MolloyCollege

EducationDepartment
LessonPlan
Student:MeghanGiunta
Course:EDU521
Grade:8
Topic:SystemsofEquations

Professor:MariaEsposito
Date:June20,2016
ContentArea:Math

INSTRUCTIONALOBJECTIVE
Afterademonstrationofsolvingasystemofequationsusingthesubstitutionmethodandusing
iPadstopracticesolvingproblemsincludingthesubstitutionmethod,studentswillcomplete10
questionsusingthesubstitutionmethodwith80%accuracy.
CCLS/+NYSSTANDARDSANDINDICATORS
8.EE.C.8aUnderstandthatsolutionstoasystemoftwolinearequationsintwovariables
correspondtopointsofintersectionoftheirgraphs,becausepointsofintersectionsatisfyboth
equationssimultaneously.
8.EE.C.8bSolvesystemsoftwolinearequationsintwovariablesalgebraically,andestimate
solutionsbygraphingtheequations.Solvesimplecasesbyinspection.Forexample,3x+2y=
5and3x+2y=6havenosolutionbecause3x+2ycannotsimultaneouslybe5and6.
CommunicationandCollaborationNETS.S.2aStudentsusedigitalmediaandenvironmentsto
communicateandworkcollaboratively,includingatadistance,tosupportindividuallearning
andcontributetothelearningofothers.Studentsinteract,collaborate,andpublishwithpeers,
experts,orothersemployingavarietyofdigitalenvironmentsandmedia
Indicator:Thiswillbeevidentwhenthestudentsusethesubstitutionmethodtosolvethesystem
oflinearequations.
Example:Solvethissystemusingthesubstitutionmethod.
x+2y=9
3x+5y=20
Thiswillbeevidentwhenstudentssuccessfulworkinpairsduringtheirscavengerhunt.
MATERIALS
Student:Exitticket,homework,iPads,lecturenotes
Teacher:SmartNotebook,computer
STRATEGIES

1.Directinstructionwillbeusedtointroducethetopic.Duringthistime,Iwillshowstudents
howtousetheirpreviousknowledgeofrearrangingformulastosolvesystemsoflinearequations
usingthesubstitutionmethod.
2.StudentswillbebrokenupintopairstocompleteaSmartExchangeprogramcalledSystems
ofEquations.Studentswillbeabletoteacheachotherandjustifytheirworkastheyworkin
pairs.
3.Attheendofclass,studentswillcompleteanexitticket,whichwillallowmetoassessifthe
studentsgraspedtheconceptofsolvingsystemsoflinearequationsusingthesubstitution
method.

ADAPTATIONS
E.L.L.Student:Studentswillbeprovidedwiththevocabularyanddefinitionsonaseparatepiece
ofpaper.Thesestudentswillwriteminireflectionsatthebottomoftheirhomeworktoaddress
whattheylearnedinclasssoIcanassesstheirnewunderstandings.
VisuallyImpairedStudent:Studentswillbeprovidedacopyoftheclassnoteswiththemissing
informationfilledinforthem.Thestudentswillreceiveallofthenotesandexamplesfromclass
attheendoftheperiod.
SpeechandLanguageImpairedStudent:Thestudentswillbeprovidedwithclear,moreconcise
directionsanddefinitions.Theywillreceiveanexampleproblemalreadycompletedtohelp
assistintheirlearning.
MOTIVATION
Therewillbeamathriddle,whichasksifspecificcoordinatepointssatisfylinearequations.
Studentsreceivedtheriddlethedaybeforetodayslessonandwillworkonthisriddlewiththeir
partnerstodetermineiftheysolvedtheriddlecorrectly.
DEVELOPMENTALPROCEDURES
1.Homeworkwillbecheckedasstudentsentertheclassroom.
2.Therewillbeaminilectureonsolvingsystemsoflinearequationsusingthesubstitution
method.Whenyouhearthewordsubstitution,whatwordsdoyouthinkof?Whenwesolve
systemsofequationsusingthesubstitutionmethod,wewillbereplacingoneofthevariables
withanequalexpression.Wemustmakesureeitherthexortheyisallaloneandthenwecan
replacethatvariablewiththeequalexpression.
3.StudentswillworkoniPadswiththeirpartnerstoanswersimilarquestionsasthetwowe
completedasaclass.StudentswilluseSmartExchangeslessoncalledSystemsofEquations.
Workingwithyourpartner,completethefollowinglesson.Recordyourworkandanswersona
separatepieceofpaper.Iwillcomearoundtomonitoryourprogress.
4.StudentswillcompleteanExitTicket.Itwillincludetwoproblemsonsolvingsystemsof
equationsusingthesubstitutionmethod.
DIFFERENTIATIONOFINSTRUCTION
Foralllearners:

