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Weekly Lesson Plan

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Teacher: L. Wells
Weekly Plan

Lesson

Standard(s)

Unit Title: Trigonometric Functions

Monday

Student Holiday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Unit Overview

Activity 34-1 Matrix

Addition and
Subtraction

Activity 34-2:
Matrix
Multiplication

Activity 34-2:
Matrix
Multiplication

MGSE9-12.N.VM.6 Use matrices to represent and manipulate data, e.g., transformations of vectors.
MGSE9-12.N.VM.7 Multiply matrices by scalars to produce new matrices.
MGSE9-12.N.VM.8 Add, subtract, and multiply matrices of appropriate dimensions.
MGSE9-12.N.VM.9 Understand that, unlike multiplication of numbers, matrix multiplication for square matrices is not a commutative operation,
but still satisfies the associative and distributive properties.
MGSE9-12.N.VM.10 Understand that the zero and identity matrices play a role in matrix addition and multiplication similar to the role of 0 and 1
in the real numbers. The determinant of a square matrix is nonzero if and only if the matrix has a multiplicative inverse.
MGSE9-12.N.VM.12 Work with 2 X 2 matrices as transformations of the plane, and interpret the absolute value of the determinant in terms of
area.
MGSE9-12.A.REI.8 Represent a system of linear equations as a single matrix equation in a vector variable
MGSE9-12.A.REI.9 Find the inverse of a matrix if it exists and use it to solve systems of linear equations (using technology for matrices of
dimension 3 3 or greater).

Lesson EQ

How do you
determine the
entries of a matrix
and the entries?

Activating
Strategy

Video on Matrix
Basix

Academic
Vocabulary

Course/Periods: Pre Cal 1,4,5,6,7

elements
entries
dimension
order
column matrix
row matrix
identity matrix

How are matrices

added, subtracted?

Activity 34.1 (1 4)

How are matrices

multiplied?

Activity 34.2 (1)

How are matrices

multiplied?
Videos on
alternate methods
for Matrix
Multiplication

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scalar
square matrix
zero matrix

Students will work

through Springboard
Activity 34.1 to discover
and learn how to:

Instruction
(Must have 2-3
modes of
instruction)
Cognitive
Strategies

Learn how to represent

and manipulate data
using matrices
Define the order of a
matrix as the number of
rows by the number of
columns
Through the use of a
graphing calculator or
online tool, students will
learn how to enter
matrices.

Summarizing
Strategies
Extending
Strategies
Technology
Integration

5-4-3-2-1

Students will work through

Springboard Activity 34.1
to discover and learn how
to:
Add and subtract matrices
and know these operations
are possible only when the
dimensions are equal
Recognize that matrix
addition and subtraction are
commutative
Multiply matrices by a
scalar and understand the
distributive and associative
properties apply to matrices
Access YouTube videos and
websites for a better
understanding of the topic
Check your
understanding
Page 488

Students will work

through Springboard
Activity 34.2 to discover
and learn how to:
Multiply matrices and
know when the operation
is defined
Through the use of a
graphing calculator or
online tool, students will
learn how to multiply
matrices and interpret the
results.

Thumbs

34.1 Practice
Graphing
Calculator and
cell phone
graphing
calculator apps
to enter
matrices.
Students will be
provided access

Graphing Calculator
and cell phone
graphing calculator
apps to enter
matrices. Students
will be provided
access to resources
via Symbaloo and
list.ly.

Students will be given the

opportunity to explore
alternative methods of
performing matrix
multiplication.
Students will demonstrate
that they can perform a
matrix multiplication
problem without the use of
a technological tool (since
they are not allowed on the
SLO) but may use the
tools to check their
response.

Check your
understanding
Page 493
34.2 Practice

Graphing
Calculator and cell
phone graphing
calculator apps to
enter matrices.
Students will be
provided access to
resources via
Symbaloo and

Graphing
Calculator and cell
phone graphing
calculator apps to
enter matrices.
Students will be
provided access to
resources via
Symbaloo and

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to resources via
Symbaloo and
list.ly.
1. What is an
identity Matrix?

Assessment Check
Questions used
throughout lesson

2. How can we use

identity matrices?
3. How do you
enter a matrix into
a graphic calculator
or into one of the
given computer
based applications?

list.ly.

1. How do we add and

subtract matrices?

1. How do we
multiply matrices?

2. Is addition of
matrices
commutative?
Subtraction?

2. How do we
determine if matrix
multiplication is
defined?

list.ly.

1. Which method of
multiplying matrices
makes the most
sense to you?
2. How do you know
when you are not
able to multiply two
matrices?