practice test answer key
Wednesday 3/4/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Success Criteria
Finished Radicals Unit Test
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Radicals Unit Test (40 min)
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Tuesday 3/3/20
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Success Criteria
Finished Radicals Unit Practice Test
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Practice Test (35 min)
- test on Wednesday
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Monday 2/2/20
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with imaginary numbers
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on imaginary numbers
Completed Imaginary Numbers Practice sheet
Agenda
- opening problem
- one new idea...i^3, i^4, i^5, i^6
- two imaginary number problems
- multiply by distributing
- subtract binomials
goal for the week activity (10 min)
- imaginary numbers practice (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- go over answers after 20 minutes
- pendulum investigation (20 min)
- put period of pendulum equation on board
- two tasks in Geogebra
#1 graph the period of a pendulum equation
#2 collect data on the period of a pendulum varying the width
put data points on Geogebra for this data
- debrief on pendulum investigation
what was the input? What was the domain?
what was the output? What is the range?
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Friday 2/28/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on imaginary numbers
Completed Imaginary Numbers Practice sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- show simplifying imaginary numbers (i in the bottom of fraction). (6 min)
- do this on the back of the notes from yesterday
- vertical whiteboard problems
- with a partner
- simplify radicals ... radical in denominator, foil with radicals
- simplify expressions with rational exponents
- simplify expressions with "i"... adding and multiplying
- imaginary numbers practice (15 min)
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Thursday 2/27/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- finish sheet from above
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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Tuesday 2/25/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on higher order radicals and rational exponents
Success Criteria
Completed Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem
practice quiz answer key
Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Quiz (40 min)
- TRIG RATIOS review (10 min)
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Monday 2/24/20
Learning Targets
Students will review rational exponents and higher order radicals
Success Criteria
Grew as a team
Completely understand all material on Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- ring on a string teambuilding game. (5 min)
- go over - Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (6 min)
- quiz on Tuesday
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (6 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
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Friday 2/21/20
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals
Agenda
opening problem (5 min)
- rational exponent review problems (6 min)
- do on mini whiteboard
- Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (25 min)
- in groups of 3 or 4
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Thursday 2/20/20
Learning Targets
Students will change between rational exponents and radicals
Success Criteria
Completed Rational Exponents sheet
Engaged in formative assessment on higher order radicals and rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (20 min)
- in groups of 3
- show to Mr. Klein when done to check
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (6 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (8 min)
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Wednesday 2/19/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on review of radicals
Engaged in note taking on Rational Exponents
Completed Rational Exponents sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.9, L.11, then L.12 and do several problems(10 min)
- students come to the front to input answers
- review cube roots
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/18/20
Learning Targets
Students will know how to simplify cube roots and higher power radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Graphing a cube root function...students put points on the board (8 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- application of cube roots problem...(5 min)
- given that a box has a length and width that are double the height, what size should the box be to give a total volume of 108 cubic inches?
what is the total volume is to be 216 cubic inches?
- Higher Power Radicals Practice Problem (10 min)
- do on whiteboard or piece of paper
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Friday 2/14/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with radical exponents
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on review of radicals
Engaged in note taking on Higher Order Radicals
Completed Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Application of Radicals...
