Once I'm done with the Launch entrance slips I ask a volunteer to hand out a NEW INFO HANDOUT to each student.
This lesson assumes student knowledge of the meaning of square roots presented in my Powers and Exponents unit, which means learners can solve equations of the form x^2 = b. Students will learn here that with just one additional step, they can solve an equation of the form ax^2 = b.
After making sure students have finished this work, I project the NEW INFO SOLUTION PAGE on the board so students can see, discuss, and ask any question before going on to the application section.
I like to project the Application Problems (HowLongWillitTake) on the Smartboard. They can also be printed and given to the students. I allow learners to pair up. I make sure at least one of them has a calculator. The discussions among the learners can be quite interesting. I like to walk around and listen in and check if they are considering whether the solutions obtained are both feasible or whether one of them doesn't make sense. I always ask why they are discarding an answer and what the appropriate answer means with respect to the work problem.
Students always love to go to the board, so I ask volunteers to write their work up for all their classmates to see and ask any questions if they have them.
Today, I will close the lesson with a GQ Talk. This closing strategy is quite simple and can be effectively done in little time.
G: I call on students to verbally state what they think the General goals or ideas of the lesson were, in their own words. As they respond, I write their ideas on the board without discarding any of their responses.
Q: Once I have sufficient responses on the board, I then ask students to ask a Question about any idea in the lesson they feel uncertain about, and motivate other students in the class to answer the questions asked by their classmates. If I suspect someone may be struggling, I call on the learner and motivate him or her, to come forth with a question or indicate the area of confusion. This always sheds light on whether students have grasped what was intended to be taught in the lesson.