Hi Friends... I'm sorry I'm missing you today!
If you have not yet turned in your Hands On Equations worksheet from Tuesday ("Lesson 8 - Lesson 14 Review"), please turn that in to the substitute teacher now. He/She will leave it for me.
Then, please read the following information about
Hands On Equations, Lesson 15:
When you begin working on the Lesson 15 sheet, remember that nothing has changed.
...You know your legal moves.
...You know your convenient zeros.
...You know how to deal with subtraction during the set-up.
...You know that the goal of HOE problems is always to get pawns on one side, number cubes on the other.
...You know that it's always helpful to do legal moves on cubes first, and then worry about the pawns.
Sometimes Hands On Equations problems look more difficult because they are written with something we haven't seen before in the equations...
(-x)
If you see this, do not panic.
Just remember one simple, new fact:
(-x) means the exact same thing as STAR.
(-x) means white pawn(s).
Here are a few example problems. You do not need to solve them. I just want you to look at the similarities between the black equations and the blue ones written below each.
Each pair of black and blue equations mean exactly the same thing...I've just traded (-x)'s for STARs.
If you have not yet turned in your Hands On Equations worksheet from Tuesday ("Lesson 8 - Lesson 14 Review"), please turn that in to the substitute teacher now. He/She will leave it for me.
Then, please read the following information about
Hands On Equations, Lesson 15:
When you begin working on the Lesson 15 sheet, remember that nothing has changed.
...You know your legal moves.
...You know your convenient zeros.
...You know how to deal with subtraction during the set-up.
...You know that the goal of HOE problems is always to get pawns on one side, number cubes on the other.
...You know that it's always helpful to do legal moves on cubes first, and then worry about the pawns.
Sometimes Hands On Equations problems look more difficult because they are written with something we haven't seen before in the equations...
(-x)
If you see this, do not panic.
Just remember one simple, new fact:
(-x) means the exact same thing as STAR.
(-x) means white pawn(s).
Here are a few example problems. You do not need to solve them. I just want you to look at the similarities between the black equations and the blue ones written below each.
Each pair of black and blue equations mean exactly the same thing...I've just traded (-x)'s for STARs.
You could solve any of these problems using the things you already know about Hands On Equations.
Once you're feeling good about this new information, please as the substitute teacher (politely!) for a copy of the Hands On Equations, Lesson 15 worksheet and get working.
This sheet is due Tuesday. If you happen to finish it today, please turn it in to the substitute teacher. He/She will leave it for me.
Have an excellent weekend. I miss you!