" Classify Functions From Tables Relay Activity - Algebra 1 - Digital - Distance Learning "

DIGITAL AND PRINT: Six rounds include practice or review classifying Linear, Absolute Value, Quadratic & Exponential functions from patterns in a table of values. Includes extending the table to find new y-values.

Separate students into groups of four and give each student their own copy of Round 1. Students should discuss the problem as they work on it and agree on the correct answer. Once each student in the group has the correct answer, ONE person from the group takes ONE Round 1 sheet to have it checked by the teacher.

If the answer is correct, the student then picks up four copies of Round 2 for the group. If the answer is not correct, the teacher sends the student back so the group can correct Round 1.

Groups continue working until each round is completed and checked by the teacher for accuracy.

This activity works well early in a lesson when students are actively learning a new skill. The discussion and collaboration in the small groups enhance the students’ learning.

The answer key for the teacher is included.

***DIGITAL COMPATIBLE: Through Easel Activities, this product contains an INTERACTIVE PDF. Text boxes and instructions for online use are already included. You will be able to further annotate and customize it for your digital learning needs. Underlying content is not editable. Your students will complete the digital PDF and submit it to you for review via Google Classroom or other LMS.

CCSS: Define, evaluate, and compare functions.

8.F.A.2 Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions). 

CCSS: Use functions to model relationships between quantities.

8.F.B.5 Describe qualitatively the functional relationship between two quantities by analyzing a graph (e.g., where the function is increasing or decreasing, linear or nonlinear). Sketch a graph that exhibits the qualitative features of a function that has been described verbally.

CCSS: Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.

HSF.IF.B.6 Calculate and interpret the average rate of change of a function (presented symbolically or as a table) over a specified interval. Estimate the rate of change from a graph.

CCSS: Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems.

HSF.LE.A.1 Distinguish between situations that can be modeled with linear functions and with exponential functions.

HSF.LE.A.1a Prove that linear functions grow by equal differences over equal intervals, and that exponential functions grow by equal factors over equal intervals.

HSF.LE.A.1b Recognize situations in which one quantity changes at a constant rate per unit interval relative to another.

HSF.LE.A.1c Recognize situations in which a quantity grows or decays by a constant percent rate per unit interval relative to another.

TEKS: Number and algebraic methods

A1.12.A Number and algebraic methods. The student applies the mathematical process standards and algebraic methods to write, solve, analyze, and evaluate equations, relations, and functions. The student is expected to: decide whether relations represented verbally, tabularly, graphically, and symbolically define a function.

A1.12B Number and algebraic methods. The student applies the mathematical process standards and algebraic methods to write, solve, analyze, and evaluate equations, relations, and functions. The student is expected to: evaluate functions, expressed in function notation, given one or more elements in their domains.

VA SOL: Functions

F.A.7.a The student will investigate and analyze linear and quadratic function families and their characteristics both algebraically and graphically, including determining whether a relation is a function.

F.A.7.e The student will investigate and analyze linear and quadratic function families and their characteristics both algebraically and graphically, including values of a function for elements in its domain.

Teacher Setup:

Print enough copies (one-sided) for each student to have his/her own. Cut pages on the dotted lines to separate rounds into separate stacks (all of Round 1 is in one stack, Round 2 is in a different stack, etc.).

After handing out Round 1, keep stacks of Round 2, Round 3, etc. and only allow students to take the next round in order when their group is ready for it.

Included in the package:

• Six relay rounds

• Answer Key for Teacher

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