"My biggest challenge in class is to get some students to put a pen to paper, because they don't want to make a mistake." Discover how two teachers are working to help special education students develop the skills they will need in an Algebra I class, such as identifying the order of operations and solving equations as a whole.

Concepts

distributive property, like terms, combining like terms, solving equations, pemdas, order of operations

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Following the example used in the video, keep common mathematics rules posted at front of room for frequent reference throughout a lesson

Classroom Considerations

• There is no complete lesson plan provided by publisher; this is more of a glimpse into the classroom, without detailed instructional support

Pros

• Discusses particular problems facing special education learners, such as trouble transferring previously learned concepts to new problems
• Includes samples of worksheets used in video

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSA-REI.B.3