Math Extensions Week 6 (Oct 03 - Oct 08)

Once you have earned more than 20 points the extra credit points are only worth half their original value.

• "On Time?" math reading - read, discuss with family, 1 paragraph reflection explaining, what was most interesting to you about the article (10 pts.)
• Mystery Mobile Problem (10 pts)
• Additional ALEKs time (1/2 hour = 5 pts. You can earn a maximum of 10 extension points from playing ALEKs each week.)
• Off the Wall Problem: "Who Runs Faster?" (10 points)

Note taken on 9/28/10.

Note taken on 9/28/10.

What is Life Experiment Results

Basic Operations with Fractions Notes

Note taken on 9/21/10.

Note taken on 9/20/10.

Note taken on 9/20/10.

Math Extensions Week 5

Once you have earned more than 20 points the extra credit points are only worth half their original value.

• "Palindromes" math reading - read, discuss with family, 1 paragraph reflection explaining, what was most interesting to you about the article (10 pts.)
• Skills Practice: Interpreting Graphs (10 pts.)
• Additional Practice: There are 6 problems, each problem is worth 5 points.
• Additional ALEKs time (1/2 hour = 5 pts. You can earn a maximum of 10 extension points from playing ALEKs each week.)
• Off the Wall Problem: "Smiles and Frowns" (10 points)

Math Extension Assignments Week 4

Once you have earned more than 20 points the extra credit points are only worth half their original value.

• "Mathematical Symbols" math reading - read, discuss with family, 1 paragraph reflection explaining, what was most interesting to you about the article (10 pts.)
• Additional Practice: There are 3 problems, each problem is worth 5 points.
• Additional ALEKs time (1/2 hour = 5 pts. You can earn a maximum of 10 extension points from playing ALEKs each week.)
• Off the Wall Problem: "How Can You Use Old Stamps?" (10 points)

Note taken on 9/13/10.

Note taken on 9/15/10.

Note taken on 9/14/10.

Evidence of Life Produced by Cookie Monsters (draft)

Evidence of Life Produced by Snuffleupagus (draft)

Note taken on 9/13/10.

Weekly Math Point Tracker

Semester 1

• Week 1 (Aug 30 - Sept 03)
• Week 2 (Sept 06 - Sept 10)
• Week 3 (Sept 13 - Sept 17)
• Week 4 (Sept 20 - Sept 24)
• Week 5 (Sept 27 - Oct 01)
• Week 6 (Oct 04 - Oct 08)
• Week 7 (Oct 11 - Oct 15)
• Week 8 (Oct 18 - Oct 21)
• Week 9 (Oct 25 - Oct 29)
• Week 10 (Nov 01 - Nov o5)
• Week 11 (Nov 08 - Nov 10)
• Week 12 (Nov 15 - Nov 19)
• Week 13 (Nov 29 - Dec 03)
• Week 14 (Dec 06 - Dec 10)
• Week 15 (Dec 13 - Dec 17)
• Week 16 (Jan 03 - Dec 07)
• Week 17 (Dec 11 - Dec 15)

Semester 2

• Week 1 (Jan 25 - Jan 28)
• Week 2 (Jan 31 - Feb 04)
• Week 3 (Feb 07 - Feb 11)
• Week 4 (Feb 14 - Feb 18)
• Week 5 (Feb 22 - Feb 25)
• Week 6 (Feb 28 - Mar 04)

Math Extensions Week 3

Once you have earned more than 20 points the extra credit points are only worth half their original value.

• "Calendars" math reading - read, discuss with family, 1 paragraph reflection explaining, what was most interesting to you about the article (10 pts.)
• Skills Practice: Interpreting Graphs (10 pts.)
• Additional Practice: There are 6 problems, each problem is worth 5 points.
• Additional ALEKs time (1/2 hour = 5 pts. You can earn a maximum of 10 extension points from playing ALEKs each week.)
• Off the Wall Problem: "How Far Can You Fly?" (10 points)

Note taken on 9/9/10.

Note taken on 9/8/10.

Unit 1: Variables and Patterns: Introducing Algebra

The first unit in your child’s mathematics class this year is Variables and Patterns: Introducing Algebra.

UNIT GOALS

This unit’s focus is on ways to describe situations that change. In the first part of the unit, students explore three ways of representing a changing situation: with a description in words, with a data table, and with a graph. These representations are compared to one another to elicit the strengths of each presentation.

Students learn to write symbolic expressions as a shorter, quicker way to give a summary of the relationship between two variables.

List of Class Readings/Resources (organized by date)

Investigation 1: Variables, Tables and Coordinate Graphs

• Notebook
• ACE Questions
• Text 1.1 (Tuesday - 9/07)
• Text 1.2 (Wednesday - 9/08)
• Text 1.3 (Thursday - 9/09)
• Text 1.4 (Friday - 9/10)
• Text 1.5 (Monday - 9/13)

Investigation 2: Analyzing Graphs and Tables

• Notebook
• ACE Questions
• Text 2.1 (Tuesday - 9/14)
• Text 2.2 (Monday - 9/20)
• Text 2.3 (Tues 9/20 and Weds 9/21)

Investigation 3: Rules and Equations

• Notebook
• ACE Questions
• Text 3.1 (Monday 9/27 and Tues. 9/28)
• Text 3.2 (Wednesday 9/29)
• Text 3.3 (Thursday 9/30)

Variables and Patterns Project

• Metric Conversion and Unit Conversion Practice (Mon. 10/04)
• Grand Canyon Problem (Tues 10/05) For Distance Interval Trail Map Click Here and for Sample of Data Table and Graph Comparing Distance and Elevation Against Time Click Here.
• My Me Mobile Project Notebook (Wednesday 10/06 through 10/15 . . . possibly longer)
• Click Here to View Slideshow of Some Awesome Mobiles.
• Sample of how to convert weight to force.
• Sample Calculations Page

Note taken on 9/7/10.

Note taken on 9/2/10.

ALEKS Info.

Each student will have access to a great online learning tool called ALEKS.

The main login page can be found at http://www.aleks.com/

Having trouble accessing ALEKs from home? Follow this link.

Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course she is taking.

ALEKS also provides the advantages of one-on-one instruction, 24/7, from virtually any Web-based computer for a fraction of the cost of a human tutor.

For a detailed scientific paper explaining the advantages of using ALEKS read, The Assessment of Knowledge in Theory and Practice.

Note taken on 9/1/10.