Class Topics: 02.15.13

In Math Six today, students checked over their Evening Practice and then played Jeopardy to review several of the skills that we worked on this week: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers, solving equations with integers and order of operation.  
Today's Learning Goals: The student will be able to...

1. review the order of operations.
2. evaluate expressions containing parentheses.  
3. model different number properties: commutative, associative and distributive. 
4. summarize the properties of number systems.
5. develop rules for multiplying and dividing positive and negative numbers.
6. apply rules for multiplying and dividing positive and negative numbers.

For Weekend Practice, the student is assigned...

1. Lesson 2.2 Problem Solving.  (Handout distributed in class.)

                                               

In Pre-Algebra today, students reviewed for their Chapter Seven Summative Posttest which will be administered on Tuesday, February 19th.  

Today's Learning Goals: The student will be able to...

1. generate equivalent ratios when given a ratio.
2. simplify ratios to determine if they form a proportion.
3. calculate the unit price and determine a better buy.
4. find the appropriate factor for conversions.
5. solve proportions.
6. locate a specific location on a coordinate grid.
7. determine whether a scale reduces, enlarges or preserves the size of an object.

For Weekend Practice, the student is assigned...

1. pages 392 - 395 to use as a review for Tuesday's assessment.