Wednesday, May 11, 2016

5/11 SBAC Practice

Sit in teams with a whiteboard, marker and eraser.

Game Time!  SBAC Practice
  • The goal of the game is to practice test taking strategies, revisit old concepts, and learn tips about the SBAC CAT.
    • Your team earns one point for identifying what the question is asking you to do
    • Your team earns one point for explaining what is known
    • Your team may earn a bonus point for using a test taking strategy (elimination, guess and check, etc.)
    • Your team earns two points for correctly solving the problem

Monday, May 9, 2016

5/9 SBAC Performance Task Prep

1.  Math SBAC Schedule and Q&A

2.  Week 1: Performance Task
  • Classroom Activity
  • PT Prep
Homework:  Finish Performance Task Prep: Donuts

Friday, May 6, 2016

5/6 3D Geometry

1.  Warm-up:  You have 3 minutes to play with the snap cubes.  After 3 minutes the snap cubes become tools, not toys!

2.  Intro to 3D Geometry with notes on front whiteboard

3.  Essential Question:  What is the cheapest way to package these candies?

Thursday, May 5, 2016

5/5 All about circles!

Grab a computer and take out headphones/earbuds

1.  Warm-up:  Copy the diagram (on side whiteboard) into the classwork section of your notebook

2.  Self-directed lesson:  All about circles!

Objective:  By the end of today's lesson, I will calculate the circumference and area of circles

First,

Watch these 3 videos and take notes:
Schmoop: Circumference and Perimeter
Virtual Nerd: How to find the Circumference of a Circle
Virtual Nerd: How to find the area of a circle


Then, Choose one/two of the following practice activities

Examples and Virtual Practice Problems:
Math Goodies: Circumference and Radius of a Circle
Math Goodies: Area of a Circle
On line math learning: Circles

BuzzMath
Circumference of a Circle
Intro to Area of Circles
Area of Circles

Worksheet (Calculator Okay, please show steps and work)


With 10 minutes left, you can choose to play one of these math games


Games
Rags to Riches on Circles
Challenging Area and Perimeter Game
Nyan Cat the Math Game: Circles
MathGames: Area Circumference Circle
PBS: dunk tank on Circles

Homework: Circumference and Area worksheet.  Answers in Google Classroom

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

5/3 More Angle Practice + Circle Vocabulary

1.  Warm-up: Measuring angles with protractor

2.  Return Tests

3.  Lesson:  More angle practice
  • Angle song.
  • Check-in: How's it going?
    • Questions about estimating, measuring, or naming?
  • Notes: Complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles.  Angle measurements of a triangle.
  • Let's Practice!
    • Angle practice packet
    • Check your answers using Red Light, Green Light
4.  Brain Break!


6.  Lesson:  Circle Vocabulary
  • Center
  • Radius
  • Diameter
  • Circumference
  • Chord