show length of hypotenuse on 45-45-90 triangle
- finish Review of Radicals Assessment (12 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Problem (10 min)
- do on whiteboard or piece of paper
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Thursday 2/13/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on review of radicals
Engaged in note taking on Higher Order Radicals
Completed Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Review of Radicals Assessment (22 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
- do together as a class
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Wednesday 2/12/20
Learning Targets
Students will divide radical expressions
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on dividing radicals
Completed Dividing Radicals Sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- go over gallery walk problems (15 min)
- student comes to board to work out
- Dividing Radicals Sheet (20 min)
- Review of Radicals Assessment (22 min)
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Tuesday 2/11/20
Learning Targets
Students will divide radical expressions
Success Criteria
Engaged in note taking on dividing radical expressions
Completed gallery walk problems on dividing radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk
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Monday 2/10/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will divide rational experessions
Success Criteria
Engaged in note taking on dividing radical expressions
Completed gallery walk problems on dividing radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk in hallway
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Friday 2/7/20
Learning Targets
Students will multiply radical expressions
Students will graph radical equations
Students will solve radical equations
Success Criteria
Engage in formative assessment on graphing radical equations
Completed Radicals Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Radicals Quiz (40 min)
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Thursday 2/6/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Students will solve radical equations
Success Criteria
Engage in formative assessment on graphing radical equations
Completed and understood Radicals Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Look at Graphing a Radical Equation on Geogebra (8 min)
- students come to board to add points to the graph
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
- quiz on Friday
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Wednesday 2/5/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Students will solve radical equations
Success Criteria
Complete IXL problems
Engage in notes on Solving Radical Equations
Complete and Solve Radical Equations sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- go over Multiply Radical Expressions (6 min)
IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.6 ... (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/4/20
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Success Criteria
Complete IXL problems
Complete and Understand Multiplying Radicals sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (6 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (5 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet ... choose several to do as a class (20 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
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Monday 2/3/20
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Success Criteria
Completed Adding vs. Multiplying notes
Completed IXL assignment
Collaborated on vertical whiteboard formative assessment
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Adding vs. Multiplying notes (8 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
Vertical Whiteboard Problems...in groups of 2 (20 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem...do the last 2 of these
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2
- Multiplying Radicals sheet (10 min)
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Friday 1/31/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- simplify radical expressions explore (3 min)
- in groups of 3
- go over answers
- simplify radicals examples (8 min)
- 3 radical expression problems on the board (5 min)
- kahoot on radical espressions (8 min)
- simplify radical sheet (10 min)
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Wednesday 2/26/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- finish sheet from above
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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2018-19
Wednesday 4/10/19
- opening problem (6 min)
- ACCUPLACER sample test (15 min)
- fishbowl game (25 min)
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Monday 4/8/19
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- finish Radicals Unit Practice Test (15 min)
- pendulum investigation (20 min)
- put period of pendulum equation on board
- two tasks in Geogebra
#1 graph the period of a pendulum equation
#2 collect data on the period of a pendulum varying the width
put data points on Geogebra for this data
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Friday 4/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- get up and move after 15 minutes...dice game
- Radicals Unit Practice Test . (30 min)
- go over answers to practice test
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Thursday 4/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- opening problem (6 min)
- go over writing radical expressions in terms of i (4 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- imaginary numbers practice (15 min)
- do practice on... (12 min)
- writing imaginary numbers with i
- multiply imaginary and complex numbers
- simplify imaginary and complex numbers
- write rational exponents as radical expressions and simplify
- write radical expressions as rational exponents and simplify
- test on Monday
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Wednesday 4/3/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Reteach of Midterm Assessment (20 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- observe graph using geogebra
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Tuesday 4/2/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- finish sheet from above
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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Monday 4/1/19
Learning Targets
Students will review higher order radicals and rational exponents
Agenda
opening problem (5 min)
- team building game...what's my name (10 min)
- midterm assessment(30 min)
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Friday 3/22/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on higher order radicals and rational exponents
Agenda
practice quiz answer key
Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Quiz (40 min)
- TRIG RATIOS review (10 min)
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Thursday 3/21/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- opening problem (5 min)
- go over - Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (25 min)
- Sporcle Quiz
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Wednesday 3/20/19
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
opening problem (5 min)
- whiteboard problems... (5 min)
write in radical form
write in rational exponent form
simplify a cube root expression
- Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (25 min)
