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Welcome to HIES Mathematics Department Wiki Page! This is your reference site for happenings in the Department, technology updates and uses, and vocab list! Please post ideas and vocab!!

Check out the Vocab Page for lists of properties and vocab words to support our Vertical Teaching!

__Vertical Teaching__ - these areas should be spiraled into our subject matter every week! Do not let a topic drop out of your daily lesson plans! Keep using these components until the end of the year!

5 components to incorporate into each subject:

1. __equation/numerical manipulation__ order of operations working w/ fractions simplifying expressions - numeric or variable laws of exponents working with rational expressions working w/ radicals in fractions working w/ improper fractions

2. __solving equations__ identifying type of equation procedure to solve equations, then increase the difficulty level factoring - numeric or algebraic factoring /solving types of algebraic expressions solving rational equations working with fractions

3. __vocab/properties - how we explain our concepts everyday__ properties that are used as the basis for concept manipulation check vocab/ property page keep using the same vocab in each level! communicate w/ each other - post your new vocab or special way that helps you explain a concept!

4. __Graphs__ vocab w/ graphing constructing a graph interpreting graphs

5. __Word Problems__

include a word problem on every test! incoporate strategies for solving word problems