Coach Roark's Math Corner

The three pass approach is a method and strategy to taking the math ACT. This method looks at the test in three phases, and teaches students how to not look at the test as a whole 60 questions but in the distinct segments. This approach has been used by my students for the last 5 years. It has shown great results in improving student who are in the 15-20 range raise there score on average 2 to 4 points by just using the method alone without any content being covered. The number one struggle fo

This is a power point containing all the lessons for Unit 1 of the ACT review. This covers topics on the math ACT from the pre-algebra section of the test.

This lesson looks at things in number theory in order to solve ACT type problems. This lesson covers divisibility rules, GCF, LCM. These topics are then used to solve word problems students might see on an ACT.

This lesson can be done by students or by a teacher with the whole class. This lesson reviews ACT topics on the Math section of the test.

This lesson covers the topic of Logarithm. In this lesson students will look at log type questions and topics that will appear on the Math ACT. This lesson can be done by an individual or by a teacher during class.

This lesson contains all the same stuff as lesson 1 but is now expanded to contain multiplication and Division of fractions. This lesson uses the prime factorization of numbers to make fractions easier for students.

This document is a collection of words that are in the high school math curriculum. This document is great to display on a classroom wall during the school year to help with teaching, and for students to look at and review concepts taught during the year.

This is a mystery lesson from the Silver and Strong teaching strategies. In this lesson students will look at systems of equations word problems and piece the strips of work into order on a poster. This is a group activity and a great extension for your high students.

This is a lesson that can be worked by individuals that want to raise their ACT score or used by teachers with their classes. The key to better scores is the basics which most students have forgot or are rusty on. These lessons are designed to knock off the rust and help students reach their full potential.

This is a lesson that can be completed by someone wanting to increase their ACT score or used by teachers in class. This lesson cover everything about ratios, percents, and proportions.

This lesson covers everything from writing fractions, converting improper/mixed numbers, ordering fractions, and simplifying fractions. The lesson uses the prime factorization, which I have found helps students who struggle with fractions see the forms of one that are involved in fractions. This will give your students a better understanding of this concept and further algebra concepts later in their math careers.

In this activity students will be asked to match graphs of functions with their equations, and then identify the family of functions that the function belongs too. This activity has linear, quadratic, absolute value, and cubic functions.

This power point is what I use to teach geometry students how to make constructions.

This lesson looks at the topics of digits and comparing place value greater than one. This lesson teachers students the definition of a digit. As well as shows them an easy method for comparasions of place value.

This is another Silver and Strong stragetgy mystery lesson on order of operations. Students will be giving strips of expressions that they have to put in order in a group activity.

In this worksheet students are introduced to substituting into a linear equation to find either x or y. Then they go on to learn about plotting those points for graphs. Finally the find the x and y intercept.

This is lesson two in the ACT math series. These lessons can be worked by individuals that wanna improve their scores or by teachers to use in their classrooms.

This lesson is one that can be completed by an indiviual student or used by a teacher with the whole class. This lesson reviews the topic of Matrices and ACT type questions that go with this topic.

This is the last lesson of Unit 1 in the Act lesson series. This lesson covers word problems that students could see on the ACT, and estimation skills they need to use good common sense on the test.

In this lesson we review the topics of simplifying, multiplying/dividing, and adding/subtracting radicals. This lesson contains 3 lesson practices and a lesson quiz. Keys are also included.