Math 310 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II
-- Spring 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 FIFTEEN IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed From Monday, Apr. 29, 2024 - Geometry: Area and Perimeter
- 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
- RP: -none- (RP 24, from Weds., 4-24, was the last one)
- Extra practice:
- 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
- OPTIONAL Weekly Assessment #12 is due by 3:00pm Friday at the Final or in DropBox.
- If you are already content with your BEST 8 WA scores for the semester, you don't have to do this one.
- The Final Exam is Friday, May 3, 1-3pm. (Link opens Topics List.)
*** WEEK FOURTEEN IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2024 - Measurement: Dimension Analysis; Geometry: Pythagorean Theorem
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 13-1: Subsection "Dimension Analysis" starting on p.804
- Section 13-3: p.840 through end of Example 16 on p.844
- Kenny Felder's dimension analysis lesson (in D2L Content)
- RP 24: free 4 points
- Extra practice:
- HW #G-2: #2
- 13-3A (p.851): #1, 2ac, 15
- 13-3B (p.853): #1, 2a
- OPTIONAL WA #12 covers Geometry, including Monday's brief review.
- WA #12 will be distributed Monday and due - if you choose - Friday.
- The Final Exam is next Friday, May 3. (Link opens Topics List.)
- Confirmed From Monday, Apr. 22, 2024 - Measurement: Metric System
- Study your notes.
- Review Summary #4.
- Read/reread:
- Section 13-1: "The Metric System" pp.805-808
- Section 13-2: "Converting Units of Area" and "Land Measure" pp.819-821
- Section 13-5: Table 7 and Example 28(a) and 28(b) on pp.870-871
- Section 13-5: "Mass" and "Relationships Among..." on pp.880-881
- OMIT Example 36 on p.882.
- Also read these conversions: Table 3 on p.806, Table 4 on p.820, Table 8 on p.881
- Required Practice 23 (RP 23) is due by 3pm Monday, Apr. 29.
- Extra practice, as needed: To be revised after class
- HW #27: all
- 13-1A (p.813) and 13-1B (p.814): #8-11, 15
- NAEP (p.817): #1
- 13-5A (p.882) and 13-5B (p.884): #6(omit parts a,b in 13-5B), 21-24
- NAEP (p.887): #1, 2
- HW #G-2: #1
- Bonus Study Prompt #26 on D2L is also good practice.
- Weekly Assessment #11 is due Wednesday, Apr. 24, in class or DropBox.
- Our Final Exam is scheduled for Friday, May 3, 1-3pm.
- You must take it at that assigned time.
- I will provide a Topics List next class.
*** WEEK THIRTEEN IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2024 - Exam #3
- Confirmed From Monday, Apr. 15, 2024 - Measurement: Conversion, Part I
- Study your notes.
- Read: Section 13-1: pp.803 up TO "Dimension Analysis" on p.804.
- Required Practice 22 (RP 22) is due by 3pm Monday, Apr. 22.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 13-1A (p.813) AND 13-1B (p.814): #3 for BOTH
- HW #G-2: #2a-h
- Exam #3 is next Wednesday, Apr. 17. (Link opens Topics List.)
- Weekly Assessment #11, our last non-optional one, will be distributed at the exam and due next Wednesday, Apr. 25.
*** WEEK TWELVE IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024 - Measurement: Personal References
- Study your notes, Summary #4, and Activity #23.
- Read: (wrapping up our attribute, standard unit, non-standard unit discussion)
- For STANDARD units, read these boxes in the Chapter 13 Summary (pp.888-890):
- Linear measurement systems, top of p.888
- Units of measure for area, near bottom of p.888
- Units of measure for volume and capacity, near top of p.890
- Also read these segments in the text exposition:
- Paragraph beginning "Area is measured...," halfway down p.818
- Two paragraphs just below label Land Measure, p.821
- Paragraph just below Section heading 13-5 Volume and Mass, p.868
- Sentence just below label Converting Metric Measures..., p.869
- Paragraph just below "Converting English Measure...," p.871
- Required Practice 21 (RP 21) is due by 3pm Monday, Apr. 15.
