Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.
- Assessment Limits :
Expressions must be linear
- Calculator :
Neutral
- Context :
Allowable
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: Which expression represents that ?? was doubled and then decreased by 25%?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
- Test Item #: Sample Item 2
- Question:
Maggie is buying a jacket. The expression shown represents the sales tax on the jacket price, j.
0.08j
Write an expression in terms of j to represent the total amount that Maggie spends on the jacket, including tax.
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: EE: Equation Editor
- Test Item #: Sample Item 3
- Question:
The cost of a barrel of beans, b, fluctuates by 17% in both directions during a three-month period.
Match each verbal description of the high and low cost of a barrel of beans with all equivalent expressions.
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MI: Matching Item
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STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
In this MEA, the students will compare data to decide which franchise would be best for a person wanting to open their own fried chicken franchise.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx.
MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are given equivalent expressions with rational coefficients and asked to explain what each expression represents within the context of a problem.
Students are given equivalent expressions with rational coefficients and asked to explain what each expression represents within the context of the problem.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades 6-8
Learn how to combine like terms to create equivalent expressions in this cooking-themed, interactive tutorial.
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Learn how to combine like terms to create equivalent expressions in this cooking-themed, interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial