Unit Design
Warren County Public Schools
Math
9th/Algebra I
Unit 1: Expressions
5 Days
Content Area
Grade/Course
Unit Title
Duration of Unit
Insert unit priority standards(s) below (include numerical and letter codes). Underline the skills (verbs)
students must master and circle the concepts (nouns) that students need to know.
1) A-SSE.A.1a: Interpret expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context ★
a) Interpret parts of an expression, such as terms, factors, and coefficients.
2) N-Q.A.3: Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities.
Insert unit supporting standards in italics below (Include numerical and letter codes)
1) A-SSE.A.1b: Interpret expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context. ★
b) Interpret complicated expressions by viewing one or more of their parts as a single entity. For example,
interpret P(1+r)n as the product of P and a factor not depending on P.
Unwrap Priority Standards
Concepts (nouns)
Expressions
Parts of an Expression
(Terms, Factors,
Coefficients)
Level of Accuracy
Skills (verbs)
Interpret
Interpret
Bloom’s Level (verb)
Apply
Apply
Choose
Apply
Combine priority standards Skills and Concepts columns above to write Learning Targets below. Add
Bloom’s level (number) after each learning target.
LT1- Interpret expressions in terms of its context. (3)
LT2- Interpret parts of an expression. (3)
LT3- Choose an appropriate level of accuracy for quantitative measurements. (3)
Determine Big Ideas (lifelong understandings)
It is important to be able to transform a life situation into
a mathematical expression.
Formative Assessment Lesson
Write Essential Questions (Answer Big Idea, hook student
interest.)
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Interpreting Algebraic Expressions
The teacher leaders for the Gates grant work recommend that Warren County Administration adopt the
practice that Warren County Math teachers do a minimum of one Formative Assessment Lesson per
quarter. Choices for formative assessment lessons may be found at
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