Building Functions Thomas Duarte duarte_t@auhsd.us @Thomasduarte13 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Building Functions Thomas Duarte duarte_t@auhsd.us @Thomasduarte13 High School Teacher Anaheim, California NBCT, NCTM Classroom Resources Committee

Goal: • Engage in rich tasks and identify the strategies used to support students.

WODB.ca & Number Talks

What is a Function? Function

Task 2: NCTM Illuminations Lesson: Page 2 Find the area of trapezoids • Find the area of the trapezoid using 3 different methods. • Method 1 • Method 2 • Method 3 • Then write a function for Area of a Trapezoid • Method 4

PtoA page 25 • “Visual representations are of particular importance in the mathematics classroom, helping students to advance their understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures, make sense of problems, and engage in mathematical discourse .” (Arcavi 2003, Sylianou and Silver 2004)

Task 3: Mars & Illuminations Page 3 Skeleton Tower

Task 4: Everywhere on the internet Page 4 Painted Cubes Problem • Imagine that you are making a large cube out of small cubes. You take that large cube and dip it in a bucket of paint. You take the large cube out of the paint, let it dry, and then break it apart, so you are looking at the small cubes. Some of the faces of the small cubes have paint on them and some of the faces do not.

Ms. Meza • Video model of task.

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