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Help students relax and take individualized notes with these templates that encourage students to doodle and take notes together! You can make each template lesson specific before you distribute to the class, or leave it up to them to fill in the spaces as they see fit! This bundle includes three versions, including one with coordinate planes for graphing. The preview file shows how I use one template in my high school math classroom. My students can color as much or as little as they would lik

Using what they already know about derivatives and curve sketching vocabulary, students will be guided through a team discovery of how to interpret the graph of a derivative! All they need is one graphing calculator per group and a few colored pencils or highlighters! Students will use technology to aid in the sketching of three functions and will be asked to identify the following for each function: Intervals where positive/negativeIntervals of increasing/decreasingIntervals of concave up/con

Many Calculus students struggle to solve problems, not because they don't know how to do the math but because they do not understand what they are being asked to do. Math vocabulary at this high level is especially important, and students have never heard or seen many of the Calculus terms! This Calculus Vocabulary Reference sheet goes in the front of my students' notebooks as a course-long reference. It woks similarly to a word-wall to help them stay refreshed on terms from a few chapters ago.

Piecewise functions are sometimes intimidating to students, but they don't have to be! In this activity, students will collaborate and discover that piecewise functions are simply combinations of parent functions they already know! Using transparent patty paper and colored parent graphs, students will design and write their own piecewise function, guided every step along the way. This file includes teacher notes with a prep list, student supply list, and prerequisite knowledge. The student act