All Lessons

This number system lesson teaches students how to distinguish between rational and irrational numbers. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will distinguish between various types of numbers, including irrational numbers, integers, and whole numbers.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to apply the properties of exponents. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will apply the properties of exponents to create equivalent expressions. There are flashcards for this lesson to review the concept that exponents must have the same base for multiplication and division to be used.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to evaluate square roots of perfect squares. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will evaluate expressions with square roots of perfect squares. Students will evaluate a variety of different expressions.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to solve equations with squared variables. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students find the values of squared variables in equations. Students will solve for a variety of equations, including several real-world word problems.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to derive the equation of a line. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will derive the slope of a given line. This lesson focuses on the use of the y-intercept and finding the slope to create an equation that defines a particular line. This lesson includes problems with real-world word problems.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to determine the number of solutions of a linear equation. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will find the solution to a linear equation. Students will determine whether the linear equation has one solution, infinite solutions, or no solution.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to solve multistep equations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will solve equations that require three or more steps. Students will perform a variety of inverse operations to isolate the variable and determine the solution.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to interpret the solutions of systems of linear equations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will interpret the solutions of systems of linear equations. Students will interpret a variety of systems of linear equations including several real-world word problems.

This algebra and functions lesson focuses on determining the slope of a line using the slope formula. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students label the points as x1, y1, and x2, y2. Then, they substitute the y- and x- values into the slope formula. Finally, they determine the slope of the line and interpret it by identifying the direction of the line. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to determine the slope of a line using the slope formula. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will determine the slope of a line using the slope formula.

This functions lesson teaches students how to determine if a function is linear. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn to determine whether or not a function is linear or not.  Students will look at a wide variety of functions, graphs, and ordered pairs to determine whether they describe linear functions.