- Here also there are no possible problems that can require work that will help you learn.
- So again, I am converting a Bonus Study Prompt to an opportunity to get some practice.
- Click the RP link to see which one and how.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 13-1A (p.813) and 13-1B (p.814): #2 (non-standard units), #6, #10
- 13-2A (p.832) and 13-2B (p.834): #1-3
- HW #27: #1
- Exam #3 is next Wednesday, Apr. 17. (Link opens Topics List.)
- Confirmed From Monday, Apr. 8, 2024 - ECLIPSE! and Measurement: Definition
- Study your notes.
- Required Practice 20 (RP 20) is due by 3pm Monday, Apr. 15.
- This one is unusual because there are no practice problems in our book or PDFs.
- Instead, one of our Bonus Study Prompts on D2L will give you completion credit this time.
- There is no extra practice.
- Weekly Assessment #10 is due Wednesday, Apr. 10, in class or DropBox.
*** WEEK ELEVEN IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2024 - Counting and Trees
- Study your notes and Activities #21 and #22.
- Read/reread:
- Section 3-4: Cartesian-Product Model on p.143
- Section 9-2: tree diagrams (IGNORE fractions) on p.515 and p.517
- Section 9-4: pp.554-mid 555
- Xerox of Sonnabend Section 13.3 (in D2L Content)
- Required Practice 19 (RP 19) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm WEDNESDAY, Apr. 10.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 3-4A (p.157): #6
- 3-4B (p.158): #5
- 9-4A (p.563): #1, 2a-f, 4, 5
- 9-4B (p.565): #1, 2a-i, 3, 4
- HW #15: #1, 2a-g, 3abdfh
- Weekly Assessment #10 is due Wednesday, Apr. 10, in class or DropBox.
- Confirmed From Monday, Apr. 1, 2024 - Probability: Theoretical Probability
- Study your notes and Activity #20.
- Read/reread:
- TBA
- Section 9-1: pp.499-502
- Section 9-2: pp.513-514, Example 8 on pp.518-519, and p.521
- Required Practice 18 (RP 18) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm Monday, Apr. 8.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 9-1A (p.508): #3, 5, 9, 12, 15, 22
- 9-1B (p.509): #1, 4, 5, 9, 16, 22
- 9-2A (p.531) AND 9-2B (p.533): #1 for BOTH
- HW #13: #1a-e, 2a-e, 3a-e, 4
- HW #14: #1abd, 2abde, 3b, 4bc, 5abde
- Weekly Assessment #9 is due Wednesday, Apr. 3, in class or DropBox.
*** WEEK TEN IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024 - Probability: Experimental Probability, and Language of Logic
- Confirmed From Monday, Mar. 25, 2024 - Probability: Numeric Notation, Geometric Probability
- Study your notes and Activity #18.
- Read/reread:
- Notes from last lesson about event occurring if ANY outcome occurs.
- Section 9-1: p.497 and p.500
- Section 9-1: "Complementary Events" on p.505
- Section 9-1: "Geometric Probability" on pp.506-507
- Required Practice 16 (RP 16) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm Monday, Apr. 1.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- HW #12: all
- 9-1A (p.508): #4, 8
- 9-1B (p.509): #3 (each part has a DIFFERENT spinner answer)
- 9-1C (p.511): #9, 14
- NAEP (p.513): #3, 5
- Weekly Assessment #8 is due Wednesday, Mar. 27, in class or DropBox.
*** WEEK NINE IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024 - Exam #2
- Exam #2 is in class today.
- RP 15 is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm on Monday, Mar. 25.
- Weekly Assessment #8 is due Wednesday, Mar. 27, in class or DropBox.
- Confirmed From Monday, Mar. 18, 2024 - Probability: Intro, and Intuitive Probability
- Study your notes and Activity #17.
- Read:
- Section 9-1:
- pp.496-497
- Middle paragraph on p.502 ("In Example 2(b)...")