- in groups of 4
- Sporcle Quiz
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Tuesday 3/19/19
Learning Targets
Students will change between rational exponents and radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (12 min)
- do 6 problems on whiteboards
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (6 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (8 min)
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Monday 3/18/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.9, L.11, then L.12 and do several problems(10 min)
- students come to the front to input answers
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
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Friday 3/15/19
Learning Targets
Students will be able to simplify expressions with radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (12 min)
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Thursday 3/14/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 3/13/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Review of Radicals Assessment (22 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
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Tuesday 3/12/19
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will divide rational experessions
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk in hallway
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Monday 3/11/19
Learning Targets
Students will multiply radical expressions
Students will graph radical equations
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Radicals Quiz (40 min)
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Friday 3/8/19
Learning Targets
Students will multiply radical expressions
Students will graph radical equations
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Go over radicals practice quiz (4 min)
- Review problems on radicals (20 min)
- simplify radical
- multiply radicals
- solve radical equation
- graph radical equation
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Thursday 3/7/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on simplifying radical expressions and equations
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Look at Graphing a Radical Equation on Geogebra (8 min)
- students come to board to add points to the graph
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
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Wednesday 3/6/19
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.6 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 3/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- pythagorean radicals 2 probs... do as a class (10 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet ... choose several to do as a class (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
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Monday 3/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- opening problem (8 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 min)
- switch recorder in your group
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet ... choose problems from page 2 to do as a class (10 min)
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Friday 3/1/19
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- five riddles ... teams of 2 (6 min)
- Adding vs. Multiplying notes (8 min)
- video of notes
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet (10 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 min)
- switch recorder in your group
Thursday 2/28/19
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- go over simplify radical expressions explore (3 min)
- in groups of 3 go over answers
- simplify radicals examples (8 min)
- 3 radical expression problems on the board (5 min)
- kahoot on radical espressions (8 min)
- is sqrt(x)*sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(xy)....prove or disprove . (if time)
- is sqrt(x)+sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(x+y)....prove or disprove
- simplify radical sheet (10 min)
2017-18
Thursday 2/22/17
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Test
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Wednesday 2/21/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- Kahoot on "Radicals Review" (10 min)
- finish Radicals Unit Practice Test...test Thursday (15 min) ... answer key
- go over answers
- pendulum investigation (20 min)
- put period of pendulum equation on board
- two tasks in Geogebra
#1 graph the period of a pendulum equation
#2 collect data on the period of a pendulum varying the width
put data points on Geogebra for this data
- discuss...did the data results come close to the predicted outcome of the equation?
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Tuesday 2/20/17
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Practice Test...test Wednesday (30 min)
- get up and move after 15 minutes...dice game
- go over answers to practice test
- Kahoot on "Radicals Review"...if time
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Thursday 2/16/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Reteach of Midterm Assessment (20 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- observe graph using geogebra
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Wednesday 2/14/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- what is the value of i^5 ... explain
- what is the value of i^10 ... explain (3 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- imaginary numbers practice...quiz on Thursday (15 min)
- do practice on...
- writing imaginary numbers with i
- multiply imaginary and complex numbers
- simplify imaginary and complex numbers
- write rational exponents as radical expressions and simplify
- write radical expressions as rational exponents and simplify
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Tuesday 2/13/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- simplify, add, subtract and multiply complex numbers problems on mini whiteboards (5 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- observe graph using geogebra
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers notes (10 min)
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers sheet (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- do #1, 5, 7, 11 and 17
- check these answers
- all odds for assignment
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Thursday 2/8/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (5 min)
- rational exponents problems on mini whiteboards
- change from radical to exponential
- change from exponential to radical
-simplifying problems
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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Wednesday 2/7/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- work on rational exponents sheet (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (8 min)
- discuss video as a class
- show that i^2 = -1
- go back to sheet to complete (6 min)
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- review of higher order radicals and rational exponents...group of 2 (20 min)
- Simplify Radicals Review Problems...on white boards...quiz Friday? (8 min)
- work on rational exponents sheet (10 min)
- in groups of 3
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Tuesday 2/6/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.9, L.11, then L.12 and do several problems(10 min)
- students come to the front to input answers
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 2/2/18
