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I’ve been a fan of this factoring puzzle for factoring quadratic trinomials since I worked through it at a Common Core workshop I attended (OGAP) in the summer of 2013. Over the last couple of days, I have been going back through these resources that I originally blogged about and giving each resource its own …

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Two summers ago, I created some open middle style problems that have been a hit in my classroom. Both problems use a reusable set of tiles that have the numbers from -4 to +4 printed on them. These tiles are laminated which has helped them hold up to use over multiple years. The first problem …

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After making my Function (or Not) Puzzle to give students practice classifying relations as a function or not a function, I was eager to make a similar open middle style activity to practice a different skill. I settled on creating an evaluating functions activity that would give students practice evaluating functions and hopefully help them …

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