Tuesday 3/31 Agenda

Learning Goal: Be able to find equivalent fractions for common fractions.

1. Warm-Up: Mangahigh new challenges

2. Click on the Illuminations Fractions Interactive 

• Build and find equivalent fractions for the following fractions: 

1/2; 1/3; 1/4; 1/5; 1/6

• Click on "Exploration" and follow the instructions

3. Fraction Builder practice

4. Homework: Fractions worksheet

Monday 3/30 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

1. Practice Quiz: Proportional Relationships and Best Buy Problems

2. When you finish the practice quiz, go to Mangahigh and start the new challenges.

Homework: Fractions Worksheet C-32

Friday 3/27 Agenda

1. Warm-Up (10 min):

2. Practice Quiz: Proportional Relationships and Best Buy Problems

3. When you finish the practice quiz, go to Mangahigh or Sumdog, or continue to work with your pattern blocks.

Thursday 3/26 Agenda

Weekly Video Bulletin

Learning Goal: Use different methods to determine the best buy, including tables and graphs.

1. Mangahigh 10 min (homework check)

2. Classwork: Best Buy Problems (SP11-13)

Homework: C-31 Fractions Worksheet (need ruler or straight edge)

Wednesday 3/25 Agenda

Weekly Video Bulletin

Learning Goal: Use different methods to determine the best buy, including tables and graphs.

1. Mangahigh 10 min (homework check)

2. Classwork: Proportional Relationships SP10

Homework: Finish SP10, SP27 #1 and #2

Tuesday 3/24 Agenda

Weekly Video Bulletin

Learning Goal: Use different methods to determine the best buy, including tables and graphs.

1. Warm-Up: Writing Proportions in Different Ways SP5

2. Class: Best Buy Problems SP8

Homework: Skill Builder 6 SP26

Monday 3/23 Agenda

Weekly Video Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!! Today is the last day of the grading period, and the last day to turn in work!

1. Math Self Evaluation for Quarter 3

Learning Goal: Practice solving rate problems using sense making strategies and procedures.

2. Quiz corrections/retakes

3. If you're finished with everything, and have an A or B in math, go to science blog.

Homework: Skill Builder 3 (SP23)

Friday March 20

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!! Monday is the last day of the grading period, and the last day to turn in work!

Learning Goal: Practice solving rate problems using sense making strategies and procedures.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min, homework check, collect permission slips)

2.  Review Homework: SP22

3. SP5

3. Whiteboard Practice (review: adding and subtracting positive and negative integers)

Homework: None

Thursday 3/19 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!!

Learning Goal: Practice solving rate problems using sense making strategies and procedures.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min, homework check, collect permission slips)

2.  Review Homework: SP21

3. SP3 and 4: Pencil and Paper Problems

3. Whiteboard Practice (review: adding and subtracting positive and negative integers)

Homework: Skill Builder 2

Wednesday 3/18 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!!

Learning Goal: Practice solving rate problems using sense making strategies and procedures.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min, homework check, collect permission slips)

2.  Review SP2: Pencil Problems

3. SP3 and 4: Pencil and Paper Problems

3. Whiteboard Practice (review: adding and subtracting positive and negative integers)

Homework: Skill Builder 1, SP21

Tuesday 3/17 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!!

Learning Goal: Practice solving rate problems using sense making strategies and procedures.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min, collect permission slips)

2.  New Booklets: Warmup SP0 and SP1

3. Classwork: start SP2

3. Whiteboard Practice (review: adding and subtracting positive and negative integers)

Homework: SP2

Monday 3/16 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!!

Learning Goal: Today we will learn about Pi.

1. Brainpop Pi

2. Read http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/pi.html

3. Measure 3 cans using a string and ruler.  Measure in centimeters.  

Write down your measurements using the Pi formula.

4. Watch one or more or of the following videos to learn about Pi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mz7xU3zZvk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiHWHT_8WrE 
Pi Song

5. Homework: NONE

Friday 3/13 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!!