- Figure 6 on p.503
- Sample of children's intuitive tasks distributed in class (and posted in D2L Content)
- Required Practice 15 (RP 15) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm Monday, Mar. 25.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 9-1A (p.508) and 9-1B (p.509): #7 for both
- NAEP (p.513): #1, 4
- HW #17-I: all
- The Bonus Study Prompt for this material is especially useful.
- Exam #2 is NEXT class, Thursday, Mar. 20. (Link opens FINALIZED Topics List)
- Weekly Assessment #8 is due Wednesday, Mar. 27, in class or DropBox.
*** Spring Break IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2024 - Spring Break
- There are no SRU classes today.
- Confirmed From Monday, Mar. 11, 2024 - Spring Break
- There are no SRU classes today.
*** WEEK EIGHT IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 - Exponents
- Study your notes and Activity #16.
- You are not responsible for Activity #17, which we looked at incompletely near the end of class.
- Read: Section 6-3 pp.316-320.
- Required Practice 14 (RP 14) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm the Monday after Break, Mar. 18.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- Exam #2 is in class Wednesday, Mar. 20. (Link opens FINALIZED Topics List)
- Confirmed From Monday, Mar. 4, 2024 - Statistics: Special Uses of Mean, Median
- Study your notes and Activity #15.
- Read/reread from Section 10-4:
- Problem Solving example on p.624 (its algebra is an acceptable alternative to our arithmetic approach)
- Example 7 on p. 626
- Bottom of p.628 ("Measures of Spread") through School Book Page on p. 630
- Notice the CORRECT classroom labeling of the plot on p.630!
- Mid p.632 through School Book Page on p.634
- Required Practice 13 (RP 13) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm the Monday after Break, Mar. 18. (updates after class)
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 10-4A (p.645): #4, 5, 8, 16a-c, 17, 20d
- 10-4B (p.646): #4, 8, 12, 16a-c, 17, 21
- 10-4C (p.648): #15
- Weekly Assessment #7 is due in class (or DropBox) Wednesday.
*** WEEK SEVEN IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 - Statistics: Measures of Center and Spread
- Study your notes and Activity #14.
- Read: Section 10-4 pp.622-623, pp.625-627 (stop at IQR), p.644 AFTER Example 15.
- Required Practice 12 (RP 12) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm next Monday, Mar. 4.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 10-4A (p.645): #1, 3, 9, 10a, 14, 20a-c
- 10-4B (p.646): #1, 3, 9a, 11, 14a
- 10-4C (p.648): #1, 3, 4, 5a and 5c, 9a, 14, 17
- NAEP (p.650): #1
- HW #11: all
- Weekly Assessment #7 is due in class next Wednesday, Mar. 6.
- Confirmed From Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 - Statistics: Statistical Graphs
- Study your notes, Summary #3, Samples of Correct LABELING on Statistical Graphs for Children, and Activity #13.
- The samples are posted in D2L Content - Supplemental Reading.
- Read:
- Section 10-2 pp.584-590 and pp. mid 592-597
- Section 10-3 pp.607-top 609 and bottom p.614-end p.615
- Required Practice 11 (RP 11) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm next Monday, Mar. 4.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 10-2A (p.598): #1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 14-17
- 10-2B (p.601): #1, 2, 4, 5a, 7, 9, 10, 12ab, 14,16
- 10-2C (p.603): #1-5
- NAEP (pp.605-606): #1-5
- 10-3A (p.616): #1-3, 5
- 10-3B (p.618): #1, 3, 5
- Weekly Assessment #6 is due in class next Wednesday, Feb. 28.
*** WEEK SIX IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 - Percents: Applications
- Study your notes, Activity #11, and Activity #12.
- Read Section 7-4 p.400.
- Required Practice 10 (RP 10) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm next Monday, Feb. 26.
