- Students watch the Common Craft video on savings (see link Common Craft Savings Video)
- Students listen to the presentation by Michael Leonelli from AXA Inc. and ask questions at the end (see link for powerpoint Financial Strategies PPT)
For Team Orange Classes:
- Students listen to presentation by Michael Leonelli (see link above)
- hand out students transparency graphs of Jose and Samantha's savings plans. Students sit in a Jose-Samantha pair in their groups (A,B,C, and D).
- Transpose the transparencies over each other and locate the solution.
- Complete the worksheet in pairs (one worksheet per pair). Be sure both students' names are listed on the worksheet to hand in for a grade.
- On the back of the worksheet, solve the system of equations using the substitution method.
- Here are the answer keys: substitution method and graphs
