e-mail:
laurel(dot)langford(at)uwrf(dot)edu
My schedule
My office location: 206E NH
My office phone number:
715-425-4360
General syllabus
Useful Links:
Math
solutions online newsletter archives
Shodor
Common
Core Standards
Thinking
blocks
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Contact me: e-mail: laurel(dot)langford(at)uwrf(dot)edu My schedule My office location: 206E NH My office phone number: 715-425-4360 |
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 NH 205 | Wed NH 2015 | Thurs DL 161 | Fri NH 205 |
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Sept 7: Understanding sets: definitions, disjoint sets,
subsets Watch
the video about naming sets |
Links for in-class computer work: |
2-set (Venn diagram) puzzle problems: Assignment (solve 4 and 5 by Monday) Read about using words to describe parts of a Venn diagram either here or in the textbook pgs. 63-69 Watch video example: link Today's notes |
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Sept 11 |
Describing sets in words: set sentences (due
Friday) |
Problem solving with shapes: area and
perimeter. |
Notation for sets: Notes Assignment (due Monday) Another online resource Also the practice examples have set notation |
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Sept. 18 Patterns, functions and problem solving |
Perimeter patterns: Assignment Perimeter pattern examples Other pattern examples Sets quiz review Solutions |
Table and chairs patterns, and middle school
formulas: Links: table and chairs MS problems MS discussion Assignment |
Quiz 1 (sets) Patterns and graphs. Finish making tables and graphs for the examples we did in class |
| Sept 25 Solving problems with patterns and graphs. Notes and homework |
More problems
to solve |
Notes | Review order of operations with an emphasis of the
left to right rule situations. The Khan Academy explanation is OK Practice problems Answers |
| Oct 2: Multiplication: Notes Assignment |
Review of scaffolding and/or long division.
No homework. Practice problems for exam Solutions to practice problems |
Make a login and play some of Lure of the
Labyrinth Assignment (may be done in groups) |
Exam 1 |
| Oct 9: Addition and subtraction word problem
types. Analyze these examples,
and write your own
problems for everything except Compare, Referent Unknown |
Retakeable
quiz
(take once before Thursday) What to study to improve your score Due friday: finish writing word problems for all 12 problem types. Here is info on CQU vs CRU |
Assignment Notes (difficulty) More notes (flow chart) Still More notes (direct modeling) |
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| Oct 16: Review of bar diagrams. Assn The web site More resources |
In class note
sheet Read more about multiplication and division (do before Friday) |
Do this
worksheet and this
one for Monday. Resources on division problems with remainders |
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| Oct 23: Place value representations. Assignment |
Review
Review solutions |
Smithsonian
Maya Math Assignment |
Quiz 2 Two-digit adding and subtracting. Assignment. Examples |
| Oct 30: Today we started
this assignment
on addition and subtraction strategies. (due Friday) More on Wednesday. Resources to read/watch. The video we watched in class was #15: Bean Sprouts here |
Equals sign lesson Assignment Link for problems 1-4 Link for problem 9 A video part 1 and part 2 (me talking) due next Weds (more discussion Mon) |
Multi-digit addigion: sample "script" assignment video example |
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Nov 6: Finish the equals sign lesson from last Thursday (examples). |
Addition and subtraction sample student work
to analyze. Assignment (due Monday) |
Dividing with manipulatives Assignment Link 1 Link 2 |
More with division Assignment (due Weds) Reading assignment Notes |
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Nov. 13 Multiplication assignment |
More notes
for multiplication assignment. Note that a part e was added to 3 and 4: do and label the lattice algorithm for both, Test review |
Professor
X and the Factorbots Assignment Standard multiplication assignment |
Test review
solutions Notes from the last couple of classes that might help with test review. |
| Nov 20 Test 2 | Happy |
Thanksgiving |
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| Nov 27. Area Introduction Half-assignment |
Area Introduction second half assignment Discovering formulas assignment |
Web sites: parallelograms triangles more parallelograms geoboard circles Assignment |
More area |
| Dec. 4: Pythagorean theorem and perimeter assignment |
Shape vocabulary |
Area quiz What to study Symmetry assignment Notes Lesson to watch or read |
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| Dec 11: Transformations worksheet |
Notes. 2-step transformations worksheet. Write up 7b to turn in Thursday for feedback. Final review sheet |
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Review sheet solutions More review links |
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Final Exam: Weds Dec 20 10:15-12:15 |