Review

Unit 1 - Week 1

• Order of operations (A-CED.1)
• Solve (two-step) one variable equations (A-CED.1)
• Basic graphing review (A-REI.10)

Is there anything better than the first week of school? It is extremely important that students learn right away that they will be engaged bell to bell in your class. Be sure that your lessons reflect this all week. This will be one area where a little extra effort will pay off tenfold. Discussion of rules and procedures can be inbedded into your lessons, but they should not be your lesson.

Daily Lessons

Day 1 & 2 - Order of Operations

Just the facts! Because my students will be using Netbooks this year (a first for them), my goal is to train them about my expectations quickly. This lesson works on understanding order of operations, rational numbers, as well as wikis. We will be doing math while incorporating some of the technology that is so motivating for my students.

• Just the Facts! slideshow has been adapted for my class. You can still find the original on the website. PowerPoint version.
• Sample Glog
• Independant online practice - SAS Curriculum
• Printable Worksheets
• PEMDAS Foldables
• Helpful graphic organizer created by Julie Ruelbach from "I Speak Math"
• Mangahigh - PEMDAS Blaster and Pinata Fever

 

• Prodigi - Order of operations Grade 6???[6.EE]?
• Thatquiz links (click for information on thatquiz.org)
  • Order of Operations - Step by Step
  • Order of operations (Difficult)

Day 3 - This day will be split into 2 halves. A & B

• A. Graphing simple equations in both slope-intercept form and standard form
  • PowerPoint
  • Create a Graph, Table or Equation from a Real-?World Situation
  • Education Pays
• B. Verbalize and solve two-step one variable equations
  • practice
  • Homework Options
  • Mangahigh -Algebra Meltdown
  • Printable Worksheets including fractions, decimals, and integers

 

Day 4 - Pre-assessment

Shapes of Algebra - This will be used as a preassessment or better called an observation day for me to help understand where all of my students are currently in their math understanding. Students will work in groups of two or three to complete the packet. I will be circulating, asking questions, being sure to notice who is ahead and who is behind. This will not be presented as an assessment.

Day 5 - Assessment #1

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