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LESSON PLAN
Linear Relations
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Apothem Team
Grade 7 · Algebra & Patterning
LESSON AT A GLANCE
Warm-up
5 min
Explore
15 min
Formalize
10 min
Practice
12 min
Exit ticket
3 min
Warm-up
Open with a short task that activates prior knowledge relevant to today’s concept.
Explore
Students investigate the concept using manipulatives, drawings, or partner discussion. Circulate and ask probing questions.
Formalize
Bring ideas together as a class. Record key vocabulary and relationships on the board:
Linear Relations
Connect the exploration to the formal representation. Check for understanding before moving to practice.
Practice
Students work the practice set independently. Exit ticket: one targeted question on a slip of paper to check for understanding.
Exit ticket
Students work the practice set independently. Exit ticket: one targeted question on a slip of paper to check for understanding.
TIP Prioritize discussion and sense-making over answer-getting. Let students wrestle with the idea first.
WORKED EXAMPLES
Example 1 — write a problem here.
Walk through the solution step by step.
Example 2 — write a second problem.
Students try this one with a partner.
MATERIALS
•Student workbooks or notebooks
•Manipulatives
•Practice worksheet (PDF)
•Board or projector
WATCH FOR
!Watch for overgeneralizations from prior units.
!Students may confuse similar-looking procedures — name the difference explicitly.