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Lesson Plans
Teacher: Wycoff
Course: 8th grade
Dates: 10/3-10/20
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Learning
Target
- I can recall information
from Unit 1.
- I can understand the
difference between inverse
and linear functions.
- I can calculate area of regular
shapes.
- I can calculate area of
irregular objects.
- I can understand square roots.
- I can find distance and area.
- I can find area of irregular
shapes.
- I can understand square
roots.
- I can use squares to find side
lengths.
- I can understand and use cube
roots.
Bell ringer
Last minute studying
- I can find distance on a
grid.
- I can identify
coordinates on a grid.
- I can create shapes on a
coordinate grid.
Study/last minute
questions
Area review – find the area of
multiple regular and irregularly
shaped pieces
Find the square roots of 3
given numbers.
Circle three questions from
yesterday’s review to go over
in class
Test Corrections
Lesson
(procedures,
activities,
materials)
Unit 1: Thinking with
Mathematical Models
TEST
Unit Readiness Test for
Wrap
up/Reflection/ Unit 2: Looking for
Pythagoras
Exit ticket
- Problem 1.1: Distance in
the coordinate grid
- Problem 1:2: Creating
shapes in a coordinate
grid
- Problem 1.3: Finding Areas
- Problem 2.1: Looking for
Squares
- Begin Problem 2.2: Square
Roots
- Begin vocabulary chart
Create a square park with
area of 36 units on your
city grid.
Solve equations with squares in
them
Solve the given square root
equations.
Practice skills from problem
1.1 – problem 2.2 by doing
textbook problems/worksheet
- Problem 2.3: Using squares
to find side lengths
- Problem 2.4: Cube Roots
- Add cube roots to vocabulary
chart
3 things I am really
comfortable with
2 things I am uneasy about
1 question I still have
Solve equations with cube
roots in them
Finish worksheet if did not
finish in class
Study for Quiz next time!!
(Use 95
Strategies book
study book to
aid with this)
Homework
Assessments
Unit 1: Test
CCSS/ MS Framework Competency/Objective:
8.G.B.6 – Explain a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse.
8.G.B.8 – Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system.
8.NS.A.2 – Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on a number line diagram.
8.EE.A.2 – Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the form x^2 = p and x^3 = p, where p is a positive rational number. Evaluate square roots
of small perfect squares and cube roots of small perfect cubes.