Pre- Algebra

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Every 2 weeks we will recap what we have learned and done in class. This is a great place to see what students are engaging in during class time.

Weeks 11 & 12

We are wrapping up the unit with a guest speaker. This person is an expert in the field and has a lot of knowledge of stocks and investing. We will use the information he shares with us to help write the reflection part of the stock market project. Final projects will be due and presented the last day of the term.

Weeks 9 & 10

Students are working in two parts in week 9. They can choose to dive deeper into proportions with percent or move to increasing their knowledge in slope with slope-intercept form and linear equations. Our activity this week was the fan favorite, The Oregon Trail (via Desmos). In week 10 we are reviewing for our unit exam and then taking the exam. Students are getting stronger as they prepare for exams and use their resources well.

Weeks 7 & 8

In these weeks we are stretching our thinking to connect different math topics together. We are using direct proportions, inverse proportions and making use of function tables. This work builds the foundations for understanding slope. Students go beyond knowing that slope is rise over run, or memorizing the slope formula. In our activity in week 7, students design stairs and connect it to slope.

Week 5 & 6

This week we started our stock market project and our unit on Functions and Proportional Relationships. Students will be working for 6 weeks, investing in a stock market simulation. They learn the rules in the first week and then are left to their own power. Some students track it daily while others are looking at it weekly. We started to understand how we can use equations to represent lines and information on data tables. This will help us establish a portfolio review at the end of the unit.

Week 3 & 4

These weeks were the end of our equations and inequalities unit. We did some review prior to taking the exam. Some of the work we did included playing whole class review Kahoot games with a bit of healthy competition. Other review activities included making review posters, working on study guides and creating our own problems.

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Trimester 2

Week 1 & 2

Welcome to trimester 2. In these weeks we started to transform expressions into equations and inequalities. We learned how to find one solution, no solution, and infinite solutions. We also started to learn what it means to graph an inequality. We used a lot of modeling with Algebra tiles and images to help us better understand what is being represented.

Week 11 & 12

To end the trimester, we wrapped up the unit with an exam and project. Students created an exponent project that showcased their application of exponents. Students chose different representations including comic strips, books, presentations and vacation brochures to Exponentland!

Weeks 9 & 10

In these weeks we wrapped up our Census project with a class video watch party. Then we launched our unit on exponents and their laws. Much of this unit was built on inquiry and investigation using models, drawings and number representations. We are wrapping this small unit with a choice project on presenting the exponent laws in unique ways. Students can create a regular presentation, write a book, create a comic, or write a travel brochure.

Weeks 7 & 8

In weeks 7 and 8 , we worked on finalizing our project and reviewing for our second exam. There were some challenging problems that students worked through and found new ways to think about applying what they know. While factoring with two terms were new, we were able to extend and apply more terms to create simpler problems. In week 9, we will present our projects with a video watch party, then we will begin our next unit on solving equations and inequalities.

Weeks 5 & 6

In these weeks, we reviewed our first exam and started a new unit. We learned that through reflection of what we struggled with, we can grow and improve. The new unit, expressions, is a bit smaller than our other units. We focus on understanding the foundations of Algebra by working with terms and variables. We also spent time working on our first project, You Count! Students are using information gather from the US census to determine if the population of each state is accurately reflected and if not, how it can be changed. In week 7, students will be finalizing their projects.

Weeks 3 & 4

This week... we took our first exam! We also learned how to get feedback and that the growth in learning is more important than a score. We spent a lot of time understanding rational and irrational numbers and how they are part of the real number system. Numbers are FLEXIBLE! This is a critical part of understanding to apply to algebraic expressions. We also started to learn how to use a scientific calculator.

Pre algebra week 1

Week 1 & 2

This week... we did the computer chip mystery. We reviewed integers and operations with integers. We learned how to collaborate with each other when working on a task. We practiced reasoning and explaining our thinking when presenting ideas. We started learning how numbers can be flexible and took our first quiz.

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