Catherine Wilson

This 2 part activity gives students the opportunity to "plan the perfect breakfast party" while working with percent applications. Part 1: Students are given a list of breakfast items of varying prices, each of which will be taxed (the sales tax rate varies for each item). Students choose 5 breakfast items for their party. They must set up a percent proportion to calculate the sales tax of each individual item, and then find the new price of each item. Finally, they must determine how much mone

This is part 2 of 3. This activity is aligned with 8th grade Texas Standards (TEKS). There are 15 questions in total, and the questions vary by type including: multiple choice, multiple response, fill-in-the-blank, equation editor, graphing, match table grid, and numeric response. This review was created to help prepare students for STAAR 2.0 in how to answer new item types. Topics included: - Function or non-function? - Prediction with scatterplots - Determining associations and correlations wi

This is part 1 of 3. This activity is aligned with 8th grade Texas Standards (TEKS). There are 20 questions in total, and the questions vary by type including: multiple choice, ordering, fill-in-the-blank, drop-down menu, graphing, match table grid, and numeric response. This review was created to help prepare students for STAAR 2.0 in how to answer new item types. Topics included: - Ordering real numbers - Scientific notation - Writing one-variables equations - Solving equations with variable

This is part 3 of 3. This activity is aligned with 8th grade Texas Standards (TEKS). There are 20 questions in total, and the questions vary by type including: multiple choice, multiple response, fill-in-the-blank, equation editor, match table grid, and numeric response. This review was created to help prepare students for STAAR 2.0 in how to answer new item types. Topics included: - Rigid Transformations (translations, reflections, rotations) - Pythagorean Theorem - Properties, congruency, and