Unit 2 Review - October 15

Topics for Today:

Today we played Review Jeopardy to prepare for our Unit 2 test tomorrow.  Students are reminded that notebooks will be due at the beginning of class tomorrow.  Students can find the table of contents for any unit on the Table of Contents Page of this blog.  

Topics for this unit include:

* Divisibility (rules for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9. and 10)

* Prime Factorization (factor trees)

* Greatest Common Factor (GCF)

* Least Common Multiple (LCM)

* Simplifying Fractions

* Mixed Numbers & Improper Fractions

* Changing Fractions to Decimals and Decimals to Fractions

* Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers

Vocabulary:

See page 178 in your textbook

Sections Covered in Textbook:

Chapter 3 Sections 3-3 through 3-10 (skip 3-7) - Pages 141-179

Resources & Tutorials:

Review Jeopardy Questions

Review Jeopardy Answers

Assignments:

Study for your test!
Get your notebook together!

Fractions and Decimals - October 13

Topics for Today:

Today we talked about converting fractions to decimals and vice versa.  A fraction is simply a division problem with the denominator serving as the divisor.  Any fraction can be converted to a decimal by dividing the denominator into the numerator.

For changing decimals to fractions, the process is simple.  Take for example 0.2. 

1.  Say it

2.  Write it

3.  Simplify it

Also, there are some common fraction/decimal equivalents that should be committed to memory.  They are: 

Vocabulary:

terminating decimal, repeating decimal

Sections Covered in Textbook:

3-9: Fractions and Decimals (pages 168-172)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) Convert a fraction to a decimal

2) Convert a decimal to a fraction

3) Fractions and Decimals Class Notes

Assignments:

1) Fractions and Decimals Worksheet

2) Quiz Corrections due Thursday

3) Unit 2 Test Friday (notebook due!)

Extras:

Fraction Reaction

Divisibility Rules - Sept 24

Topics for Today:

Today we discussed the rules for divisibility.  A number is divisible by another if it can be divided by it with no remainder.  Knowing divisibility rules helps with simplifying fractions and prime factorization. 

Vocabulary:

divisible

Sections Covered in Textbook:

3-3: Divisibility Tests (pages 141-144)

Resources & Tutorials:

1)  What does divisibility mean?

2)  How do you check if a number is divisible by 2, 3, 5, 6, and 10?

3)  Divisibility Class Notes

Assignments:

1) Divisibility Worksheet

2) Test corrections due Tuesday

Extras:

It's Amazing Worksheet (Number Theory)

Multiplying and Dividing Integers - Sept 15th

Topics for Today:

We moved on to multiplying and dividing integers today.

Some basic sign rules for multiplication and division:

+ · + = +      + / + = +

+ · - = -      + / - = -

- · + = -      - / + = -

- · - = +      - / - = +

Stated a different way, when we multiply two integers with the same sign, we get a positive product; when we multiply two integers with different signs, we get a negative.  The same rules apply for division.  Many students find multiplying and dividing integers to be much easier than adding and subtracting!

Vocabulary:

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-8: Multiplying and Dividing Integers (pages 45-49)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) How do you multiply and divide numbers with different signs?
2) What are Multiplicative Inverses?
3) What is a reciprocal?

Assignments:

Multiplying and Dividing Integers Worksheet

Extras:

Subtracting Integers - Sept 11th

Topics for Today:

Subtracting integers can be a tricky concept for our younger students, especially those still developing abstract thinking skills.  We used two concrete methods today to discuss subtraction of integers.  The first important key is to realize that subtraction means to physically take something away.  It can be challenging to understand how to take something away that isn't there to begin with.  To accomplish subtraction, we used integer chips and number lines to illustrate how subtraction works.  

For the purpose of this illustration, an orange chip is positive 1 and a red chip is negative 1.  Together, the two add to zero (additive inverse property).  

We then discussed the definition of subtraction as the addition of opposites.  We can change any subtraction problem into addition if we add the opposite.

TO SUBTRACT, ADD THE OPPOSITE!

Vocabulary:

rule for subtracting integers, subtraction

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-7:  Adding and Subtracting Integers (pages 39-44)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) How do you add two negative numbers?
2) Rules for Adding Integers
3)  How to rewrite a subtraction problem as addition
4) Subtracting Integers Class Notes

Assignments:

1) Subtracting Integers Worksheet

2) Quiz Corrections due Tuesday

Extras:

Adding Integers - Sept 10th

Topics for Today:

We used integer chip models and rules to add integers today.  We talked about the inverse property of addition and discovered that additive inverses are just opposites of each other, and they add to zero.  We also discussed how to use a number line to represent addition problems of both positive and negative integers.

