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Lessons learned from the 2024 Algebra I STAAR EOC
The 2024 Algebra I STAAR EOC continued both statewide online testing and several new item types. Using a modified version of the...
Aaron Daffern
Jan 266 min read
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8.4C Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS 8.4C. use data from a table or graph to determine the rate of change or...
Aaron Daffern
Mar 28, 20245 min read
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A.5C Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.5C. solve systems of two linear equations with two variables for...
Aaron Daffern
Feb 25, 20245 min read
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A.6A Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.6A. determine the domain and range of quadratic functions and represent...
Aaron Daffern
Feb 19, 20245 min read
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A.9C Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.9C. write exponential functions in the form f(x) = abx (where b is a...
Aaron Daffern
Feb 13, 20245 min read
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A.5A Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.5A. solve linear equations in one variable, including those for which the...
Aaron Daffern
Feb 9, 20245 min read
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A.2I Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.2I. write systems of two linear equations given a table of values, a...
Aaron Daffern
Jan 28, 20246 min read
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A.9D Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.9D. graph exponential functions that model growth and decay and identify...
Aaron Daffern
Jan 22, 20246 min read
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A.2A Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.2A. determine the domain and range of a linear function in mathematical...
Aaron Daffern
Jan 15, 20246 min read
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A.8A Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.8A. solve quadratic equations having real solutions by factoring, taking...
Aaron Daffern
Jan 5, 20246 min read
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A.11B Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.11B. simplify numeric and algebraic expressions using the laws of...
Aaron Daffern
Dec 31, 20236 min read
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A.7C Activities
This post explores some ideas for reviewing concepts for TEKS A.7C. determine the effects on the graph of the parent function f(x) = x^2...
Aaron Daffern
Dec 26, 20237 min read
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Lessons learned from the 2023 Algebra 1 STAAR
Analysis of readiness standards with <50% mastery on 2023 Algebra 1 STAAR, including instructional implications.
Aaron Daffern
Sep 10, 20235 min read
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Algebra 1 - Real-world Systems of Equations
This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS A.3G: estimate graphically the solutions to systems of two linear...
Aaron Daffern
Aug 20, 20231 min read
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Algebra 1 - Properties of Equality
This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS A.12E: solve mathematic and scientific formulas, and other literal...
Aaron Daffern
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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Algebra 1 - Writing Recursive Sequences
This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS A.12D: write a formula for the nth term of arithmetic and geometric...
Aaron Daffern
Aug 13, 20231 min read
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Algebra 1 - Recursive Sequences
This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS A.12C: identify terms of arithmetic and geometric sequences when the...
Aaron Daffern
Aug 12, 20231 min read
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Algebra 1 - Evaluating Functions
This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS A.12B: evaluate functions, expressed in function notation, given one...
Aaron Daffern
Aug 11, 20231 min read
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Algebra 1 - Identifying Functions
This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS A.12A: decide whether relations represented verbally, tabularly,...
Aaron Daffern
Aug 9, 20231 min read
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Algebra 1 - Laws of Exponents
This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS A.11B: simplify numeric and algebraic expressions using the laws of...
Aaron Daffern
Aug 3, 20231 min read
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