Volzy Math

Radical Simplification is quite possibly the worst standard ever, right? In order to keep kids more engaged, I have created the tasks which are scaffolded from basic prime factorization (Task 1), to Simplification of Square Roots without variables (Task 2), to Simplification of Square Roots with variables (Task 3), to Simplification of Cube Roots with variables (Task 4). I copy these as half sheets. In between each task, we completed notes in our Interactive Notebooks and then students complet

This is set up to be an interactive notebook entry, but could also be used as an assessment or as guided notes without a notebook as well. I found good response from this as a tool in my own classroom when learning to write quadratic equations after a day of introducing transformations.

This worksheet allows students to investigate the vertex form of a parabola. It assumes some knowledge of transformations is present, but also allows for students to discover and connect it to a few real world scenarios in the beginning as well.

This allows students to work on finding key information of vertices and x-intercepts and write equations in vertex and factored form from starting in standard. You could easily modify this document to give them different pieces of information (like just the intercepts and orientation) and then find the other pieces of information or use it as is to reinforce going from standard form to the other forms.

This is a set of guided notes that were used in a unit on quadratic functions for my student's interactive notebooks, but could be used without an INB as well. It specifically covers factored form of a quadratic function. This is set up as two per page in order to fit in an INB.

This is a chart my students put into their interactive notebook for the rules of divisibility. We left off 7 and 8 because they were not as intuitive (or useful!) as the other rules for them. They're set on a half sheet to fit into one side of an INB so examples or other work could be placed on the opposite page. This could be used at any grade level.

Table of Contents Page for an interactive notebook (sized to fit a graphing composition book). Two per page.

A notes sheet to follow up the exploration task of discovering equivalent rotations and coordinate rules for rotations. Check out my store for that activity!