- These are all word problems, so they may take a little longer than usual.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 7-4A (p.405) AND 7-4B (p.406): #28, 29
- 7-4C (Connections, p.408): #15
- HW #9: #4
- HW #10: #1, 3, 4
- Weekly Assessment #6 is due in class next Wednesday, Feb. 28.
- Confirmed From Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 - Percents: Basics
*** WEEK FIVE IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 - Exam #1
- Exam #1 is in class today.
- Weekly Assessment #5 is due in class next Wednesday, Feb. 21.
- RP 8 covers material from last class and is due in its D2L DropBox next Monday, Feb. 19. (list appears in Feb. 12 listing)
- Confirmed From Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 - Decimal Appearances, Ordering
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 7-1: pp.355-357 (355 is extra insight)
- Section 7-3: pp.380-382 and p.387
- Section 7-5:
- p.410 through the Definition of Real Numbers (box on p.411)
- Bottom half of p.416 through the end of Example 24 on p.418
- Required Practice 8 (RP 8) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm next Monday, Feb. 19. As always, follow the format and work/explanation rules to earn full credit.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 7-1A (p.358) and 7-1B (p.359) - for BOTH: #5-7, 10, 13, 17
- 7-3A (p.388) and 7-3B (p.389) - for BOTH: #2-5, 6a-f, 7ab, 15, 17
- 7-5A (p.420) and 7-5B (p.421) - for BOTH: #1, 3, 8
- No WA is due this week.
- You'll receive WA #5 as you leave Wednesday's exam.
- WA #5 covers today's material, and is due in class NEXT Wednesday, Feb. 21.
- Exam #1 is NEXT CLASS: Wednesday, Feb. 14. (link opens Topics List)
- Bonus Study Prompts are also available for you to get automated feedback on some more unusually-phrased tasks.
- They are in the D2L "Quizzes" menu and organized by topic, not date.
*** WEEK FOUR IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 - Decimal Numbers: Arithmetic
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Required Practice 7 (RP 7) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm next Monday, Feb. 12. As always, follow the format and work/explanation rules to earn full credit.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 7-1C (p.360): #8
- 7-2A (p.375) and 7-2B (p.375), BOTH: #5-7, 11, 15-18 (proportions!), 20, 22, 23
- HW #8: all
- No WA is due next week.
- You'll receive WA #5 as you leave next Wednesday's exam.
- WA #5 covers our material from next MONDAY, Feb. 12, and is due in class on the following Wednesday, Feb. 21.
- Exam #1 is next Wednesday, Feb. 14. (link opens Topics List)
- Bonus Study Prompts are also available for you to get automated feedback on some more unusually-phrased tasks.
- They are in the D2L "Quizzes" menu and organized by topic, not date.
- Confirmed From Monday, Feb. 5, 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 6 (RP 6) is due in its D2L DropBox by 3pm next Monday, Feb. 12. As always, follow the format and work/explanation rules to earn full credit.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 7-1A (p.358) AND 7-1B (p.359): #1-4 from both sets
- 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 this Wednesday, Feb. 7.
- Exam #1 is in class NEXT Wednesday, Feb. 14.
- The link will open the Exam #1 Topics/Objectives List effective NEXT class, when you'll get a print copy too.
- We'll discuss the exam process further next class as well.
*** WEEK THREE IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 - Integers: Chip Models
- Study your notes and Activity #5.
- Also study Activity #6, which we didn't work in class; its solutions are in D2L Content. (Other sample solutions are also there.)
- Watch these videos from Sjoberg Math:
- Read:
- Section 5-1 "Chip Model" subsections on top p.234, mid p.235, and bottom p.240
- Kids' chip work from Onekama Schools web page (in D2L Content)
- University of Melbourne's lesson on chip multiplication (see D2L Content)
- Our text's Section 5-2 chip models are NOT appropriate: they USE the abstract rules they aim to explain!
- We will NOT follow our text's approach for chip multiplication and division.
- Required Practice 5 (RP 5) is due in the D2L DropBox (date to be discussed in class).
- As always, precisely follow rules/imitate sample.
