What is a Clarifying Lesson?

A model lesson teachers can implement in their classroom. Clarifying Lessons combine multiple TEKS statements and may use several Clarifying Activities in one lesson. Clarifying Lessons help to answer the question "What does a complete lesson look like that addresses a set of related TEKS statements, and how can these TEKS statements be connected to other parts of the TEKS?"

Clarifying Lessons

Algebra I

A Draining Swimming Pool

Students analyze and develop symbolic representations to describe the amount of water left in a pool being pumped out after a given amount of time, with various pumping rates and initial quantities of water in the pool. TEKS addressed in this lesson: A.1.E; A.4.A, B.

Linear Functions

Students use functions to analyze the rates of a car-rental agency. TEKS addressed in this lesson: A.1.A, B, C, D, E; A.2.B; A.5.A, B, C; A.6.A, B, D, E, F.

Multiplying Polynomials and Factoring

Students use concrete models (algebra blocks) to demonstrate their processes for solving quadratic equations. TEKS addressed in this lesson: A.4.B; A.10.A.