Standards

Enduring Understandings

• Algebra is a language.

• Patterns are a way of understanding the world.

• Functions model the real world.

Essential Questions

• How would you describe, analyze, and determine the rule of patterns from multiple representations?

• How do you convert from one representation to another?

• How would you describe a pattern algebraically?

• How do you predict and describe how a change in one quantity affects another in a functional relationship?

• How do you tell by looking at multiple representations if it is a linear or non-linear function?

• How do you solve linear equations using a variety of methods?

Standards Highest Frequency High Frequency Other Standards and E-Skills

Standard 2 (Algebra) Standard 2: Students use algebraic methods to explore, model and describe patterns and functions involving numbers, shapes, data, and graphs in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.
2.2 Find the constant rate/slope and the starting point/y-intercept of a table and graph.
2.4 Distinguish between linear and non-linear graphs and tables.
2.5 Write and solve simple linear equations.