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will divide rational experessions
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk in hallway
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Thursday 2/1/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on simplifying radical expressions and equations
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Radicals expressions and radical equations quiz (30 min)
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
- circle review sheet (10 min)
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Wednesday 1/31/18
Learning Targets
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- five riddles ... teams of 2 (6 min)
- whiteboard problems (8 min)
- domain and range of radical function
- area of rectangle given the diagonal distance and ratio of sides
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
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Tuesday 1/30/18
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- pythagorean radicals 2 sheet...choose 2 to do as a class (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
- example of graphing radical function on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
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Monday 1/29/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
Friday 1/26/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 min)
- switch recorder in your group
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
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Friday 1/26/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- SAT factor problems (8 min)
- on own for 3 min
- in groups of 3 for 3 min
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- Adding and Subtracting Radicals notes (8 min)
- Add, Subt, Mult radicals examples sheet...on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet (10 min)
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Thursday 1/25/18
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- SAT factor problems (8 min)
- on own for 3 min
- in groups of 3 for 3 min
- go over simplify radical expressions explore (3 min)
- in groups of 3 go over answers
- simplify radicals examples (8 min)
- 3 radical expression problems on the board (5 min)
- kahoot on radical espressions (8 min)
- is sqrt(x)*sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(xy)....prove or disprove . (if time)
- is sqrt(x)+sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(x+y)....prove or disprove
- simplify radical sheet (10 min)
2016-17
Wedensday 2/22/17
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Test
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Tuesday 2/21/17
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Practice Test...test Wednesday (30 min)
- get up and move after 15 minutes...dice game
- go over answers to practice test
- Kahoot on "Radicals Review"...if time
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Thursday 2/16/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- imaginary numbers quiz (25 min)
- circle review sheet (10 min)
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Wednesday 2/15/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- illegal algebra kahoot!
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- radical review kahoot!
- imaginary numbers practice...quiz on Thursday (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/13/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- simplify, add, subtract and multiply complex numbers problems on mini whiteboards (5 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers notes (10 min)
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers sheet (10 min)
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Monday 2/13/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (10 min)
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (5 min)
- discuss video as a class
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- go back to sheet from beginning of hour and re-evaluate problems (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra
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Friday 2/10/17
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- team building...team pictionary (12 min)
- group quiz on cubic roots and rational exponents (20 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (10 min)
- video introducing "imaginary numbers"
- discuss video as a class
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Thursday 2/9/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (8 min)
- review of higher order radicals and rational exponents...group of 2 (20 min)
- Simplify Radicals Review Problems...on white boards...quiz Friday? (8 min)
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Wednesday 2/8/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.11 and do 5 problems then L.12 and do 5 problems (10 min)
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/7/17
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will understand what the difference is between a rational and irrational number
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- dividing radical expressions sheet (15 min)
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Monday 2/6/17
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on simplifying radical expressions and equations
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals expressions and radical equations quiz
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet
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Friday 2/3/17
Learning Targets
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- rotate pair activity to review simplifying radicals and radical equations (15 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
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Thursday 2/2/17
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- pytagorean radicals 2 sheet...in groups of 2 (10 min)
- example of graphing radical function on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
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Monday 1/29/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 mi
Wednesday 3/4/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Success Criteria
Finished Radicals Unit Test
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Radicals Unit Test (40 min)
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Tuesday 3/3/20
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Success Criteria
Finished Radicals Unit Practice Test
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Practice Test (35 min)
- test on Wednesday
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Monday 2/2/20
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with imaginary numbers
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on imaginary numbers
Completed Imaginary Numbers Practice sheet
Agenda
- opening problem
- one new idea...i^3, i^4, i^5, i^6
- two imaginary number problems
- multiply by distributing
- subtract binomials
goal for the week activity (10 min)
- imaginary numbers practice (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- go over answers after 20 minutes
- pendulum investigation (20 min)
- put period of pendulum equation on board
- two tasks in Geogebra
#1 graph the period of a pendulum equation
#2 collect data on the period of a pendulum varying the width
put data points on Geogebra for this data
- debrief on pendulum investigation
what was the input? What was the domain?
what was the output? What is the range?
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Friday 2/28/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on imaginary numbers
Completed Imaginary Numbers Practice sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- show simplifying imaginary numbers (i in the bottom of fraction). (6 min)
- do this on the back of the notes from yesterday
- vertical whiteboard problems
- with a partner
- simplify radicals ... radical in denominator, foil with radicals
- simplify expressions with rational exponents
- simplify expressions with "i"... adding and multiplying
- imaginary numbers practice (15 min)
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Thursday 2/27/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- finish sheet from above
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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Tuesday 2/25/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on higher order radicals and rational exponents
Success Criteria
Completed Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem
practice quiz answer key
Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Quiz (40 min)
- TRIG RATIOS review (10 min)
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Monday 2/24/20
Learning Targets
Students will review rational exponents and higher order radicals
Success Criteria
Grew as a team
Completely understand all material on Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- ring on a string teambuilding game. (5 min)
- go over - Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (6 min)
- quiz on Tuesday
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (6 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
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Friday 2/21/20
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals
Agenda
opening problem (5 min)
- rational exponent review problems (6 min)
- do on mini whiteboard
- Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (25 min)
- in groups of 3 or 4
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Thursday 2/20/20
Learning Targets
Students will change between rational exponents and radicals
Success Criteria
Completed Rational Exponents sheet
Engaged in formative assessment on higher order radicals and rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (20 min)
- in groups of 3
- show to Mr. Klein when done to check
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (6 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (8 min)
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Wednesday 2/19/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on review of radicals
Engaged in note taking on Rational Exponents
Completed Rational Exponents sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.9, L.11, then L.12 and do several problems(10 min)
- students come to the front to input answers
- review cube roots
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/18/20
Learning Targets
Students will know how to simplify cube roots and higher power radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Graphing a cube root function...students put points on the board (8 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- application of cube roots problem...(5 min)
- given that a box has a length and width that are double the height, what size should the box be to give a total volume of 108 cubic inches?
what is the total volume is to be 216 cubic inches?
- Higher Power Radicals Practice Problem (10 min)
- do on whiteboard or piece of paper
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Friday 2/14/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with radical exponents
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on review of radicals
Engaged in note taking on Higher Order Radicals
Completed Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Application of Radicals...
show length of hypotenuse on 45-45-90 triangle
- finish Review of Radicals Assessment (12 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Problem (10 min)
- do on whiteboard or piece of paper
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Thursday 2/13/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on review of radicals
Engaged in note taking on Higher Order Radicals
Completed Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Review of Radicals Assessment (22 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
- do together as a class
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Wednesday 2/12/20
Learning Targets
Students will divide radical expressions
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on dividing radicals
Completed Dividing Radicals Sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- go over gallery walk problems (15 min)
- student comes to board to work out
- Dividing Radicals Sheet (20 min)
- Review of Radicals Assessment (22 min)
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Tuesday 2/11/20
Learning Targets
Students will divide radical expressions
Success Criteria
Engaged in note taking on dividing radical expressions
Completed gallery walk problems on dividing radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk
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Monday 2/10/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will divide rational experessions
Success Criteria
Engaged in note taking on dividing radical expressions
Completed gallery walk problems on dividing radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk in hallway
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Friday 2/7/20
Learning Targets
Students will multiply radical expressions
Students will graph radical equations
Students will solve radical equations
Success Criteria
Engage in formative assessment on graphing radical equations
Completed Radicals Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Radicals Quiz (40 min)
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Thursday 2/6/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Students will solve radical equations
Success Criteria
Engage in formative assessment on graphing radical equations
Completed and understood Radicals Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Look at Graphing a Radical Equation on Geogebra (8 min)
- students come to board to add points to the graph
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
- quiz on Friday
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Wednesday 2/5/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Students will solve radical equations
Success Criteria
Complete IXL problems
Engage in notes on Solving Radical Equations
