◊ This is a tentative schedule, based on my best estimate of how long things take. Topics may move or vanish. ◊ Because of the cumulative nature of the work, it is important to attend everything. ◊ We will start and end on time every day,. ◊ We will have a break in the morning, and one in the afternoon.
Day 1
Morning The basics: meet the blocks, make a rectangle The area model: the distributive law, "the box", division Perimeter, surface area Combining like terms
Afternoon More with the area model: factoring
Make a square
Simplifying fractions
Substitution: what's in the bag? Day 2Morning Minus: meaning and representations Simplifying, reasoning: which is greater? Solving equations and systems Signed number arithmetic
Afternoon Minus in the area model
Complete the square
Graphing connection
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