Wednesday, 1/27/16: Lesson 8-4: More on Solving Systems by the Elimination Method

Tonight's homework is p.256 (7 & 8).  Students should use their notebooks for writing.  Parents, this is challenging, writing-intensive material.  We have been working examples daily, but your son or daughter may still struggle on the homework tonight.  (We will review the homework problems tomorrow; we won't be doing new material that day.)

This is a great opportunity to help foster that resilience and self-sufficiency that your son or daughter needs to be independent and successful as a high school student.  Please see last Wednesday's blog post (1/20/16) here for resources that your student has available (but adapt for the lesson / search topic listed in this post's title).  The best is probably the tip about the QR reader app, if your student has access to a smart phone or tablet. 

Our next test is on solving equations in one variable and systems, and it is Wednesday, 2/3.  The material on it:

• equations (Lessons 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4)
• solving systems by substitution (Lesson 8-2)
• solving systems by elimination (Lessons 8-3 through 8-5)

Additionally, Lesson 8-1 should be reviewed, because that involved graphing and set the stage for solving by substitution and elimination.  (We used an excellent worksheet instead of the text for graphing, but the lesson details that aspect.)