GVC's

Secondary Math 2 GVC's

What are GVC's? GVC stands for Guaranteed Viable Curriculum, or in other words, the concepts and ideas that you should have mastered by the end of the course. GVC's do not cover every last detail of the course, but are main concepts that we will focus on in the class and ensure that you learn.

Along with the GVC's is what is called a Common Formative Assessment (CFA). This assessment (quiz or test) is one way that I as a teacher will be able to determine if you have mastered the concept or not. You might think of it as a gauge that tells me how much you understand the things that we are learning. Each GVC has a CFA to go along with it.

For Secondary Math 2, the GVC's are:

I can perform operations with rational, irrational and complex numbers.

• I can identify a number as rational, irrational, or complex.
• I can perform operations on functions that contain rational, irrational, and complex numbers.
• I can simplify radicals using the properties of radicals and the laws of exponents.

CFA - Rational Exponents QUIZ

I can solve Quadratic Equations

• I can add, subtract, and multiply polynomial expressions.
• I can factor trinomials and binomials.
• I can identify appropriate methods to solve a given quadratic equation, such as factoring, quadratic formula, graphing, or completing the square.
• I can graph basic quadratic functions, and approximate solutions using a graph.

CFA: Solving Quadratic Equations TEST

I can apply the properties of similarity to triangles and quadrilaterals

• I can identify criteria needed to prove that two figures are similar.
• I can write a similarity statement for two similar figures.
• I can identify the scale factor of two similar figures in order to find and compare their side lengths and areas.

CFA: Similar Triangles QUIZ

I can use trigonometry to solve right triangles

• I can identify trigonometric ratios when given a right triangle.
• I can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the sine, cosine, or tangent of an angle when given a variety of different right triangles.
• I can apply the Pythagorean Theorem and trigonometric ratios to real life applications.

CFA: Right Triangle QUIZ

I can construct and interpret data on a Two-Way Table

• I can construct a Two-Way Table when given a Venn Diagram.
• I can find conditional probabilities when given a Two-Way table.
• I can find marginal probabilities when given a Two-Way table.

CFA: Probability and Two-Way Table QUIZ

I can recognize and apply the properties of Circles

• I can identify inscribed angles, chords, tangents, radii, and diameters of a circle.
• I can identify the center and radius of a circle when given the equation of a circle.
• I can find the equation of a circle given a graph or by completing the square.
• I can find the area of a sector of a circle.

CFA: Conic Sections: Circles QUIZ