Complete and Solve Radical Equations sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- go over Multiply Radical Expressions (6 min)
IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.6 ... (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/4/20
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Success Criteria
Complete IXL problems
Complete and Understand Multiplying Radicals sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (6 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (5 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet ... choose several to do as a class (20 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
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Monday 2/3/20
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Success Criteria
Completed Adding vs. Multiplying notes
Completed IXL assignment
Collaborated on vertical whiteboard formative assessment
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Adding vs. Multiplying notes (8 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
Vertical Whiteboard Problems...in groups of 2 (20 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem...do the last 2 of these
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2
- Multiplying Radicals sheet (10 min)
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Friday 1/31/20
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- simplify radical expressions explore (3 min)
- in groups of 3
- go over answers
- simplify radicals examples (8 min)
- 3 radical expression problems on the board (5 min)
- kahoot on radical espressions (8 min)
- simplify radical sheet (10 min)
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Wednesday 2/26/20
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- finish sheet from above
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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2018-19
Wednesday 4/10/19
- opening problem (6 min)
- ACCUPLACER sample test (15 min)
- fishbowl game (25 min)
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Monday 4/8/19
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- finish Radicals Unit Practice Test (15 min)
- pendulum investigation (20 min)
- put period of pendulum equation on board
- two tasks in Geogebra
#1 graph the period of a pendulum equation
#2 collect data on the period of a pendulum varying the width
put data points on Geogebra for this data
_____________________________________________________________________________
Friday 4/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- get up and move after 15 minutes...dice game
- Radicals Unit Practice Test . (30 min)
- go over answers to practice test
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Thursday 4/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- opening problem (6 min)
- go over writing radical expressions in terms of i (4 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- imaginary numbers practice (15 min)
- do practice on... (12 min)
- writing imaginary numbers with i
- multiply imaginary and complex numbers
- simplify imaginary and complex numbers
- write rational exponents as radical expressions and simplify
- write radical expressions as rational exponents and simplify
- test on Monday
__________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 4/3/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Reteach of Midterm Assessment (20 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- observe graph using geogebra
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Tuesday 4/2/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- finish sheet from above
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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Monday 4/1/19
Learning Targets
Students will review higher order radicals and rational exponents
Agenda
opening problem (5 min)
- team building game...what's my name (10 min)
- midterm assessment(30 min)
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Friday 3/22/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on higher order radicals and rational exponents
Agenda
practice quiz answer key
Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Quiz (40 min)
- TRIG RATIOS review (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________
Thursday 3/21/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- opening problem (5 min)
- go over - Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (25 min)
- Sporcle Quiz
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Wednesday 3/20/19
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
opening problem (5 min)
- whiteboard problems... (5 min)
write in radical form
write in rational exponent form
simplify a cube root expression
- Rational Exponents and Higher Order Radical Practice Quiz (25 min)
- in groups of 4
- Sporcle Quiz
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Tuesday 3/19/19
Learning Targets
Students will change between rational exponents and radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (12 min)
- do 6 problems on whiteboards
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (6 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (8 min)
_________________________________________________________________
Monday 3/18/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.9, L.11, then L.12 and do several problems(10 min)
- students come to the front to input answers
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 3/15/19
Learning Targets
Students will be able to simplify expressions with radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (12 min)
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Thursday 3/14/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 3/13/19
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Review of Radicals Assessment (22 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 3/12/19
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will divide rational experessions
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk in hallway
_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday 3/11/19
Learning Targets
Students will multiply radical expressions
Students will graph radical equations
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Radicals Quiz (40 min)
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Friday 3/8/19
Learning Targets
Students will multiply radical expressions
Students will graph radical equations
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Go over radicals practice quiz (4 min)
- Review problems on radicals (20 min)
- simplify radical
- multiply radicals
- solve radical equation
- graph radical equation
