Coach: look at the exit check results and the paper practice. Go back over every item a student missed: read it together, have the student explain their thinking, then show the correct thinking. Use the reteach routine below for anyone who missed two or more. Students who got everything right take the stretch task.

🔄 Reteach it (missed two or more)

Gather variables on the side with the larger coefficient to avoid negatives. Circle the variable terms in one color and the numbers in another before moving anything.

Use algebra tiles or a balance drawing.

3x = x + 8: subtract x from both sides.
Answer: 2x = 8 → x = 4.
5x + 2 = 4x + 6
Answer: x = 4.
x + 3 = x + 3: what happens?
Answer: All values work.

🚀 Stretch it (got everything right)

Write an equation with variables on both sides that has no solution, one that has exactly one, and one with infinitely many.
Answer: Examples: 2x + 1 = 2x + 3; 2x + 1 = x + 3; 2(x + 1) = 2x + 2.
A canoe rental is $15 plus $8 per hour; a kayak rental is $25 plus $6 per hour. For how many hours is the kayak cheaper?
Answer: Equal at 5 hours; the kayak is cheaper for more than 5 hours.