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In This Purposeful Practice…
Intentionality…
- A quadratic function can have multiple algebraic forms;
- Algebraic forms of a quadratic function can be manipulated using algebra;
- Area models can be helpful when manipulating algebraic forms of quadratic functions.
Visual Math Talk
Overview of This Visual Math Talk
- What defines a square?
- How can you ensure the dimensions of the rectangle are the same?
- What do you need to complete the square?
Visual Math Talk Prompt #1
Create a square. Write the algebraic expression that can be modelled using these tiles in standard form and vertex form.

Visual Math Talk Prompt #2
Create a square. Write the algebraic expression that can be modelled using these tiles in standard form and vertex form.

Visual Math Talk Prompt #3
Create a square. Write the algebraic expression that can be modelled using these tiles in standard form and vertex form.

Visual Math Talk Prompt #4
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Visual Math Talk Prompt #7
Visual Math Talk Prompt #8
Purposeful Practice
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Questions: Multiplication
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This Make Math Moments Task was designed to spark curiosity for a multi-day unit of study with built in purposeful practice, and extensions to elicit and emerge mathematical models and strategies. Click the links at the top of this task to head to the other related lessons created for this unit of study.Visual Math Talk Prompt #1
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Visual Math Talk Prompt #7
Visual Math Talk Prompt #8
Question #1
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