_______________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 3/7/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on simplifying radical expressions and equations
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Look at Graphing a Radical Equation on Geogebra (8 min)
- students come to board to add points to the graph
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 3/6/19
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.6 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 3/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- pythagorean radicals 2 probs... do as a class (10 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet ... choose several to do as a class (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday 3/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- opening problem (8 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 min)
- switch recorder in your group
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet ... choose problems from page 2 to do as a class (10 min)
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Friday 3/1/19
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- five riddles ... teams of 2 (6 min)
- Adding vs. Multiplying notes (8 min)
- video of notes
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 ... Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet (10 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 min)
- switch recorder in your group
Thursday 2/28/19
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- go over simplify radical expressions explore (3 min)
- in groups of 3 go over answers
- simplify radicals examples (8 min)
- 3 radical expression problems on the board (5 min)
- kahoot on radical espressions (8 min)
- is sqrt(x)*sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(xy)....prove or disprove . (if time)
- is sqrt(x)+sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(x+y)....prove or disprove
- simplify radical sheet (10 min)
2017-18
Thursday 2/22/17
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Test
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Wednesday 2/21/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- Kahoot on "Radicals Review" (10 min)
- finish Radicals Unit Practice Test...test Thursday (15 min) ... answer key
- go over answers
- pendulum investigation (20 min)
- put period of pendulum equation on board
- two tasks in Geogebra
#1 graph the period of a pendulum equation
#2 collect data on the period of a pendulum varying the width
put data points on Geogebra for this data
- discuss...did the data results come close to the predicted outcome of the equation?
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Tuesday 2/20/17
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Practice Test...test Wednesday (30 min)
- get up and move after 15 minutes...dice game
- go over answers to practice test
- Kahoot on "Radicals Review"...if time
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Thursday 2/16/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Reteach of Midterm Assessment (20 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- observe graph using geogebra
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Wednesday 2/14/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- what is the value of i^5 ... explain
- what is the value of i^10 ... explain (3 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- imaginary numbers practice...quiz on Thursday (15 min)
- do practice on...
- writing imaginary numbers with i
- multiply imaginary and complex numbers
- simplify imaginary and complex numbers
- write rational exponents as radical expressions and simplify
- write radical expressions as rational exponents and simplify
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Tuesday 2/13/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- simplify, add, subtract and multiply complex numbers problems on mini whiteboards (5 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- observe graph using geogebra
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers notes (10 min)
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers sheet (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- do #1, 5, 7, 11 and 17
- check these answers
- all odds for assignment
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Thursday 2/8/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (5 min)
- rational exponents problems on mini whiteboards
- change from radical to exponential
- change from exponential to radical
-simplifying problems
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra (4 min)
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Wednesday 2/7/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- work on rational exponents sheet (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (5 min)
- do several examples as a class
- discuss that "i" is treated like any other variable
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (8 min)
- discuss video as a class
- show that i^2 = -1
- go back to sheet to complete (6 min)
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- review of higher order radicals and rational exponents...group of 2 (20 min)
- Simplify Radicals Review Problems...on white boards...quiz Friday? (8 min)
- work on rational exponents sheet (10 min)
- in groups of 3
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Tuesday 2/6/18
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.9, L.11, then L.12 and do several problems(10 min)
- students come to the front to input answers
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
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Friday 2/2/18
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will divide rational experessions
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- use IXL Algebra 2 ... L.8
- dividing radical expressions problems (15 min)
-gallery walk in hallway
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Thursday 2/1/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on simplifying radical expressions and equations
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Radicals expressions and radical equations quiz (30 min)
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
- circle review sheet (10 min)
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Wednesday 1/31/18
Learning Targets
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- five riddles ... teams of 2 (6 min)
- whiteboard problems (8 min)
- domain and range of radical function
- area of rectangle given the diagonal distance and ratio of sides
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
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Tuesday 1/30/18
