Math 310 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II
-- Fall 2024 Daily Assignments and Tasks
- My teaching style is very adaptive, so I only post class assignments and tasks as we become ready to cover that material.
- These are labeled Preliminary before class.
- AFTER class, I adjust the list to accommodate for any flexing we did DURING class that day, and mark the listing Confirmed.
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Listings go in order of most RECENT date on top.
*** WEEK FIVE IS BELOW. ***
- CONFIRMED For Monday/Tuesday, Sept. 23/24, 2024 - Decimal Numbers: Review for Exam, and Arithmetic, Part 1
- Study your notes and Problem #2 of Activity #7.
- Read:
- Section 7-1: pp.348-351
- Section 7-2: pp.362-363
- Required Practice 9 (RP 9) will be available in D2L Quizzes NEXT Monday/Tuesday.
- We have not yet reviewed enough of its content for it to make sense, nor be a good use of your time.
- Extra, non-required practice, useful for Exam TWO prep:
- 7-1A (p.358) and 7-1B (p.359), for BOTH: #1-4
- 7-1C (p.360): #8
- 7-2A (p.375) and 7-2B (p.375), BOTH: #5-6
- WA #5 is due NEXT week. You'll receive it as you leave the exam.
- Exam #1 is NEXT CLASS.
*** WEEK FOUR IS BELOW. ***
- CONFIRMED For Wednesday/Thursday, Sept. 18/19, 2024 - Decimal Numbers: Basics
- Study your notes and Activity #7.
- Read:
- Section 7-1: pp.348-353
- Section 7-2: pp.373-375
- 4th grade decimal clue worksheet with rounding info (posted in D2L Content)
- Required Practice 8 (RP 8) is available in D2L Quizzes.
- It's best to complete it and RP 1-7 before next week's exam.
- It contains a few questions about word form, expanded form, etc., which we'll cover early next week.
- You can read about "forms" in the text if you want a head-start/higher RP percentage before next week.
- "Forms" will NOT be on Exam #1.
- Extra , non-required practice, helpful for exam prep:
- 7-1C (p.360): #13, 14, 17
- NAEP (p.361): #1, 2, 4, 5
- 7-2A (p.375) AND 7-2B (p.377): #33 from both sets
- HW #7: all
- WHOLE NUMBER Clue Problems (optional):
MATH 210 Clue Problems: all
- Weekly Assessment #4 is due IN CLASS TODAY.
- Weekly Assessment #5 doesn't happen until AFTER the week after the Exam.
- Exam #1 is in class NEXT Wednesday/Thursday, Sept. 25/26.
- The link opens the Exam #1 Topics/Objectives List, which you got a print copy of.
- CONFIRMED For Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 16-17, 2024 - Integers: Chip Models
- Study your notes, Activity #5, and Activity #6.
- Read/Watch: There's a lot here - use what suits you best.
- Kids' chip work from Onekama Schools web page (in D2L Content)
- Watch Sjoberg Math's Adding Integers Using a Chip Board.
- Watch Sjoberg Math's Subtracting Integers Using a Chip Model
- Notice at the 1:15 mark in the subtraction video where she self-corrects, talking about a "smaller negative" that is actually a larger number. "Less negativeSSSSS" (plural) is her final correction.
- University of Melbourne's lesson on chip multiplication (see D2L Content)
- Math Videos that Motivates' Dividing Integers with integer chips ONLY TO THE 3:20 mark!
- Our teacher models neg/neg = pos using REPEATED SUBTRACTION.
- I do not expect you to write her little check equalities, where she circles the numerals "4" or "-4" and counts them 1, 2, 3.
- Brandy Englander's Dividing Integers with Chips ONLY to the 3:00 mark
- Our teacher here is modeling neg/pos=neg using PARTITIONING.
- At the 1:20 mark, she nicely corrects from "how many" to "WHAT's in each group" and writes that question at the end!
- Required Practices 6 and 7 (RP 6 and RP 7) are available in D2L Quizzes.
- Recommended Due Dates: Next Monday/Tuesday, Sept. 23/24
- Firm Due Date: Dec. 13 by 1pm
- Extra, non-required practice, useful for exam prep:
- Weekly Assessment #4 is due next class: Wednesday/Thursday, Sept. 18/19.
- CONFIRMED For Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 11-12, 2024 - Integers: More Thought Models
- This listing has been adjusted to delete Chip Models.
- Study your notes and Activity #4.
- Read:
- Section 5-1 "Pattern Model for Addition" subsection on p.236 - LEFT column of Table 1 ONLY
- Section 5-1 "Pattern Model for Subtraction" subsection on top of p.242
- Section 5-2: "Pattern Model for Multiplication" on bottom p.251
- Caution: This pattern assumes students are already familiar with positive times negative!
- We will NOT assume that.
- Required Practice 5 (RP 5) is now available in D2L Quizzes.
- Recommended Due Dates: Next Monday/Tuesday, Sept. 16/17
- Firm Due Date: Dec. 13 by 1pm
- Extra, NON-required practice, useful for exam prep:
- 5-1A (p.246) and 5-1B (p.247), for BOTH: #5, 7a, 9b
- 5-2A (p.262) and 5-2B (p.264), for BOTH: #5ab, 8, 10, 26
- 5-2C (p.265): #8
- HW #5: #1, 2, 5
- Weekly Assessment #4 is due in class next Wednesday/Thursday, Sept. 18/19.
- CONFIRMED For Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 9-10, 2024 - Integers: Thought Models
- Study your notes, the Clown handout (in D2L Content), and Problem #1 of Activity #4.
- Reading: Our text has these OTHER models or variations.
