Real Math with Lianna Nix

The following quiz is for seventh graders who did not complete this in class.

This ppt is the one for our exploration into patterns that can be generalized algebraically. I am posting it in case you want to review over it to help with the assignment. Then complete the handout I gave you.

Here are the ppt lessons we had to introduce the idea of systems of equations; the first was taught today, and the rest will be visited as we progress. Remember that you can always guess and check for combinations that work in these scenarios, but these strategies make it less burdensome to solve these situations and allow you to SEE how each "story" is related to the other(s).

These may help you solve the five problems of the ten I assigned earlier. I expect you to choose THREE of those five or ten and demonstrate how you used one of the methods to solve those three problems. This is for both classes, and is due by the end of this week.

Please complete the following investigation at your table with your group. One or two of you should pull up the presentation on a computer, and you will work together through each slide.

The following ppt is the activity we did in class. You are to complete the second part on your own, and write your story with your graph.



Now, in addition to the story you wrote in the above exercise, complete the attached activity where you will be matching five graphs to their stories. (You will have a hard copy of this activity.)

This lesson will take us from the situations with which we are already familiar to the abstract world of function language. It is really no different from what we already know. Please work through each slide independently and the self-quiz before you complete the assessment slide at the end. (I had to correct a little error on the last problem of the very last slide, in case you had a problem with it yesterday!)



After completing the one above, the next lesson is on the following ppt. Take your time and go through this slowly to ensure you understand these concepts, all of which we have skirted or addressed directly in the past. Complete the last slide on your paper and submit it by May 7.



Finally, this ppt is review and includes an assessment slide at the end, to be graded for accuracy. Due next week, ASAP.

These three non-routine problems are each different but include skills for middle schoolers, so they are appropriate for all of you. Have fun!

Here is the PowerPoint with the logic puzzles we began in class in case you want to play some more!

Have fun...I do!

This ppt revisits some of the earlier ideas from this year.

Please work through this assignment. It has tutorials linked into it if you view the show.

This ppt is a review of the big ideas about rates and proportionality. Please review those ideas by opening the SLIDE SHOW view and working through each slide, pressing step by step.

Seventh graders, the CRCT is on its way. I am excited for you to have the opportunity to show off all you know and can do! Yahoo! I am attaching a list of things that are included in the seventh grade curriculum and will therefore show up on the test. Skim the list and if you want to formulate a question or several, do so. Let's cover those in enrichment time, if you like.

There is also a ppt lesson here for you to use to revisit a few key ideas.

I am attaching today's lesson and under that is the homework. It is TWO slides for second period ONLY. First period finished the second slide in class, so only second period needs to do it!

Sixth graders, here is the activity we did in class today. You only need to use YOUR class's data for the assignment at the end. Remember that the matrix on one of the slides is not the same as a multiplication table. It is for ADDING the rolls. If roll one is one, and roll two is one, then the square for both of them will be two. Do you see what I mean? This matrix will allow you to see the theoretical probability of each sum from one to twelve occurring.

Use the class's data to complete the Excel spreadsheet. Do this:
Make one column (under A) to be the "Sums" column. List down that column the WORDS two, three, four, five, etc, to twelve. Then, in column B, make the first cell be "Frequency" and list your class's numbers down that column. Select both columns to highlight them and use the chart wizard to make a bar graph or a scatter plot to see if there is tendency in the data we have so far.

I hope this helps!

Remember, just enter those frequencies of how many time a particular sum "showed up" in our "rolls." You do not need to calculate the experimental probabilities themselves. You may want to visually compare your graph you make with the matrix of possible sums to see if you can see why certain numbers are showing up more frequently as sums of the dice.

If you cannot access Excel for any reason, just complete the matrix on the next to last slide and do the table and graph by hand! Solves the problem, doesn't it.?

Happy rolling!

The following two worksheets are attached in case you lost the hard copies. I have asked that on the first (Volume) and on the second, you do ONLY the ODD problems! You cannot yet do a couple of the even ones on the surface area. Do not worry about that. You are not yet required to know how to use the Pythagorean Theorem until the eighth grade, and you do not have enough information unless you know how to use that theorem. SO- JUST DO ODDS on BOTH worksheets. You should be able to do the all odds.

I just want you to practice a bit before taking on the last thing.

This is our unit assessment and it is just a QUIZ grade. Take your time and complete all slides. It is due before you leave for spring break!

This is the performance task for seventh grade that covers direct and inverse variation, just in case you have lost your hard copy.

I am attaching two practice assignments that will give you some application practice. Try all odd numbered problems. Please have these done by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

Here is a study guide to prepare you for the next performance task on direct and inverse variations. Please make sure you look over it and formulate specific questions if you have any.

Performance Task is coming immediately, and I would like to get it by spring break. I hope.

I am attaching the PPT lesson I mentioned to my sixth grade classes. Please complete the last two slides after going through the entire slide show as a review.