenseofvariabletorepresentunknownquan3ty

•  Helpsstudentsformulateanalgebraicequa3ontosolvetheproblemAnalyzerela3onship(s)betweencomponentsofproblem

•  HelpsempowerstudentsDevelopcompetenceandconfidenceinusingthealgebraicmethod.

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Thereare50childreninadancegroup.Ifthereare10moreboysthangirls,howmanygirlsarethere?

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50 Boys

Girls



Letxbethenumberofgirls.Whatcouldbepossiblealgebraicequa3on(s)?

2710

50 Boys

Girls




x+(x+10)=50

2810

50 Boys

Girls x

x + 10




(50–x)–x=10

2910

50 Boys

Girls x

50 - x



Letxbethenumberofboys.Whatcouldbepossiblealgebraicequa3on(s)?

3010

50 Boys

Girls




x+(x–10)=50

3110

50 Boys

Girls

x

x - 10




𝒙 −(𝟓𝟎 −𝒙)=𝟏𝟎

3210

50 Boys

Girls

x

50 - x


UsetheStripDiagramMethodtosolvetheproblemsonthehandout.Setupthediagram/algebraicequa3onsinasmanywaysaspossible.

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SolvingEqua3ons

Coverupmethod:

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SolvingEqua3onsCoverUpMethod

Coverupmethod:

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5+=7 =2


Coverupmethod:

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5+=7 =2

=8


Coverupmethod:

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5+=7 =2

=8

-1=8 =9


Coverupmethod:

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5+=7 =2

=8

-1=8 =9 3=9 =3


•  Prac3cesolvingequa3onsusingtheCoverUpMethodwithyourtablemates.

•  Whatwillstudentslearnasaresultofthisac3vity?

•  Whatchallengesmightstudentencounterwiththisac3vity?

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Reflec3on

•  Whatnewidea(s)doyouwanttoimplementintoyourclassroomasaresultofthissession?

•  Whatchallengesdidyouencounterduringthissession?

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Reflec3on

(Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All [NCTM 2014], p. 47)

Reflec3on

(Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All [NCTM 2014], p. 48)

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