ALGEBRA FOUNDATIONS  2018/2019

Week 1 Semester 1

Date

Day

What we are doing in class today

New Concept

8/6

Mon

1.    Give Students 3 by 5 index card.  Ask them for information: First and Last name, Middle School attended and teachers name, Hobbies, What activities they want to do at PHS, etc.

 

2.    Hand out and go over the class syllabus.

 

3.    Start Alg Readiness Review

 

Link to Week 1 Quizzes 

 

Remind students they need a 3 ring binder with dividers.

 

 

8/7

Tues

1.    Continue Alg Readiness Review

 

2.    Multiplication Grid w/disappearing answers   

 

3.    Intro to the infamous Diamond Problems.  Diamond Problems #1 worksheet together

 

 

 

 

8/8 or

8/9

Block

 

1.       Quiz 1

2.       Intro to Clickers, assign clickers

3.       40 Multiplication facts  #1  (Clickers)

4.       Diamond Problems #2

5.       Alg Readiness Test

 

6.    I will probably start Magician Problems today (just 2 of them)

clickers

8/10

Fri

 

 

1.    Quiz 1A

2.    Start “Magician equations”  with balances (2 problems) 

3.    40 Addition Facts #1 (clickers)

 

4.    Start Mental Percents #1 (finish is on Tuesday)

 

 

 

 

Mathmagical equations using cups and coins (drawing the scale with bags, cups, coins)