e-mail:
laurel (dot) langford (at) uwrf (dot) edu
My schedule
My office phone number:
715-425-3119
General syllabus
NLVM
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Contact
me: e-mail: laurel (dot) langford (at) uwrf (dot) edu My schedule My office phone number: 715-425-3119 |
Grading
policies,
etc General syllabus |
Useful
Links NLVM WisWeb |
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Sept 2 Start unit on sets, patterns and functions.
For tomorrow, read the notes and do the practice problems on this page. Introduce yourself: send me an e-mail before Sept 8: introduce yourself, and tell me what you want to be doing 5 years from now. |
set intersections, etc. Do this worksheet and e-mail to me your introduction if you haven't done so already |
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Labor Day
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Sept 8 Sets and
language: Read and do the practice problems, then do this worksheet to turn in on Friday |
Problem solving with sets First Link Second Link |
Set notation Read notes Worksheet for Monday |
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Sept 13 The function game |
Deductive and
inductive explainations for function rules Read the notes part 1, part 2 Do the homework |
Function rules and Wisweb |
Multiple representations of functions Notes |
| Sept
20
Problem
solving
with
Venn
diagrams
HW: Do the other 3 deductive explanations problems, and do these Venn diagrams problems. |
What
makes
a
word
problem
a
multiplication word
problem. |
Some
practice
Venn
diagram
problems A few more Still more |
Exam
on
sets
and
functions |
| Sept
27
Start
unit
on whole number concepts and operations |
CGI
types for addition and subtraction Readings and practice |
CGI
problem types discussion and practice practice and take the quiz |
Addition
and
subtraction
problem
types:
direct
modeling
and
counting. Assn |
| Oct
4 Derived facts strategies for addition Read about bar diagrams |
Bar
diagrams and strategies for subtraction Bar diagram problems |
Equals
sign
and
correct
equations test yourself |
Subtraction
strategies
and
informal
algorithms. Learn vocab for the 4 operations, and take the D2L quiz (I will look at all of your answers and re-grade everything, since I know that the auto-grading on this one isn't very good) |
| Oct
11 Student invented algorithms for addition and subtraction. [write up an example of each of the invented algorithms we discussed.] |
Exploring the standard algorithm for addition and subtraction |
More
algorithms.
Manipulatives: NLVM Arcytech |
Assignment (due Weds) SMART Notebooks. |
| Oct
18 Errors and algorithms for addition and
subtraction |
Multiplication and division problem types |
Games
to
compare: Academic Skill Builders: check out Meteor Multiplication and one of the race multiplication games. Multiplication.com: check out Baxley the bear, Ants go marching, Princess Math, |
More
multiplication
and
division.
take the two quizzes on D2L--your
score will be the higher of the two scores |
| Oct
25 Explain
subtraction
(in
the
same way you explained addition last week.
Here is the more wordy
version of the assignment along with a link to an example. |
More
commutative
and
distributive
law (assignment
due
Friday) Checkerboard multiplication and lattice multiplication |
2-digit
multiplication
with
array
diagram and base-10 blocks. Expanded algorithm for multiplication NLVM applet; Sketchpad file (assignment) |
Multiplication
errors
and
algorithms.
Direct modeling multiplication and division (assignment) |
| Nov
1 Long division, short division and scaffolding. Stamp game division
(assignment) |
Div
errors and algorithms; stamp game division, why you can't divide by 0
(assignment) |
questions
and
review review problems review answers |
Exam 2 |
| Nov
8 Start unit on geometry |
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| Nov
15 |
Venn
diagrams
with quadrilaterals and triangles assignment |
Figure
out
the last questions about quadrilateral properties The Sketchpad file The properties list |
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| Nov
22 Polygon mysteries. Assignment |
Symmetry lines and rotational
symmetry. Assignment |
Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving |
| Nov
29 |
Sketchpad Mysteries |
Sketchpad mystery #2 to
solve. Prove your case for who was the thief. |
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Dec 13 (last day of class) |
Final exam Weds Dec 15 3:30-5:30 |