1. Warm-up: Read the following scenario and answer the follow-up questions
George stood on the train platform and waved goodbye to his sister as she left for summer camp. Later, as he was getting in his car to drive home, he saw a light flashing inside the train station and heard an announcement that his sister’s train had broken and was stuck on the tracks. George had a map of the train’s route and decided to drive to where the train was stuck and pick up his sister.
2. Lesson 7.1.1 Distance, Rate and Time
Homework: Lesson 7.1.1 R/P #11-13 (graph paper required for #11)
George stood on the train platform and waved goodbye to his sister as she left for summer camp. Later, as he was getting in his car to drive home, he saw a light flashing inside the train station and heard an announcement that his sister’s train had broken and was stuck on the tracks. George had a map of the train’s route and decided to drive to where the train was stuck and pick up his sister.
- How can he figure out where the train is? What information would help him to figure it out?
2. Lesson 7.1.1 Distance, Rate and Time
- Objective: I will use proportional reasoning to solve problems involving distance, rate and time.
- Mini-lesson: Calculating Speed (think Ratey, the Math Cat)
- Outdoor lesson: Who is Faster?
- Who has a phone/watch with stopwatch capabilities?
- Partner up
Homework: Lesson 7.1.1 R/P #11-13 (graph paper required for #11)
