Describe your first week of math class, in two sentences or more. 

Teacher help us to introduce the math class and this semester's arrangement, and we also played Gimkit! We also learned about algebra and some vocabulary about it. 

Are any topics you are learning this semester that you are afraid of or  worried about?

 I am worried that I will completely boom my test like last semester. Another thing I am afraid of is that I cannot understand what this teacher is teaching about, and I would just completely give up on my test.(Hope this kind of situation would not happen.) 

What new mathematics words have you learned this week?

• variables

• constants

• coefficients

• terms

• expression

• equation

• inequality

• monomial

• binomial

• trinomial

• polynomial 

Do you feel like you understand algebra better?

 Yes, I understand more about vocabularies and calculations.

What are things you do not like about math class? 

We are grouping with classmates that we are not that familiar.

If you could change one thing about math class, what would you be?

NO MORE RANDOM GROUPINNNNNGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!

In the first week, teacher help us to introduce the math class and this semester's arrangement, and we also played Gimkit! We also learned about algebra and some vocabulary about it. And I am worried that I will completely boom my test like last semester. Another thing I am afraid of is that I cannot understand what this teacher is teaching about, and I would just completely give up on my test.(Hope this kind of situation would not happen.) 

 Mr. Francis teaches a lots of vocabulary such as:

• variables

• constants

• coefficients

• terms

• expression

• equation

• inequality

• monomial

• binomial

• trinomial

• polynomial 

I feel like I understand algebra better, I understand more about vocabularies and calculations. However, there is parts I don't like, which is we needed to grouping with classmates that we are not that familiar with. If can, I hope there are NO MORE RANDOM GROUPINNNNNGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Describe your second week of mathematics class in two or more sentences.

2. Do you thinking learning Algebra Vocabulary has made understanding algebra easier?

3. Were you able  to understand how to simplify algebraic expressions, why or why not?.

4. Give two reasons that make you think you are getting better at math?

5. Give two reasons that make you think you are not as good as you could be at math?

6. What are two things you do not like about math class or the way topics are being taught? 

Give suggestions on how you would like it?

7. Do you think we are learning things too slowly or too quickly? Do you think you are learning too many things too soon?

8. Would you like more time to complete tasks?  e.g. worksheets or examples in class

Mr. Francis started to giving us some worksheets about algebraic to help us practice algebraic vocabulary. We also read a lot of notes to helps us understand more about algebraic expressions, equations, inequality and vocabulary. I think learning algebra vocabulary makes it easier for me to understand algebra because I can easily understand what the question is telling me and also how I should solve them with correct words. I can now understand how to simplify algebraic expressions because Mr. Francis has given us a lot of worksheets that talk about it and I have reviewed every day. And also a simplifying algebra expression is just like you grouping the same kinds of stuff together and separating them into different orders. 

I think I'm getting better on math because:

1. I can now have fewer calculating issues

2. I now can understand algebra better and can solve more questions with less time

I think I am not as good as I could be at math because:

1. I actually make some simple and dumb mistakes

2. I sometime still mess up with negative and positive numbers

 The part I don't really like about math class is that:

1. We mostly write worksheets but not textbooks. This means that it will be hard to let our parents understand what we write and what we learn every day.

2. I don't like the "translating word into algebraic expression equation or inequality" because it's very complicated and sometimes you need to spin your brain. 

 I actually think that we learn too slow because sometimes I have been looking at the schedule and I found that we have a lot of things to do but I don't think that with this speed we can run all of them. I don't I am learning too many things too soon. I don't think I'll need more time for completing my tasks because that's all easy >:3. 

1. What do you feel / think about mathematics as a subject?

2. Do you like mathematics? 

3. Do you think your mathematics skills are improving? (What are you thinking you  will do to improve your mathematics skills?)

4. Do you like your current math class? Are your looking forward to your next math class next semester?

5. What are your goals for mathematics class?

I find out direct proportion more difficult because there is more steps, more calculation and more complicated. The word "term" wasn't confusing because it is just a way of separate stuff, it is easy to understand. I like math, because it is fun and it is like candy crash because you can keep simplify and make the equation shorter and shorter. I think that my calculation and translating skills has improved, because before, I will mess up with "by" and "from", but now, I don't! I think the current math class is good enough, but if I can go to the next level, I would like to go because I can learn more things and I can challenge myself. My goal for a mathematics class is to deeply understand every content, get a high score on tests, and then successfully jump to the next level. I also hope I can get a 100% on test, I can get a small prize if I success!

We have reviewed direct proportion, looking into rates of change and linear equations and linear graphs of the stated topics. Which one do you feel you understood the least? 

