Class Topics: 12.14.12

In Math Six today, students worked with a peer to generate a list of prime factors from multiple numbers.  They then used the Greatest Common Factor to divide the different items into equal groups.
Today's Learning Goals: The student will be able to...

1. list the prime factors for a number.
2. determine the Greatest Common Factor for multiple numbers by looking at their prime factorization.
3. create a poster that illustrates their calculations.

For Weekend Practice, it is suggested that the student...

1. begin looking at the following Khan skills, all of which will be assigned next week for Evening Practice:

• Converting Percents to Decimals
• Converting Decimals to Percents
• Discount Tax and Word Problems

In Pre-Algebra today, students worked to complete an application review of several of the skills practiced in Chapter Five.  Recall that the Chapter Five Summative Posttest will fall on Tuesday, December 18th.
Today's Learning Goals: The student will be able to...

1. identify parallel and perpendicular lines in Maryland's state flag.
2. determine the different instances of symmetry in Maryland's state flag.
3. calculate the missing angle sum in a two-dimensional drawing.

For Weekend Practice, it is suggested that the student...

1. use their textbook and Khan Skills to review for Tuesday's Chapter Five Summative Posttest.

During Advisory today, I suggest the following skills depending on what Mathematics Course you are in:

Math Six:

1. Converting Percents to Decimals
2. Converting Decimals to Percents
3. Discount Tax and Word Problems
4. Distributive Property
5. Order of Operations

Pre-Algebra:

1. Area of a Parallelogram 
2. Area of Trapezoids, Rhombi and Kites
3. Area of Shaded Areas
4. Solid Geometry