Extension Assignments Week 4, Sem. 2 (Feb 14 - Feb 18)

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

"The Code Bar Check"math reading - read, discuss with family, 1 paragraph reflection explaining, what was most interesting to you about the article (5 pts.)

Skills: Linear Functions, Graphs and Tables (5 pts)
EZ Grow (5 pts)
Additional Practice (10 pts)
How Steep Can a Ramp Be? (10 pts)
Gassing Up (5 points)

Unit 5: Moving Straight Ahead: Linear Relationships

The next unit in your child’s mathematics class this year is Moving Straight Ahead: Linear Relationships. In this unit, students are developing skills in areas that are traditionally known as algebra. This unit introduces them to situations that can be modeled with linear functions and graphed with straight lines.

UNIT GOALS

The primary goal of this unit is to develop understanding of linear relationships or linear functions. Students learn to recognize linear functions by the constant rate of change between two variables in a verbal context, table, graph, and equation.

Students identify, represent, and interpret linear relationships. They solve linear equations and write equations for lines. These last two ideas will be revisited with more complexities in later units—in particular, the Thinking with Mathematical Models and Say It with Symbols units.

Investigation 1: Running Rates

• Notebook (Sem 2, Week 3 and part of Week 4)
• ACE Questions

Investigation 2: Exploring Linear Functions with Graphs and Tables

• Notebook (Sem 2, Week 4)
• ACE Questions

Investigation 3: Solving Equations

• Notebook (Sem 2, Week 5)
• ACE Questions

Investigation 3 continued: Solving Equations

• Notebook (Sem 2, Week 6)
• ACE Questions

Extension Assignments Sem 2. Week 3 (Feb. 07 - Feb. 11)

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

• "Fibonacci's 3 Wishes" math reading - read, discuss with family, 1 paragraph reflection explaining, what was most interesting to you about the article (5 pts.)
• Skills: Linear Relationships (5 pts)
• TV Watching Time (5 pts)
• Additional Practice (10 pts)
• Will Women Ever Make as Much Money as Men? (10 pts)
• Tadpoles and Minnows (5 points)

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