Which of the topics we did this week, you understand the most?

 Explain one of the concepts we learned about this week and describe an activity we did in class which demonstrates the concept. 

Explain the process of drawing a line from an equation. 

How to calculate the m of line if you only have the graph? 

Do you think this week was easier or harder than the past week? 

 Do you think we are learning things too slowly or too quickly? Do you think you are learning too many things too soon? 

Would you like more time to complete tasks?

 I learn the least at the rate of change because I need to calculate a lot of things and sometimes I will get it wrong. I think I need to practice more. s the close your device on the table. Leave your device but close it on the table. One concept I learned is that y =mx + c and "m" is called rate of change while "c" is called initial value. To draw a complete line form, you need to find the algebraic equation first.  Then, assume the x value to find y.  After you repeated this by 3 times or more, point out every coordinate and use lines to connect them.

I think solving a algebra equation is not that difficult but it is a bit challenging. I am a bit surprised about the polynomial parts because I never heard those before. I feel like practice work is helping me to get ready because if you never practice, it's like you are getting a test without any knowledge. I feel prepared for the quiz and I read all the notes before the quiz. I also do some extra practicing online. 

I had enough examples while I am learning coding. I think coding is difficult because you need to memorize a lot of things and you need to have a good logic. If I learn code before, I think I will just keep practicing until I memorize everything. This is not my first time trying to learn programming so I think Mr. Francis's programming classes are a bit too many practices. I want to keep learning programming because I found it is fun.

I think it is weird and confusing because it didn't relate to math for that much compared to others. Also it's very hard because you need to keep calculating numbers and keep adding. I read it and it's kind of helpful because there's a lot of vocabulary in there and it's a bit too long I guess. 

There is an example done on April 16 that is very useful to tell us about the difference between expected and success rate. It teaches me why sometimes even though the data tells us the probability, the truth isn't. By the way the question is: A fair coin is flipped twenty times. How many heads can you expect? If a coin is flipped eight times and gets six heads and two tails, show the success rate and the difference from the expected. The coin is flipped 200 times I got 103 tails and 97 heads. What is the success rate? Is it closer to or farther from the expectation? Statistics is a useful topic and I hope that in future we can learn about geometry. I learned statistics before. I didn't learn something I don't know before. The difference between statistics and other mathematics is that others are about calculating while statistics is more like telling what is the rate of success and giving the probability. And also this is a very unique topic that is not only about equation but also about a lot of numbers and what the different things are. There is no calculation that confuses me a lot and makes it hard. All of them are just formula, formula, formula, and number, number, number. But if you really want to say something that is the hardest, I think it is the coin machine done on April 15. The question is: The coin machine hold 35 price 10 are red 7 are blue 3 are black 8 are green 7 are orange

One morning 2 friends uses the machine. Paul used three times:

1. Got  red

2. Got blue

3. Got orange

what is the probability of getting it. 

Sarah wants the pink after Paul. What is the probability of getting it?

P( red) equals 10 over 35. P (blue) equals 7 over 34. P( orange) equals 7 over 33. Times all of three things together, you can get the answer for the first one. For the second one, you just calculate 8 over 32 equals 1 over 4 and you can get the answer for the 2nd one. 

The new math word I learned this week is tail(for the coin question)

Compared to the previous weeks, this week is busier and a bit more difficult. The reason is that we do more and more practice, and we need to understand more concepts and stuff. The easiest to work with is the pie charts because they show plenty of information. If we meet  questions that ask us to calculate the probability, we can simply write an answer on it. I think I am not ready for the unit quiz, because it is so complicated. If I can have more time, I will prepare for some vocabulary, as they are all complicated and hard to memorize. The first way to create a misleading graph is to enlarge the graph and highlight the differences, which works for both bar charts and line charts. Although the chart may appear to have a significant difference visually, the values are often quite similar. The second way to make a misleading graph is to make the addiction percentage of pie chart not 100%. For instance there might be a pie chart with 10%, 20%, 40%, and 20%. The addition is not 100%; it is 90%. Therefore you can hide the other opponents and make your side bigger. The last way is to use a 3D pie chart and make the difference smaller. That makes you look like you almost catching up with other groups. 

I'm surprised by how many vocabs I've learned this week and all our notes are very useful for a test. I found that there's a lot of knowledge that's useful and is very significant for having a good grade, and those concepts are very basic and important knowledge.  I think the practice work is very helpful; however I'm still afraid because I haven't finished understanding all the vocabulary about statisitcs. I will be on the lookout for some words such as "and" "or" and "then" because those word can change if the question is dependent or independent. Even if a word is not highlighted I can still spot out because I have good eyes.  Statistics is harder than I thought. I thought statistics was just calculating like the mean or the range. However it's more than that. You can calculate the probability. Something that makes it harder is because there's way too much you can calculate from statistics, not only the simple and basic data. I'm not prepared for the quiz but I already do a lot of worksheets and pressing a lot of notes. 