- Section 5-1: Example 6 on p.241 (Caution: our Clown does NOT start at 0!)
- Required Practice 5 (RP 5) will be adjusted BEFORE release in D2L Quizzes.
- Extra, NON-required practice, useful for exam prep:
- 5-1A (p.246): #12
- 5-1B (p.247): #12, 15
- 5-1C (p.248): #9a
- NAEP (p.249): #2
- HW #5: #6-7
- Weekly Assessment #3 is due NEXT CLASS.
*** WEEK TWO IS BELOW. ***
- CONFIRMED For Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 4-5, 2024 - Integers: Basics, Abstract Arithmetic Rules
- Study your notes and Activity #3.
- Update 5:30pm, Thursday: SOLUTIONS are posted in D2L Content
- Use them to model your own explanations.
- Read:
- Text pp.229-230
- Section 5-1: pp.231-233
- Section 5-2: "Ordering Integers" on p.259 PLUS p.261
- Optional: algebraic blue (or beige) boxes on p.237, p.242, p.252, p.259
- The Math Place's Operations with Signed Numbers
- They use the word "value" to mean "absolute value."
- Required Practice 3 (RP 3) AND Required Practice 4 (RP 4) are available in the D2L Quizzes area. (Recommended dates have been corrected after Weds's class.)
- Recommended Due Date for MW class: Next Monday, 9/9
- Recommended Due Date for TR class: Next Tuesday, 9/10
- Firm Due Date for everyone: Friday, Dec. 13, 1pm
- Unlimited attempts to get 85% or more correct, which earns one BONUS POINT in your overall course grade
- Extra, NON-required practice, useful for exam prep:
- From text: 5-1A (p.246) and 5-1B (p.247): #1ab, 3, 10, 11, 22
- From text: 5-1C (p.248): #4, 15
- HW #4: all
- Weekly Assessment #2 is due:
- MW Students: Friday, Sept. 6, by 3pm in D2L DropBox
- TR Students: TODAY, THURSDAY, Sept. 5, in class
- Weekly Assessment #3 is due on our REGULAR schedule: IN CLASS next Weds-Thurs, Sept. 11-12.
- The solutions to Activity #3 and to HW #4 linked just above will be very helpful to you here.
- CONFIRMED For Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 - Geometry: Area and Perimeter
- THIS LISTING IS FOR TR students ONLY.
- MW class will cover this material LATER, so MW STUDENTS SHOULD IGNORE THIS LISTING.
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 13-1: "Perimeter of a Plane Figure" on p.810 through end of "Circumference of a Circle" on p.811
- Section 13-2: "Area of a Rectangle" on p.822 through end of Example 11 on p.825
- Section 13-2: "Area of a Circle" on p.828 and School Book Page on p.829
- Required Practice 28 (yes, that number's right: RP 28) is in the D2L Quizzes area.
- (NOT DUE yet for MW class)
- Recommended Due Date for TR class: Next Tuesday, 9/10
- Firm Due Date: Friday, Dec. 13, 1pm
- Unlimited attempts to get 85% or more correct, which earns one BONUS POINT in your overall course grade
- Extra, NON-required practice, useful for exam prep:
- 13-1A (p.813) AND 13-1B (p.814): #20, 21 for BOTH
- 13-2A (p.832): #8, 11, 16a, 19a, 20a
- 13-2B (p.834): #8a, 11
- TR Students: OPTIONAL Weekly Assessment #12 is due in class Tuesday, Sept. 10.
- MW Students: you are NOT responsible for this one yet!
*** WEEK ONE IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed For Wednesday, Aug. 28, and Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 -
Number Sentences, Word Problem Scenarios
- Study your notes and Activity #2.
- Read:
- Summary #1 (plus 1.5 on the back) to memorize the scenario names and features.
- Review Chapter 3 notes/reading from your MATH 210 class about models (the book uses that term instead of "scenario") and properties.
- These are widely scattered among pp.98-176. Use the book's Index to zero in.
- Required Practice 2 (RP 2) is in the D2L Quizzes area.
- Recommended Due Date for MW class: Next Weds, 9/4
- Recommended Due Date for TR class: Next Tuesday, 9/3
- Firm Due Date for everyone: Friday, Dec. 13, 1pm
- Unlimited attempts to get 85% or more correct, which earns one BONUS POINT in your overall course grade
- Extra, NON-required practice, useful for exam prep:
- Weekly Assessment #2 is due:
- In class NEXT Thursday, Sept. 5, for TR students
- In a SPECIAL D2L DropBox next FRIDAY, Sept. 6, for MW students - there is no print-out today, Weds., Aug. 28, but a PDF will be posted this evening, and you may just work on your OWN paper
- Confirmed
For Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 AND Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 - Course Intro, Number Sentence Terminology
- Study your notes and Activity #1 Problem #1(a)-(e) only.
- Read:
- Syllabus
- Beckmann excerpt on good math explanations (in D2L Content's Supplemental Reading module)
- Your relevant MATH 210 notes and text
- Required Practice 1 (RP 1) is available in the D2L Quizzes area.
- Recommended Due Date for MW class: Next Weds, 9/4
- Recommended Due Date for TR class: Next Tuesday, 9/3
- Firm Due Date for everyone: Friday, Dec. 13, 1pm
- Everyone: the content on Fact Families won't be familiar until WEDNESDAY for us.
- Unlimited attempts to get 85% or more correct, which earns one BONUS POINT in your overall course grade
- Weekly Assessment #1 is DUE for EVERYONE in the D2L DropBox by 3pm this Friday, Aug. 30.
- Extra, NON-required practice, useful for exam prep:
Dr. J. Lyn Miller, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Slippery Rock University