e-mail:
laurel(dot)langford(at)uwrf(dot)edu
My schedule
My office location: 206E NH
My office phone number:
715-425-3119
General syllabus
Useful Links:
Math
solutions online newsletter archives
| |
Contact me: e-mail: laurel(dot)langford(at)uwrf(dot)edu My schedule My office location: 206E NH My office phone number: 715-425-3119 |
Grading policies, etc General syllabus |
Useful Links:
|
e-mail Dr Langford: laurel.langford@uwrf.edu
Schedule: Unless otherwise noted, you do not need to bring your texbook to class unless you have a question on a homework problem assigned from the textbook.
| Mon | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
|
Sept 2 NH 16 |
|
Links for in-class computer work: |
|
|
Sept 7 NH 16: Labor day |
Assignments: Yekktis and sets (started in class) |
Problem solving with Venn diagrams |
More problem solving with Venn diagrams (no new assignment) |
|
Sept. 14 More Venn diagrams |
Explaining patterns and functions: perimeter patterns Assignment |
More patterns and functions |
More about finding patterns Wisweb applets Spotting numbers problems Assignment |
| Sept 21 Working backwards with patterns and functions Do 6-10 on this assignment (1-5 done in class) |
More working backwards with patterns and
functions Do 3 and 4 as homework |
Equals signs and equations Notes and problems What to read if you weren't in class. |
Websites we'll be using: Pan balance 1 Maths is fun Math Playground PBS Assignment |
| Sept 28 order of operations Homework |
Practice for test Practice answers |
4 more practice problems |
Exam 1 (Meet in NH 205) |
| Oct 5: Cognitively Guided Instruction and addition and
subtraction. Video, example sheet Assignment: write a word problem for each type. |
Relative difficulty of CGI types NEW Resources Assignment |
Direct modeling, counting and derived facts (join all and join to) |
CGI problem types |
| Oct 12: Part-whole bar diagrams Resources Assignment |
Invented strategies Watch the Bean Sprouts lesson (#15), and take notes using this sheet on student strategies. |
More invented strategies | End invented algorithms. Resources Assignment Start place value base 5 Smart Notebook for base 5 |
| Oct 19: Adding with base 10 blocks Review for the quiz . Solutions to some problems on the quiz review |
Making the connection between adding and subtracting with
base 10 blocks and the standard written algorithm. |
Quiz |
Multiplication and division |
| Oct 26: arrays and the commutative law of multiplication Assignment |
Distributive law and multiplication facts Resources for Oct 26 and 28 with a link to the assignment |
Expanded algorithms. Resources for Expanded Addition and Subtraction are here, and resources for expanded and array multiplication are here | More expanded algorithms and visual factors of numbers. Assignment part 1 Links for class: Video Blog entry 1 Blog entry 2 |
| Nov 2: division with remainders Intro vid 1 Intro vid 2 Assignment |
Lattice multiplication and more arrays. Lattice video Homework |
scaffolding division. Video. Do by scaffolding: 7623÷16 48579÷8 (do not use 8×6, 8×7, 8×8, 8×9) (due Mon) |
Multiplication and division Errors and algorithms Homework |
|
Nov. 9 Addition and subtraction errors and algorithms. |
Multiplication and division bar diagrams Practice Solutions to a-l (scroll down to #10) More bar diagrams info Some notes from class |
Practice for the test |
Test in NH 205 |
| Nov. 16: Triangles. Student misconceptions of triangles, 7 triangle table, Geoboard triangles (which of the 7 types can you make on a geoboard?). HW: read article in D2L content readings and fill out readings assignment | Special Quadrilaterals |
Polygon properties |
More with special quadrilaterals. |
| Nov 23. Sorting Shapes Geometry vocabulary sheet |
Happy | Thanksgiving |
|
| Nov. 30: Symmetry: Did in class; Answers to in class; Assigned for HW |
Symmetry: |
More transformations |
|
| Dec 7:More transformations and tessellations |
Tessellations |
|
Geoboard shapes and angles |
Review problems |
Final exam: Thursday, Dec. 17 @ 7:45-9:45 am |