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)

Underline each term (split at + and −, keeping the sign with the term). Circle coefficients, box constants. Then ask, "What does each number mean in the story?"

Practice reading the minus sign as part of the next term.

4x + 2: terms?
Answer: 4x and 2.
6 − x: coefficient of x?
Answer: −1.
10 + 3t for t tickets: meaning of 3?
Answer: $3 per ticket.

🚀 Stretch it (got everything right)

Explain why 1.05x and x + 0.05x represent the same amount. Give a real meaning.
Answer: 1.05x = x + 0.05x. A price x plus 5% tax.
Write an expression with three terms that models a real situation and interpret each term.
Answer: Example: 50 + 12h + 3m: $50 fee, $12 per hour, $3 per mile.