December 12 is the last day to submit the U3T4 Knowledge Application assignment.

A fraction is a part of a whole. Within a fraction, the pieces are the same size.

Basic multiplication can be thought of as repeated addition: 3 x 5 = 5 + 5 + 5 (it can also be read "3 groups of 5")

When working with fractions, it might be better to think of multiplication as a scaling operation (scaling up or scaling down)

BTC p154 Unusual Baker Cakes, adapted from NCTM 2012 - Only need to do 1-6 today.

An unusual baker cuts their cakes in different ways every day. What fraction of the cake is each piece?

1) Fractions have equal sized pieces

2) It's okay to take a picture and break it into smaller, equal-size pieces (dotted lines)

3) equivalent fractions represent the same amount or value, even though they look different: 1/2 = 2/4

1. CYUqs:

You are all going to do some of these. But, there are three things for you to keep in mind. First, do your own. Second, you choose where to start. Third, check your work with the students around you, and if you need help, get help. And if someone needs help, give help.

Check answers to make sure you are understanding:

2. Be sure that your notes are your notes are up to date:

3. Stuck? Choose to persevere: review your thinking, try different approaches, ask for help, search

For summative assessment scores in PowerSchool that are less than 3

1. Go to Google Classroom > Classwork. Scroll down to find the student responsibilities for the unit and target you are looking for (e.g. U1T1 Student Responsibilities)

2. Click View Instructions. Review the notes. Do the CYUQs (to a level 3 or better) and check answers as you’re working.

3. If you get stuck, review your thinking, try different approaches, ask for help, and/or search.

4. Bring your Level 3 CYUQs to a retake day and trade me for a retake

After completing the Check-your-understanding Questions, which were important for everyone to do?

On the blank side, write: First name, last name, U6T1

1. A male Exotic Toad is about 1/3 the size of a female Exotic Toad. If the average female Exotic Toad is 4 inches long, what is the size of the average male Exotic Toad?

2. Find 3/7 x 2 using the standard algorithm

What is something we can do to all of these problems, right away, without thinking?

1. CYUqs:

You are all going to do some of these. But, there are three things for you to keep in mind. First, do your own. Second, you choose where to start. Third, check your work with the students around you, and if you need help, get help. And if someone needs help, give help.

Check answers to make sure you are understanding:

2. Be sure that your notes are your notes are up to date:

3. Stuck? Choose to persevere: review your thinking, try different approaches, ask for help, search

U6T1 Entry Ticket

After completing the Check-your-understanding Questions, which were important for everyone to do?

On the blank side, write: First name, last name, U6T2

1. Find 75% of 160.

2. After surveying 60 students, 30% like orange juice. How many students like orange juice?

Percent trick: 10%, 5%, 1% (using 30% of 80)

(Volume 1 Ch4-6) p309: 5*, 7*, 9, 11; p311: 21*, 23*, 25, 27*; p312: 29, 31, 33, 35

* means to draw a picture, make a model

Check answers to make sure you are understanding

2. Be sure that your notes are your notes are up to date:

3. Stuck? Choose to persevere: review your thinking, try different approaches, ask for help, search

Trade your CYUqs for a retake.

If unprepared, open PowerSchool and review your progress. If you have a goal that is less than 3, go to Google Classroom > Classwork. Scroll down to find the student responsibilities for the unit and target you are looking for (e.g. U1T1 Student Responsibilities). Click View Instructions. Review the notes. Do the CYUQs (to a level 3 or better) and check answers as you’re working.

If your goals are all 3's or better, you are welcome to work on something for another class, read, draw. Please no talking.

This Friday, December 12 is the last day to submit the U3T4 Knowledge Application.

Next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be having our First Semester Final Exam.

The purpose of a final exam in my class is to provide one last opportunity for a student to show understanding of one or more of the first semester's essential standards. This is a cumulative assessment. Each of the essential standards will be assessed -- the goals listed in PowerSchool. The final exam can only help a student's grade (i.e. it gives them a chance to "check a box" in PowerSchool for one or more of a their first semester goals)

After completing the CYUqs, which were important for everyone to do?

On the blank side, write: First name, last name, U6T3

Divide using a model. Check your answer using Keep. Change. Flip.

A. 5 ÷ 2/3

B. 3/4 ÷ 3

Make the scale factor explicit

1. Check-your-understanding questions:

Do your own, you choose where to start, check your work with the students around you. If you need help, get help. If someone needs help, give help.

2. Make sure that you have notes in your math notebook (things to remember)

3. If you get stuck, choose to persevere: review your thinking, try another approach, ask for help, search

U6T3 Entry Ticket

After completing the Check-your-understanding questions, which were important for everyone to do?

Pick one problem that you did and show your work to you neighbor.

The point of VC is to work and learn in a team -- with each other.

solo -> team

1. Check-your-understanding questions:

Do your own, you choose where to start, check your work with the students around you. If you need help, get help. If someone needs help, give help.

2. Make sure that you have notes in your math notebook (things to remember)

3. If you get stuck, choose to persevere: review your thinking, try another approach, ask for help, search

Unit 6 Test is this Friday 12/12

After completing the Check-your-understanding questions, which were important for everyone to do?

Pick one problem that you did and show your work to you neighbor.