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- pythagorean radicals 2 sheet...choose 2 to do as a class (10 min)
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
- example of graphing radical function on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
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Monday 1/29/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Students will solve radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
Friday 1/26/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 min)
- switch recorder in your group
- solving radical equations notes (15 min)
- solving radical equations sheet (15 min)
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Friday 1/26/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- SAT factor problems (8 min)
- on own for 3 min
- in groups of 3 for 3 min
- radicals and pythagorean theorem (5 min)
- do 3 examples on mini whiteboards
- Adding and Subtracting Radicals notes (8 min)
- Add, Subt, Mult radicals examples sheet...on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- IXL Algebra...10 problems from EE.5 (10 min)
- Multiplying Radicals sheet (10 min)
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Thursday 1/25/18
Learning Targets
Students will simplify radical expressions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- SAT factor problems (8 min)
- on own for 3 min
- in groups of 3 for 3 min
- go over simplify radical expressions explore (3 min)
- in groups of 3 go over answers
- simplify radicals examples (8 min)
- 3 radical expression problems on the board (5 min)
- kahoot on radical espressions (8 min)
- is sqrt(x)*sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(xy)....prove or disprove . (if time)
- is sqrt(x)+sqrt(y) equal to sqrt(x+y)....prove or disprove
- simplify radical sheet (10 min)
2016-17
Wedensday 2/22/17
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Test
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Tuesday 2/21/17
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of radicals and imaginary numbers
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals Unit Practice Test...test Wednesday (30 min)
- get up and move after 15 minutes...dice game
- go over answers to practice test
- Kahoot on "Radicals Review"...if time
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Thursday 2/16/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- imaginary numbers quiz (25 min)
- circle review sheet (10 min)
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Wednesday 2/15/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- illegal algebra kahoot!
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples (6 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss (2 min)
- radical review kahoot!
- imaginary numbers practice...quiz on Thursday (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/13/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- simplify, add, subtract and multiply complex numbers problems on mini whiteboards (5 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra and discuss
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers notes (10 min)
- dividing imaginary/complex numbers sheet (10 min)
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Monday 2/13/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand the meaning of "i" (the imaginary number)
Students will evaluate expressions with "i"
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (10 min)
- video introducing "imaginary numbers" (5 min)
- discuss video as a class
- imaginary number notes (8 min)
- in IXL...five problems from H.2 and five problems from H.4 (10 min)
- go back to sheet from beginning of hour and re-evaluate problems (10 min)
- quadratics with imaginary roots examples on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- graphing quadratic with imaginary roots on Geogebra
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Friday 2/10/17
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- team building...team pictionary (12 min)
- group quiz on cubic roots and rational exponents (20 min)
- Sheet on simplifying expressions with "i" in them (10 min)
- video introducing "imaginary numbers"
- discuss video as a class
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Thursday 2/9/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Kahoot! on higher order radicals and rational exponents (8 min)
- review of higher order radicals and rational exponents...group of 2 (20 min)
- Simplify Radicals Review Problems...on white boards...quiz Friday? (8 min)
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Wednesday 2/8/17
Learning Targets
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- IXL go to L.11 and do 5 problems then L.12 and do 5 problems (10 min)
- Rational Exponents notes (10 min)
- Rational Exponents Sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 2/7/17
Learning Targets
Students will simplify cubic root expression
Students will understand what the difference is between a rational and irrational number
Students will understand how to work with rational exponents
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions notes (10 min)
- dividing radical expressions problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- dividing radical expressions sheet (15 min)
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Monday 2/6/17
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on simplifying radical expressions and equations
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem
- Radicals expressions and radical equations quiz
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet
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Friday 2/3/17
Learning Targets
Students will evaluate and simplify cube roots and higher order radicals
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- rotate pair activity to review simplifying radicals and radical equations (15 min)
- Cube Roots and Higher Power Radicals Notes (10 min)
- Higher Order Radicals Practice Sheet (10 min)
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Thursday 2/2/17
Learning Targets
Students will be review simplifying radicals and solving radical equations
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- pytagorean radicals 2 sheet...in groups of 2 (10 min)
- example of graphing radical function on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- Radicals Practice Quiz (25 min)
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Monday 1/29/18
Learning Targets
Students will perform operations with radical expression
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- radicals quadratic formula problem 1 (5 min)
- in groups of 2
- radicals quadratic formula problem 2 (5 mi