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.
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Sept 2 |
Do before class: Read section 2.1: Sets
and Venn Diagrams In class topic: Intersections and unions of sets Homework assigned: |
Do before class: In class topic: Set intersections Homework assigned: Yekkti's: pictures, problems. Set Intersections. Readings: Read section S.1 notes and practice problems. |
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Sept 7 |
Do before class: The homework assigned
Friday is due today. In class topic: Set notation Homework assigned: Read the notes and practice problems for S.2 and S.3. Do the problem set from S.3 (this was handed out in class) |
Do before class: Finish the homework
that was due yesterday In class topic: More practice with Venn diagrams Lab links |
Do before class: [homework assigned Weds] In class topic: set definitions, children's understandings of shape, and Van Hiele levels Homework assigned: Read "Young Children's Ideas About Geometric Shape" which is in D2L->Content->Readings |
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Sept 14 Do before class: [readings] |
Do before class: In class topic: Venn diagrams with quadrilaterals Homework assigned |
Do before class: In class topic: Review of Venn diagrams (on-line) Homework assigned: Venn review assignment (note: if you do better on this assignment than on the previous one, I will also raise that grade) |
Do before class: In class topic: Quadrilaterals, definitions and properties Homework assigned: Quadrilaterals asssignment |
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| Sept 21 Do before class: In class topic: Triangles and properties of triangles Homework assigned: A Triangle Assn |
In class topic:
Symmetry Homework assigned: Finish finding all of the reflection lines and rotation angles on the worksheet. |
In class topic: 2
reflections (with intersecting reflection lines) gives the same thing
as a rotation |
In class topic:
Transformations Homework assigned: finish the transformations practice sheet |
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| Sept 28 In class topic: 2- and 3-step transformations Homework assigned: practice sheet |
In class topic:
More transformations (?) Homework assigned: Review for test |
In class topic:
Review for test. (Maybe something else as well if there's time) Homework assigned |
First exam | |
| Oct 5 Angles in polygons |
tessesllations |
Tessellations |
More tessellations |
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| Oct 12 In class
topic: Math Standards If you missed class, do the readings and videos I used with my summer class on the Standards Homework assigned Analyze math standards in a lesson. |
In class topic:
Finding and explaining patterns |
In class topic:
Finding and explaining patterns web site: Wisweb |
In class topic:
More patterns and functions If you missed class, or got confused you canwatch the videos I made for my summer class here. The ones near the bottom of the page are particularly relevant. Homework assigned: This homework sheet |
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| Oct 19 In class topic: CGI types Vid #1: Join Vid#2: Separate Homework assigned Analyze math standards in another lesson |
In class topic:
More CGI types Vid #3: Part-Part-Whole Vid #4: Compare Homework assigned: Write a word problem for each of the 11 CGI addition and subtraction problem types. |
In class topic:
Identifying CGI types Homework assigned: Take the real quiz on D2L |
In class topic:
Addition and subtraction strategies Readings: the Q&A from Thinnking with Numbers Homework assigned: Here is the assignment. It's due Wednesday because I didn't get it posted right away. |
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| Oct 26 In class topic: Multiplication and division problem types. Homework assigned: Optional redo for the explaining functions assignment. (due Friday) |
Homework assigned: Write a word problem for each of the multiplication and division problem types here. (Due Thurs) (More about the problem types to read here) Review vids: multiplication Div part 1; Div part 2 |
Do
the practice multiplication and division quiz on D2L. When you
are confident about doing those problems, take the real multiplication
and division quiz on D2L |
It was getting rather long, so the stuff from Friday Oct 30
is here |
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| Nov 2 Base 10 and base 5. HW: convert 3015, 1245 and 10025 into base 10. Optional vids to watch: Base 5 base 5 to base 10 |
Today we added and subtracted numbers in base 5, and looked
at a couple of alternate algorithms and how you get them from what you
do with the blocks |
No class Thurs and
Fri. Instead watch and do these: Addition vids: Addition HW |
Subtraction vids (warning! these are about twice as long as
the addition vids): Subtraction homework |
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| Nov 9 Take home quiz, due Weds (you may use your notes and the web site, but you may not work together/discuss it/get tutors to help) Practice problems for test (1-16 only) |
Review solutions |
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| Nov 16 Concrete to abstract | The explaining the
addition algorithm assignment. |
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| Nov 23 Multiplication
assignment Optional videos: Mult with array vid 1, vid 2 Expanded and standard vid Stamp game mult vid 1, vid 2 Checkerboard and lattice vid |
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| Nov 30 Begin division today Explain the standard subtraction algorithm this week (due Friday) |
Division assignment (due
Monday) |
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| Dec 7 Fuction game | Snow day! | Equals sign Study problems |
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Dec 14 Last day of classes |
Final exam Dec 16 3:30-5:30 |