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Investigate the relationship between the slope-intercept form and the slope of the graph. The lesson plan leads an investigation of the slope-intercept equation of a line and its slope. Pupils realize the slope is the same as the coefficient of x.
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Instructional Ideas
- Create the diagrams in the initial discussion to project them
- Provide several opportunities for the class to practice transforming standard form to slope-intercept form
Classroom Considerations
- The lesson is the third lesson in a group of six to show that the graph of a linear equation is a line
- The lesson is the 18th segment in a series of 33.
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- Resource uses color to help distinguish line segments
- The discussion provides all the information needed for a complete discussion
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