I currently do well on project with Lenna and Tori, they are so smart, we cooperate well and separate the work fair. I apply learning statistics, such as which kind of graph is good at what kind of topic. The instruction is quite clear and is not confusing at all. I will never be interested in working with statistics because it costs too many brain power and if I'm old I might be bad at calculating. I might lose a job or do it bad. We currently didn't have any challenges because we are powerful. Our teamwork was well together because we are all understanding each other and we separate the work into who is good at which part, which makes completing the tasks easier and quicker. I first didn't understand what cenus means but I understand it, just like survey but more complicated. 

I think the example and calculation donning class didn't help me a lot and didn't help me to understand geometry because, actually, I already know most of them, and not being that proud of myself, but really I think we are just doing repeated things.  This week compared to other weeks is so much easier, and geomertry we learn now is just simple add and subract. New words I learned are decagon and protractor because those words are from the glossary. I don't know it and I learn it by myself. We are learning way too slowly, I think, because the same thing I think can be taught in just one class and not three or two. I think learning agendas are being stretch for too long. I don't think it's needed for that much time.  The notes are helping me a lot. The glossary, the concept is all from there, I read them; it helped me a lot, and I love it.  Two things I don't like about the class:

1. I think that's too long. We don't need that much time to push our work process.

2. I think when we are asking if anybody doesn't understand, there are people who really don't understand. They're also shy, afraid of raising their hand. The solution maybe is Mr. Francis should call every student up to one question and see who got issues with it.

The new math words I learned, I don't actually, because I already recognized all of them when I was at G6 at other traditional schools. At the start of the week, I feel like 3D shape is just calculating volume and surface area, and I'm correct. I really enjoy calculating geometry because it's the easiest math subject I can think of. The hardest thing for me this week is to make something that already disagrees with correct, which happens at the debate activity.  In real life there was a time when I've seen people use surface area or volume. For volume, in construction places or when I was building Legos, I wanted to calculate how big it can fit in a box I got. When it is a surface area, you might apply it on painters and decorators . One thing I feel about 3D shape but I want to understand better before the unit test is concept with a complicated cone or pyramid or something like that.

I feel it's easier than I expect. I thought there might be something about circles or something complicated with that; however it's just square rectangles or something that is just a bit harder, maybe just triangles. All of them are easy and simple. This week I used the same idea about 2D and 3D. I draw hard shape or cut compound figure into easy shape I know. I think the decompose idea is useful in math because without this you might find it a bit hard to calculate compound shape. Except if you use minus or other ways, it has the same effect. The problem I enjoy most of the week is volume because it is easy and you don't need to label a lot of things, which is very fast and easy. The thing I enjoy the least is surface area because if you calculate and think about all the places of the faces and something, even if you just forget one, you are failing. Geometry unit is almost finished. One thing I think about compound figure or solidI still want to practice before I feel ready, is complicated pyramids, such as a hexagon-based pyramid, and how to calculate the volume of it, something like that. Someone needs the area or volume of a compound shape in real life: Actually just Legos for construction places or for even house builders or something about build.

I didn't come at the very start of the week but when I was coming I found out that this project is a challenge because it was hard to understand what is this rule, what is it talking about, and what is this story. When I read the harbor scenario and saw that my team has only five days , I feel surprised. I feel like Mr. Francis is insane. He's crazy and I think my mind has just blown. The moment when I see that because of the landscape card we get when we need to change, I feel I want to explode because it is very annoying. Everything needs to be changed while everything is almost halfway done. However I quickly calm down my feeling because I just found out that our new shape is actually easier than before. Looking back I don't think being forced to change our plan made our final design bother because we were already planning and almost finished everything. A limitation just come down and tell us, "Oh you need to change everything, ha ha ha." (and we will definitely explode) . The calculate work suits me the best because I find out that it's very easy, just calculating stuff, with the planning of the furniture already coming out. It's very easy and simple. The least enjoyable thing is writing because I'm bad at English. I'm so bad at it. I suck >:( . I think this project needs a team but not one person is because this is heavy work and the amount of work is too much for individual. When our team member disagrees about the decision, we just use calculation data and we'll tell that person that our plan is correct or just persuade his/her. Designing a safe, fair camp for displaced families. Make me sad because actually I have experience that I cannot have a home. I need to build everything is out of my family and my hands.