- Thursday, September 1, from 3:00-4:00
- Tuesday, September 6, from 3:00-4:00
- Fair-sharing
- Division
- Fractions
- The word, "per"
- The "find-one" strategy
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Review sessions
I will be hosting two upcoming review sessions:
Friday, August 26, 2011
Two levels of homework
As described in the syllabus, this is a problem-solving course. That means that homework is almost always a problem-solving activity.
Problem-solving should be fun and challenging. In order to help ensure that all students have an appropriate level of challenge on the homework, we offer two "levels" of assignments each night: the regular level and the challenge level.
Students get to choose their level each night. They should choose a level of homework that makes problem-solving fun: challenging enough to be interesting, but not so challenging as to be impossible.
Problem-solving should be fun and challenging. In order to help ensure that all students have an appropriate level of challenge on the homework, we offer two "levels" of assignments each night: the regular level and the challenge level.
Students get to choose their level each night. They should choose a level of homework that makes problem-solving fun: challenging enough to be interesting, but not so challenging as to be impossible.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
"per"
The word "per" is going to be very important for us this year. Parents, here are some questions that you might consider asking your sons and daughters:
(a) what does the word per mean?
(b) what is the difference between miles per hour and hours per mile?
(c) If I run 5 miles per hour, how can I convert that to hours per mile?
Friday, August 19, 2011
Notebooks!
Just a quick reminder that every student needs a graph paper notebook starting on Monday.
Students can by a notebook from me for $1.50. We order the notebooks in bulk and pay $1.47 each. This is the best price that we have ever found for graph paper notebooks. However, students are by no means required to buy notebooks from me, this is just a service that we offer for convenience. If you would prefer to get the notebook elsewhere, please do so. And, if you find a better price for graph paper notebooks, please share this in the comments below.
Students can by a notebook from me for $1.50. We order the notebooks in bulk and pay $1.47 each. This is the best price that we have ever found for graph paper notebooks. However, students are by no means required to buy notebooks from me, this is just a service that we offer for convenience. If you would prefer to get the notebook elsewhere, please do so. And, if you find a better price for graph paper notebooks, please share this in the comments below.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
What is algebra?
Today we had a quickwrite on the question, "What is Algebra?"
All of the responses are available in the "Daily activities, notes, and HW" link on the right.
Or, here is a word cloud of the most common words used.
It will be interesting to see how this changes over the year.
All of the responses are available in the "Daily activities, notes, and HW" link on the right.
Or, here is a word cloud of the most common words used.
It will be interesting to see how this changes over the year.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Welcome!
Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! This website is for both parents and students.
In this main section, I will post class updates, review session schedules, and other items of interest.
At the end of each day, I'll upload the day's activities, classwork, notes, and homework. These updates will not appear in the main section. Instead, you can access them via the Class links box on the right.
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In this main section, I will post class updates, review session schedules, and other items of interest.
At the end of each day, I'll upload the day's activities, classwork, notes, and homework. These updates will not appear in the main section. Instead, you can access them via the Class links box on the right.
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