- Feel free to ask questions in class or office hours/tutoring.
- Extra practice, as needed:
- 5-1A (p.246) AND 5-1B (p.247) - for BOTH: #5, 8
- 5-2A (p.262) AND 5-2B (p.264) - for BOTH: #2bcd
- HW #6: #1-3, 5
- See also the sample alternative Activity solutions in D2L Content.
- Weekly Assessment #3 is due in by 4pm Friday, Feb. 2.
Weekly Assessment #4 is due in class on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
- Confirmed From Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 - Integers: Thought Models
- Study your notes and the Clown handout (in D2L Content).
- Reading: The text has these OTHER models or variations.
- Section 5-1: p.236, but skip the right-hand column in Table 1
- Section 5-1: Example 6 on p.241 (Caution: our Clown does NOT start at 0!)
- 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 4 (RP 4) is due in the D2L DropBox (date to be discussed in class).
- As always, precisely follow rules/imitate sample.
- Feel free to ask questions in class or office hours/tutoring.
- Extra practice as needed:
- 5-1A (p.246): #12
- 5-1B (p.247): #12, 15
- 5-1C (p.248): #9a
- NAEP (p.249): #2
- 5-2A (p.262) and 5-2B (p.264), for BOTH: #5ab, 10, 26
- 5-2C (p.265): #8
- HW #5: #1, 2, 5a-f, 6-7
- Weekly Assessment #3 is due in by 4pm Friday, Feb. 2.
*** WEEK TWO IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 - Integers: Abstract Arithmetic Rules
- Study your notes and Activity #4.
- I couldn't find the longer Activity I had used in the past, so I have posted fully written out solutions to Activity #4 on D2L.
- The D2L solutions show the length of sentences I would expect.
- 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
- Required Practice 3 (RP 3) is due in the D2L DropBox by 3pm NEXT Wednesday, Jan. 31.
- PRECISELY follow the rules on our RP instruction handout.
- Also compare to the RP Sample submission in the RP 1 DropBox.
- If you have questions about RP problems, bring them up in class. That helps everyone learn!
- Extra practice as needed:
- 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 in D2L this time (!!) by 4pm Friday, Jan. 26.
- We'll get back to Mobius once I've extended the trial.
- Confirmed From Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 -
Word Problem Scenarios, Arithmetic Properties
- Study your notes, Activity #2, and Activity #3.
- Read:
- Summary #1 (plus 1.5 on the back) to memorize the scenario names and features.
- Summary #2 to memorize statements and features of Properties
- 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 due in the D2L DropBox by 3pm Wednesday, Jan. 24. (link goes live right after class)
- PRECISELY follow the rules on our RP instruction handout.
- If you have questions about any RP problems, always feel free to bring them up in class. That helps everyone learn!
- Extra practice as needed:
- HW #2: all
- HW #3: #1-3
- #3 requires you to remember/review the Order of Operations.
- Weekly Assessment #2 is due in Mobius by 4pm Friday, Jan. 26.
- Follow the instructions in Mobius for which problems to upload into each section.
*** WEEK ONE IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed
From Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 - Course Intro, Number Sentence Terminology
- Study your notes and Activity #1.
- Read:
- Syllabus
- Beckmann excerpt on good math explanations (in D2L reading Content)
- Your relevant MATH 210 notes and text
- Required Practice 1 (RP 1) is due in the D2L DropBox by 3pm next Wednesday, Jan. 24.
- PRECISELY follow the rules on our RP instruction handout.
- The rigid rules make it possible for me to give this extra feedback to over 100 students this semester.
- Extra practice as needed:
- HW #1: all
- Bonus Study Prompt #1 is also helpful and available in D2L Quizzes.
- Weekly Assessment #1 is due in Mobius this FRIDAY, 1-19, by 4pm
- It's okay to use D2L DropBox this one time if you have trouble.delay.
- Make a name tent and set it up on your table next class. The instructions are here.
- Feel free to be professionally creative.
Dr. J. Lyn Miller, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Slippery Rock University