Thursday, January 30

Learning Target: Students will simplify and evaluate rational number variable expressions algebraically.

• Silent reading
• Check-in (simplifying expressions - numerical, variable) OPEN NOTES
• Large group activity - Lobster Mobsters
• Equation scales - solving equations (using algebra tiles)------> algebraic method

Monday, January 27

Learning Target: Students will simplify and evaluate rational number variable expressions algebraically.

• Silent reading
• warm-up (distributing the negative)

7b - 4 -b and 7b - (4 - b)

• HW review & collect
• small group / independent work time
• Notebook hunt???
• HW

Thursday, January 23

Learning Target: Students will model simplifying and algebraic expressions concretely (algebra tiles) and symbolically.

• Silent reading
• entrance ticket (simplifying & evaluating)
• Simplifying expressions (I, II & III)

HW - due Monday

Wednesday, January 22

Learning Target: Students will model simplifying and algebraic expressions concretely (algebra tiles) and symbolically.

• Silent reading
• warm-up (teams - writing and simplifying numerical and variable expressions)
• Review expressions pyramids - check with partner
• Simplifying and evaluating

practice (sets 1 & 2)

• HW

Wednesday, January 15

Learning Target: Students will understand that an expression is made up up numbers, variables and operations and will simplify and evaluate variable expressions.

• Silent reading
• Warm-up (expressions with algebra tiles)
• algebra tiles - define, build and explore ( 1, -1 , x, -x

Practice...

• Expressions pyramids

Monday, January 13

Learning Target: Students will understand that an expression is made up up numbers, variables and operations and will simplify and evaluate variable expressions.

• Silent reading
• warm-up (evaluating expressions)
• Notes - Variables and expressions (vocabulary: expressions, equations, variables, terms, coefficient)
• algebra tiles - define, build and explore ( 1, -1 , x, -x

-3 + 5

Thursday, January 9

Learning Target: Students will complete a quiz, assessing their level of understanding of all operations on integers/rational numbers

• Silent reading
• HW review & collect
• Quiz (Rational number operations)

Monday, January 6

Learning Target: Students will apply their understanding of operations on rational numbers to contextualize and decontextualize real world problems.

• Silent reading
• entrance card
• Numbers & operations

fact families - multiplication & division of integers

Conjecture for multiplication and division of rational numbers

• Quiz Thursday 1/9 (all integer operations)
• HW due Thursday (Choose 1)

Level 2 Fact families

Level 3/4 Context/decontext

Thursday, January 2

Learning Target: Students will work both independently and collaboratively on their number and operations choice boards.

• Silent reading
• Warm-up ( game of contig)
• entrance card (division of integers)
• Notes - multiplication & division

reading division

What is it? (Splitting into equal parts or how many parts of a certain size are in the total)

fact families

• Independent/collaborative work time (Choice board)