Math

For Math, I will be teaching the Math Expressions program adopted by the district and supplementing according to students' needs with other materials. Furthermore, this year I will place a strong emphasis on the CCSSM (Common Core State Standards for Mathematics) in order to promote life long learning and provide the skills and knowledge necessary to be ready to fully participate in the 21st century global economy. Focusing on these up-to-date standards will support students in acquiring conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and the ability to apply mathematics to solve problems. In Unit 7/8 students will be learning/practicing:
 * strategies for creating and evaluating expressions
 * strategies for graphing points on the coordinate plane
 * strategies for converting measurement values in the customary and metric system
 * Strategies for solving area and volume problems
 * strategies for solving real world problems
 * the mathematical practices

CCSSM Mathematical Practice Standards that will be covered throughout the year:
 * Students will make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
 * Students will reason abstractly and quantitatively
 * Students will construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
 * Students will model with mathematics
 * Students will use appropriate tools strategically
 * Students will attend to precision
 * Students will look for and make sense of structure
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students will look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;">For more information on the CCSSM, please check out this informative site that contains an overview of grade level standards:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/tl/whatareccss.asp

Practice with Fractions and Multiplication Facts : http://www.mathgametime.com/games/speedway-add-subtract-fractions https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/fractions-pre-alg/fractions-unlike-denom-pre-alg/v/adding-and-subtracting-fractions http://www.xpmath.com/forums/arcade.php?do=play&gameid=34 [] [] [] [] [] []

Pi Day Scavenger Hunt

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/glossary/middle/glossaryab.html http://ualr.edu/lasmoller/pi.html http://www.facade.com/legacy/amiinpi/ http://www.dictionary.com/

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%;">For practice or a challenge with any of these skills, please visit any of these sites: [|www.funbrain.com] [|www.factmonster.com] [|www.aaamath.com]