GlynnMiddle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Irvin
Subject Acc. Math
Dates: Dec. 1-5, 2014
Unit Topic:
Exponents and Equations
Standard(s):
GPS/CCGPS
Work with radicals and integer exponents.
MCC8.EE.1 Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions.
MCC8.EE.2 Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the form x2 = p and x3 = p, where p is a
positive rational number. Evaluate square roots of small perfect squares and cube roots of small perfect cubes. Know that √2 is irrational.
MCC8.EE.3 Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small
quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other.
MCC8.EE.4 Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific
notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities
(e.g., use millimeters per year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated by technology.
Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
MCC8.EE.7 Solve linear equations in one variable.
equations in one variable with one solution, infinitely many solutions, or no solutions. Show which of these possibilities is the case by
successively transforming the given equation into simpler forms, until an equivalent equation of the form 𝑥=𝑎, 𝑎=𝑎, or 𝑎=𝑏 results
(where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are different numbers).
MCC8.EE.7b Solve linear equations with rational number coefficients, including equations whose solutions require expanding
expressions using the distributive property and collecting like terms.
Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
MCC8.NS.1 Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal
expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion which repeats
eventually into a rational number.
MCC8.NS.2 Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on
a number line diagram, and estimate the value of expressions (e.g., π2).
Prior to teaching: Perfect Squares 1-25, Cubes 1-12, How do you write rational numbers as decimals?
EQ tied to the standard: How do we evaluate and estimate squares and square roots?
GlynnMiddle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
How do we evaluate cube roots?
Activating Strategy Vocabulary List provided, Terms reviewed daily, choral response with illustrations
Teaching Strategies: hands-on activities
Summarizing Strategy: Choral Response and written summaries
Standards for Mathematical Practice
1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4 Model with mathematics.
5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
6 Attend to precision.
7 Look for and make use of structure.
8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Monday
Essential Question
How do I evaluate
square roots and cube
roots?
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
How do we solve
cubed problems?
How do I write
number in scientific
notation?
How do I know that a
number is rational or
irrational?
How do I evaluate
squares and cubes,
and classify real
numbers?
How do I solve
equations with rational
numbers?
Activating/Acceleration:
(Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
Drill Perfect squares
Review square roots
and cube roots with a
Two roots and
partner by checking
Principal Square Roots homework.
Growing perfect
List examples of rational
squares
numbers
classification Rational
and Irrational
Quiz
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LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Can perfect squares
be negative?

Students will work in
interactive notebooks
after their homework
has been checked with
a partner.
Explain ½ is rational,
model long division
=.5 Convert other
fractions/ratios to
decimals with your
neighbor Think pair
share
Classify numbers as
counting(natural),
whole, integer, rational,
and irrational
Students will use
Learn Zillion and
Graphic organizer to
Quiz
knowledge background Brain pop for
classify numbers
of square roots to help introducing scientific
in solving cubed roots. notation
TIMS method will be
TIMS method and
Solve equations with
used to help students
graphic organizer will
Rational numbers
understand cubed
be used to help in
roots and factoring.
solving problems.

Students will complete Student task cards
task cards and color
will be utilized for
activity
on
cubed
roots
practice
Simplify expressions
and update interactive
with square roots and
books.
cube roots
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
Can you arrange 12
Student will discuss
How do you know?
What makes pi an
Quiz
squares to make a
with a partner the
In your own words
irrational number?
larger square?
difference between a
explain how to
What is the
relationship
between tiles in
the form of a
square and the
length of the
sides?
Can area be
negative?
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LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Can you arrange 20
square root and a cube convert .12 to a
cubes to make a larger root.
fraction
cube?
Extending/Refining Activity: This is for all students. After they acquire, then take them up a notch with thinking skills/writing prompts.
(Some ideas: Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive)
Find the area of a
cube? What is the
relationship between
the area and the side
lengths?
Repeating decimals
Identify other words that Solve equations with
vs terminating
begin with prefix- ir.
partners
decimals
How does the meaning
Convert two digit
of those words relate to
repeating decimals
irrational?
by solving 100x-x=
They all mean “not”
99x to
Assignment and/or Assessment: A variety of informal, performance, constructed response, selected response
WB 87-90
WB 81-84
WB 99-102
Quiz
WB 105-108
Differentiation:
Notes
Notes
Hands-On Activities
Hands-On Activities
Manipulatives
Manipulatives
Smart Board
Smart Board
White Boards
White Boards
Peer Partners
Peer Partners
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST)
Notes
Hands-On Activities
Manipulatives
Smart Board
White Boards
Peer Partners
Notes
Hands-On Activities
Manipulatives
Smart Board
White Boards
Peer Partners
Notes
Hands-On Activities
Manipulatives
Smart Board
White Boards
Peer Partners
GlynnMiddle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
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