![]() ![]() Desmos is changing the mathematics classroom. The calculator can be downloaded as an app to numerous devices including phones, iPads, and other handheld devices. Probability DESMOS: Prize Wheel Puzzle Exponential Functions Graphing DESMOS: Growth of Savings vs Investments Statistics Desmos is a free online graphing calculator created by Dan Myer and Eli Luberoff. Check out these activities from NGPF’s Desmos Collection. Desmos is an interactive math platform that allows students to explore concepts deeply, collaborate with their peers, and practice creative problem-solving.However, there’s a way to gain access to released STAAR questions too! Our curriculum and instruction department at the district level had to communicate with the fine folks at Problem-Attic for access to released STAAR questions aligned to TEKS through the Problem-Attic platform. Having a free Problem-Attic account provides access to many released test problems that are sorted by topic. If you’ve never used it, I’d also like to introduce you to Problem-Attic as a question-bank resource. Math 8 and Algebra 1 are represented here, and if anyone decides to create or modify these for Math 6 or Math 7, please share back! ♥️ Īdditionally, the test review template Desmos activity shared here can be modified to include released STAAR questions for practice and student presentations. It’s important to know which concepts are *NOT* on the reference sheet as well, and I’ve included a few ideas in the activities below. Students take comfort in knowing they have access to a reference sheet during testing! Here are two activities designed to help students get reacquainted with EVERYTHING that’s on the “STAAR Chart”. (Note: If I am missing an updated set of directions, please let me know! The directions for griddables I found online are the ones I included here.) This activity provides directions and practice for students in Math 6, Math 7, Math 8, or Algebra 1. Even leading up to STAAR, one has to Google in order to find these directions, and having students understand the flexible syntax before panic strikes mid-test is necessary. During my time proctoring STAAR, I have never seen directions mentioned that remind students how to correctly grid their answers to open-response problems. To help students feel comfortable with “griddable” questions (that will now be more type-able than griddable using an online testing platform) I created this Desmos activity. ![]() I wanted to stop through the ol’ blog to share several resources that might be helpful before STAAR (or may at least give you ideas to modify if you’re not specifically in Texas). As state testing shifts to an online platform, having Desmos embedded was the hope, and here we are! I hope Desmos is also on your state test. A “ both-and” graphing calculator situation! Woot! Years back, we clunked our way through locking students into the original Desmos Test Mode app on iPads, but that only worked because students took paper tests. Next month, when students across Texas take an online state STAAR test, they will also see an * embedded* Desmos graphing calculator option in addition to a TI emulator. It’s been (at least) 7 years in the making! ![]()
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