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Great realizations here. Both completing the square and deriving the quadratic formula are two pretty abstract concepts (at least how we typically taught it). Getting concrete and ensuring students are seeing the “why” and “how” behind both is so key.
Check out this task if you haven’t yet… it’s really helpful on getting “to” completing the square:
tapintoteenminds.com/3act-math/magic-rectangle