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=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Content Area: Algebra Grade Level: High School Domain: Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities Standards: 1. Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning. 2. Solve equations and inequalities in one variable. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Common Core State Standards

//What understandings are desired?//
•simple equations and inequalities in one variable can be solved using a series of steps. •different methods should be used to solve quadratic equations in one variable, depending on the initial form of the equation. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •the process of solving equations can be seen as a process of reasoning and can be explained verbally.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• How do I solve a linear equation or inequality with one variable? • How do I solve quadratic equations? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How do I explain the process of solving equations?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
square • Vocabulary: isolate, quadratic equation, inequality, linear equation, variable, method, radical • Sequence: method for solving single and multiple-step equations, approaches to solving quadratic equations, method for solving inequalities || •express verbally the reasoning process behind solving equations. •represent the process of solving equations and inequalities in different ways. •solve quadratic equations using multiple methods. •contrast the processes of solving single-variable equations and inequalities. •relate the process of solving equations to another issue, subject, or discipline. •reflect on how to determine the best method for solving quadratic equations. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * • Formulas: quadratic formula, completing the


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