Description

Do your students struggle to make sense of functions? Do they understand how all the different representations relate to each other, such as an equation, table & graph? This introduction to functions set will help you explain & explore functions in a variety of ways, providing your students with a solid foundation as they move to analyzing linear functions.

Use this set of functions notes & function math center games with 8th grade students who are just learning about functions, or with 9th grade students who are still struggling and needing a review.

Functions Guided Notes:

First, this set of resources includes 2 sets of guided notes. These fill-in-the-blank student note pages provided structure so students can think about different examples as a group and on their own, and then have organized notes they can refer back to later.

The first set of guided notes covers a basic introduction to functions: what they are and what they are not using a vending machine analogy. The goal is for students to develop a conceptual understanding of what is a function v. what is not a function and WHY rather than trying to memorize.

The second set of guided notes focuses on representing functions with equations and a table of values. There are a variety of examples that you can work through together & some for students to try on their own.

Functions Math Center Resources:

Finally, this set includes a simple math center that you can use a couple of different ways to give students more practice & experience with creating tables of values, comparing functions and graphing functions on the coordinate plane.

Directions for setting up an independent activity (creating function tables) as well as a partner challenge are included.

The goal of all these resources is to provide a solid understanding of functions and to make connections between all the different representations.

This will also help students practice graphing functions in a variety of types.

Math Skills Covered:

• What functions are v. what they are not
• Writing an equation in function notation
• Evaluating functions in function notation
• Writing functions from a description
• Representing functions as a table of values & ordered pairs
• Graphing linear functions from a table of values
• Graphing non-linear functions from a table of values

Included in the Download:

• Intro to Functions Guided Notes
• Representing Functions Guided Notes
• Functions Math Center: Independent Practice
• Functions Partner Challenge
• Teaching tips for each activity
• Answer key for all guided notes pages

**Looking for more practice with functions? Try this functions scavenger hunt, which provides a review of a variety of skills as students get up and move!**

I hope this provides a fun and easy way for kids to practice these important math skills!

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