On the blank side, write: First name, last name, U6T5

First, model the division. Then, check your answer with the standard algorithm.

My gas tank has 7/8 of a tank of gas in it. I use 1/4 of a tank of gas to drive to my daughter's sports events -- and I will need to go multiple times. How many trips can it make?

Improper fraction (e.g. 7/4)

An improper fraction is a fraction where the top number (numerator) is bigger than or the same as the bottom number (denominator), meaning it represents one whole or more than one whole

Mixed number (e.g. 5 3/4)

A mixed number is a way to write a number that's bigger than one by combining a whole number and a proper fraction

In order to divide or multiply a mixed number, you must change it into an improper fraction (so the entire number stays together)

To change a mixed number into an improper fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator, then add the numerator to that result to get your new numerator, keeping the original denominator the same.

If your quotient (the answer to a division problem) is an improper fraction, convert it into a mixed number.

To change an improper fraction to a mixed number, divide the numerator by the denominator: the whole number result becomes the whole part, the remainder becomes the new numerator, and the denominator stays the same.

If you want to review changing mixed numbers into improper fractions (and vice versa), grab a worksheet and feel free to work on it on your own.

1. Check-your-understanding questions:

Do your own, you choose where to start, check your work with the students around you. If you need help, get help. If someone needs help, give help.

2. Make sure that you have notes in your math notebook (things to remember)

3. If you get stuck, choose to persevere: review your thinking, try another approach, ask for help, search

U6T5 Entry Ticket

A major source of confusion when using a model to show division of fractions is….

The History of Division (according to Mr. Olsen)

The Unit 6 Fraction Relationships Test is tomorrow

The real-life division or fractions knowledge application is due tomorrow

Click the link below to open the unit's graphic organizer:

Complete each box by adding notes, examples, and annotations (notes that explain what is happening in your examples). Refer to your notes, CYUqs, entry tickets, vertical collaboration, Google Search, etc. Work together. Help each other.

You may use the notes you make on this graphic organizer during the test (nothing else).

You will be given a blank coordinate plane and a list of ordered pairs.

Correctly plot the ordered pairs. Do not write the ordered pair (for this activity). Connect the dots as you go.

As you go, cross of the ordered pair on your list of ordered pairs. (Don't completely cover it up, just in case you need to go back.)

For each shape, do not connect the beginning and end points -- unless they happen to connect.

When you get to a new shape, do not connect the prior shape's end point with the new shapes first point.

Some shapes will connect (i.e. start on a random point you've already plotted). That's okay.

Please raise your hand to let me know!

We will have a retake day this Wednesday 12/17. If you want to retake, be sure you do the CYUqs to a Level 3 or better and be ready to trade me on Wednesday.

When you look at PowerSchool, Qs 1-3 are U6T2, Qs 4 and 5 are U6T3, Qs 9-11 are U6T5, Qs 12-14 are U6T6

For all goals except for U6T2, there were 3 questions: mild, medium, and spicy. If you correctly answered 3 questions, score is a 4; if 2 were correct, score is a 3; if 1 was correct, score is a 2; if none were correct, score is a 1

For U6T2, if you answered both questions correctly, you were a 3.

Refer to the Proficiency Levels to know what your work says about where you are right now in terms of your understanding on the key learning target(s):

The most important part of the test happens right now: reviewing your work and learning from mistakes.

1. Open Pear Assessment. On your paper test, make a smiley face by the questions you correctly answered. Make a check mark by the ones you missed.

2. On the test itself, fix your mistakes!

3. If you need to erase and start over on a problem, do that!

4. And when needed, use the randomly chosen exemplars to see what your classmates did to answer the question correctly.

Please come tomorrow READY to retake. There will not be an opportunity to "prepare" in class tomorrow for a retake. You must show up with your CYUqs (at least 10 questions) worked out to a level 3 or better.

When graphing an ordered pair (X, Y)

1. Start with X and move left or right (depending on the sign) on the x-axis

2. From the X value, move up or down (depending on the sign) on the y-axis

Continue working on your graphing project.

If you need help, get help. If someone needs help, give help.

If you were absent yesterday, please let the teacher know and ask for a set of materials.

Retaking? You need at your desk: the CYUqs you want to trade, pencils and/or pens, and something to do when finished (book to read, paper to draw or write on, etc.)

NOT retaking? You need your graphing project or something to quiet to work on (NO Chromebooks).

If you have a smart watch or phone, turn it off and put it in your backpack. Place your backpack in the front of the room.

Once everyone is setup, I will call you up row by row to trade me for a retake.

This is a quiet testing environment. No talking or communicating in any way.

I am in the process of grading retakes and finalizing your overall S1 Grade -- which means I am still working on YOUR grades.

For now, I know that if you met all your goals with a 3 or better, you earned an A+. If you met all but one, you earned an A. (BUT it won't show up in PowerSchool YET because I am still working on your grades.)

I am proud of everyone, no matter of whether you met all of the goals or not. You are all working hard and learning!

When graphing an ordered pair (X, Y)

1. Start with X and move left or right (depending on the sign) on the x-axis

2. From the X value, move up or down (depending on the sign) on the y-axis

Continue working on your graphing project.

If you need help, get help. If someone needs help, give help.

If you were absent yesterday, please let the teacher know and ask for a set of materials.