Math · Integrated Math II
SEL activities for CCSS Integrated Pathway Mathematics II
33 RoseThread Connect activities matched to the chapters of CCSS Integrated Pathway Mathematics II (Walch). Each one teaches the chapter's content and builds one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill in about 20 minutes.
We look only at each book's table of contents (chapter titles and topics) to suggest activities that fit the flow of your course. We don't use or reproduce any textbook content, and your edition's chapter order may differ slightly. RoseThread Connect is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by these publishers.
Unit 1: Extending the Number System
- Back to the Starting Line Self-awareness · Integrated Math IIStudents review exponents and expressions while setting intentions for the year.
- Powers and Patience Self-management · Integrated Math IIRational exponents through pattern work, with a calm strategy for confusing notation.
- Rational or Not? Responsible decision-making · Integrated Math IIStudents argue whether sums and products are rational, practicing evidence over gut feeling.
Unit 2: Quadratic Functions and Modeling
- Transforming Functions Social awareness · Integrated Math IIShifting and stretching graphs; how a change in situation shifts a person's experience.
- Many Forms, One Function Social awareness · Integrated Math IIStandard, vertex, and factored forms show the same function; people show different sides too.
- The Shape of a Parabola Self-awareness · Integrated Math IIStudents interpret vertex and intercepts on a parabola tracking the arc of a hard week.
- Launch Day Self-management · Integrated Math IIModeling a projectile with a quadratic and planning a goal with a peak and a landing.
- Piecewise Days Self-management · Integrated Math IIPiecewise functions model a day that changes rules: school, work, rest.
- Inverse Thinking Relationship skills · Integrated Math IIInverse functions undo each other; repair undoes harm.
Unit 3: Expressions and Equations
- Factoring Our Way Through Self-management · Integrated Math IIFactoring quadratics with a stuck plan and partner hints.
- Systems with Curves Relationship skills · Integrated Math IIA line and a parabola meet; partners find where two plans intersect.
- The Quadratic Formula Responsible decision-making · Integrated Math IIChoosing the best solving method and explaining the decision.
- When There Is No Real Answer Self-awareness · Integrated Math IIComplex solutions; sitting with questions that do not have easy answers.
- Multiplying Possibilities Relationship skills · Integrated Math IIPartners multiply polynomials with area models, explaining each region aloud.
- Many Forms, One Function Social awareness · Integrated Math IIStandard, vertex, and factored forms show the same function; people show different sides too.
Unit 4: Applications of Probability
- Probability of Belonging Social awareness · Integrated Math IISample spaces and events using fictional school survey data about clubs and belonging.
- Two Way Tables Again Social awareness · Integrated Math IIConditional probability from two way tables on student well being.
- Conditional Thinking Responsible decision-making · Integrated Math IIGiven that changes probability; how context changes the meaning of a claim.
- Fair Games Responsible decision-making · Integrated Math IIStudents design games and test whether they are fair.
- Risk and Choices Responsible decision-making · Integrated Math IIUsing probability to analyze decisions like wearing a seatbelt or texting while driving.
Unit 5: Similarity, Right Triangle Trigonometry, and Proof
- Similar, Not the Same Social awareness · Integrated Math IIDilations make similar figures; similar experiences are not identical ones.
- Proving Similarity Responsible decision-making · Integrated Math IIAA similarity and how much evidence a conclusion needs.
- Shadows and Heights Self-management · Integrated Math IIMeasuring tall objects with similar triangles outdoors.
- Right Triangle Ratios Self-awareness · Integrated Math IIDiscovering sine, cosine, and tangent through measurement patterns.
- Angles of Elevation Self-management · Integrated Math IITrig problems about ramps and accessibility in the community.
- The Pythagorean Identity Responsible decision-making · Integrated Math IIProving sin² + cos² = 1 and why some truths always hold.
- Proving Theorems Together Relationship skills · Integrated Math IIPartner proofs with kind feedback stems.
- Parallelogram Proofs Relationship skills · Integrated Math IIJustifying every claim in a proof; integrity in arguments.
- Volume and Space Social awareness · Integrated Math IIDesigning water tanks or planters for a community garden.
- My Growth Curve Self-awareness · Integrated Math IIModeling personal growth across the year with a curve.
- Teach a Classmate Relationship skills · Integrated Math IIStudents teach a concept and thank a classmate.
Unit 6: Circles With and Without Coordinates
- Circles Everywhere Relationship skills · Integrated Math IICircle relationships; mapping your circle of support.
- Arcs and Sectors Self-management · Integrated Math IISectors of a day's pie chart: protecting time for rest.
- Equations of Circles Social awareness · Integrated Math IICircle equations model service areas like a library's reach.
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