Vocabulary:

additive inverse, inverse property of addition

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-7: Adding and Subtracting Integers - Part 1 (pages 39-44)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) How do you add two negative numbers?
2) Rules for Adding Integers
3) What is the opposite of a number?

4) Adding Integers class notes

Assignments:

1) Adding Integers Worksheet

2) Quiz Corrections due Tuesday

Extras:

Game of Skunk! Try it at home!

Guess and Check Strategy - Sept 8th

Topics for Today:

Today we explored some story problems.  Students typically are not excited about story problems until they see and solve enough of them to start recognizing patterns.  One of the main focuses of the mathematics program at Field School is to help students organize problems and apply them to patterns we have worked with together.

Today we used the guess and check strategy which is very useful especially for students who have not had a thorough Algebra I course.  For the guess and check strategy, students take the information from the problem and try combinations until they satisfy the other conditions in a problem.  Organizing the guesses into a table keeps the work organized.

Vocabulary:

guess and check

Sections Covered in Textbook:

None - this lesson was pulled from other materials

Resources & Tutorials:

1) How to solve an equation by guessing and checking.
2) Learn Guess and Check (not a video).

Assignments:

1) Guess and Check Worksheet
2) Quiz tomorrow over decimal operations

Extras:

Another Ken Ken Puzzle

Comparing and Ordering Integers - Sept 4

Topics for Today:

Absolute value is an important mathematical concept that is applied in many areas.  Absolute value is a number's distance from zero.  Because we are looking at a distance, we are only concerned about positive values.  Absolute value is always positive!

We discussed integers today and also defined what number opposites are (additive inverses).  Using a number line, we also compared the size of numbers using inequality symbols and analyzed integers to put in the in order from least to greatest.

Vocabulary:

opposites, integers, absolute value

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-6: Comparing and Ordering Integers (pages 34-38)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) What is an integer?
2) What does absolute value mean?

Assignments:

1) Comparing and Ordering Integers Worksheet

Extras:

Multiplying and Dividing Decimals - September 3rd

Topics for Today:

Multiplication and division of decimals were the topics for today.  We also discussed some of the properties of multiplication.  The properties of equality are a set of rules that allow us to perform operations on equations without changing the truth of the equation.

Main Ideas:

Image credit: https://www.onlinemathlearning.com/multiply-decimals-2.html

Image Credit: http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L6EX.html

Vocabulary:

identity property of equality, zero property, commutative property of multiplication, associative property of multiplication

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-3: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals (pages 17-22)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) How do you multiply decimals?
2) How do you divide decimals?

Assignments:

1) Multiplying and Dividing Decimals Worksheet
2) Join Google Classroom - code kkor4pp

Extras:

Hearty Roots

Adding and Subtracting Decimals - September 2nd

Topics for Today:

We are getting back into the swing of things, and setting up classroom routines.  Today we did a bit of review of adding and subtracting decimals.

**Adding/Subtracting Decimal Numbers MAIN IDEA***
--> When adding or subtracting decimals, always line up the decimal points!

We also did a brief review of subtracting decimals using regrouping, as well as bringing in zeroes (called annexing) to make sure our numbers line up.   We also discussed a few of the properties of equality.

Vocabulary:

identity property of addition, commutative property of addition, associative property of addition

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-2: Adding and Subtracting Decimals (pages 11-15)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) How do you add decimals?
2) How do you subtract decimals?

Assignments:

1) Have course syllabus signed by Thursday.
2) Adding and Subtracting Decimals Worksheet

Extras:

Find those numbers!

Using Estimation Strategies - Sept 1st

Topics for Today:

Today we discussed some strategies for estimating the answers to numeric expressions.  Students were asked to consider both how to estimate as well as the reasons why we use estimation.  We will spend a lot of discussion time this school year on number sense, and determining if our solutions to problems make sense. 

Image Credit: https://www.slideshare.net/Ms.DH/31-rounding-and-estimating-presentation

Vocabulary:

estimate, compatible numbers, sum, difference, product, quotient

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-1: Using Estimation Strategies (pages 5 - 9)

Resources & Tutorials:

1)  How do you use front-end estimation to estimate a sum of several decimals?
2)  How do you estimate a quotient using compatible numbers?

Assignments:

1) Using Estimation Strategies Worksheet
2) Get course syllabus signed by Thursday

Extras:
1) Guess It!  - Online Estimation Game

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