Learning Goal: Practice solving proportions and converting between fractions, decimals, and percents.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh or Sumdong (10 min, homework check, collect permission slips)

2.  Review Homework (SP11)

3. Whiteboard Practice

4. 24 Game or Mental Math

Homework:  None

Thursday 3/12 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!!

Learning Goal: Solving proportions using procedures, including cross multiplication.

1. Warmup: Skill Builder 3A (10 min, homework check)

2. Solving Proportions Quiz

3. Mangahigh Challenges

Homework: Skill Builder 1A (SP11)
Also, bring your field trip permission slip back tomorrow for a treat!

Wednesday 3/11 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Turn in your quiz corrections!!

Learning Goal: Solving proportions using procedures, including cross multiplication.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min, homework check)

2. Review Homework: Skill Builder 2: SP13 1-3 and 7-9

3. Finish proportion problems on SP4 and SP5 

Quiz tomorrow (Thursday) on solving proportion problems

Homework: Finish proportion problems on SP5 (2 of the problems on SP4 and SP5 will be on tomorrow's quiz)

Tuesday 3/10 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Learning Goal: Solving proportions using procedures, including cross multiplication.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min)

2. Turn in your quiz corrections!!

3. New booklets: Warmup p. SP1 (Solving Proportions)

4. Lesson: How to Find X in a Proportion (why cross multiplication works): SP3

5. Practice Solving Proportions: SP4

Homework: Skill Builder 2: SP13 1-3 and 7-9

Monday 3/9 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Learning Goal: Solve problems by analyzing patterns using drawings, words, and equations with an unknown quantity shown as a variable.

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min)

2. Return Quizzes/Quiz Corrections

3. Benchmark Task

Homework: None

Friday 3/6 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin


Learning Goal: Solve problems by analyzing patterns using drawings, words, and equations with an unknown quantity shown as a variable.

QUIZ ON LINKING PERCENTS AND PROPORTIONS TODAY!!

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min)

2. Tables and Chairs problem

Homework: None

Thursday 3/5 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin


Learning Goal: Solve percent problems using a visual model and sense-making strategies. Set up ratios and proportions to represent percent problems.

QUIZ ON LINKING PERCENTS AND PROPORTIONS TODAY!!

1. Review homework: Test Prep

2. Quiz: Linking Percents and Proportions

3. When you finish the quiz, work on Mangahigh current challenges:

• Using percents
• Percent increase and decrease
• Finding percents with a calculator
• Finding percents without a calculator

Homework: None

Wednesday 3/4 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Video Bulletin


Learning Goal: Solve percent problems using a visual model and sense-making strategies. Set up ratios and proportions to represent percent problems.

QUIZ ON LINKING PERCENTS AND PROPORTIONS TOMORROW!!

1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min Homework Check): Work on current challenges:

• Using percents
• Percent increase and decrease
• Finding percents with a calculator
• Finding percents without a calculator

2. Watch BrainPop: Proportions

3. Review SP5 and SP6

 Homework: Test Preparation SP16 #1,3,5,6

Tuesday 3/3 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Video Bulletin


Learning Goal: Solve percent problems using a visual model and sense-making strategies.


1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min Homework Check): Work on current challenges:

• Using percents
• Percent increase and decrease
• Finding percents with a calculator
• Finding percents without a calculator

2. Benchmark Test

3. Watch BrainPop: Proportions

 Homework: SP6

Monday 3/2 Agenda

Weekly Bulletin

Video Bulletin


Learning Goal: Solve percent problems using a visual model and sense-making strategies.


1. Warmup: Mangahigh (10 min): Work on current challenges:

• Using percents
• Percent increase and decrease
• Finding percents with a calculator
• Finding percents without a calculator

2. Return Quizzes/Quiz Corrections

3. Whole Class/Table Partners: Complete SP3 and SP4

4. Extension: SP5

 Homework: SP5