AllstudentswillhaveaccesstoCastleLearningwheretheycanpracticeproblemsand
seewheretheymayneedclarifications.
Studentswillhaveaccesstotheunitwebsite.Thissiteprovidesresourcesandincludesa
calendaroftheentireunit.
Belowlevel:
Iwillworkwiththesestudentsinasmallgroupontheirexitticket.
Ongradelevel:
ThesestudentswillcompletetheExitTicketwithminimalcomputationalerrorsandno
conceptualerrors.
Abovegradelevel:
Thesestudentswillbegiventheopportunitytotryanddiscoverhowtosolvesystemsof
equationsusingtheeliminationmethod(followingdayslesson).Theywillbegivena
problemwithsomeguidedinstructionandseeiftheycanworkingroupstosolvethe
problem.
ASSESSMENT
Informal:Studentswillcompletetheexitticketattheendoftheperiodandhanditintobe
graded.
Formal:Studentswillhaveaunittestattheendofthefivelessonunit.
INDEPENDENTPRACTICE
Aftertheclassperiod,studentswillcompleteatenquestionworksheetthatincludessolving
systemsoflinearequationsusingthesubstitutionmethod.
FOLLOWUP:DIRECTINTERVENTIONANDACADEMICENRICHMENT
DirectionIntervention:ForthosestudentswhoappeartobestrugglingwiththeSmartExchange
lesson,theywillworkwithmeoneononewiththesameproblemsfromthelesson.Thiswill
allowmetohelpthoseinanindividualsetting.
AcademicEnrichment:Forthosestudentswhograspedthetopicwithease,theywillworkwith
thosewhoarestrugglingandactasteacher.Thisallowsthestudentwhoisstrugglingtoreceive
onetooneinstructionaswellasallowingthestudentwhoeasilyunderstandittodivedeeper
intothetopicbybreakingitdowntoclarifymisconceptions.
TEACHERRESOURCES
Roberts,D.(n.d.).SystemsofEquationsSolvebysubstitution.RetrievedJune19,2016,from
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/ae3/algsys.htm
Solvinglinearsystemsbysubstitution.(n.d.).RetrievedJune19,2016,from

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebrabasics/corealgebrasystems/corealgebra
systemstutorial/v/solvinglinearsystemsbysubstitution
SolvingSystemsofEquationsbySubstitution.(n.d.).RetrievedJune19,2016,from
https://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html
SystemsofEquations.(n.d.).RetrievedJune19,2016,from
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=e9620f9e3d8c433d8f21db276fd08b02

Name _____________________________
Systems of Equations

Date ______________
Math 8

Solving a System of Equations Algebraically using Substitution

Ex #1: y = x 2
y + 4x = 13
1) Solve one of the equations
for x or y.
2) Substitute the expression
into the other equation.
3) Solve the equation.
4) Solve for the other
variable by substituting
into either original.
5) Check solution in both
original equations.

Ex #2: y + 1 = 3x
x=y-2

Name _____________________________
Systems of Equations

Date ______________
Math 8

Exit Ticket
Solve the following systems of equations by the substitution method.
1. y = x 1
3y + 2x = 12

2. x 5 = 3y
y 2x = 10

Name _____________________________
Systems of Equations

Date ______________
Math 8

Substitution Method HW
1)

y = 4x - 28
y = 2x + 10

2)

x - 2y = -2
y = 2x + 4

3)

x = y + 20
x + y = 84

4)

3x + 4y = 15
y=x+9

5) y = 6x -11
-2x 3y = -7

6) 2x 3y = -1
y=x1

7) y = -2
5x 4y = -3

8) -7x -2y = -13

x 2y = 11

9) -5x + y = -2
-3x + 6y = -12

10) -3x 8y = 20
-5x + y = 19