Happy Thanksgiving :)

Happy Thanksgiving! 

I am so thankful for the time I get to spend with my son this week, here he is giving his goofy smile :) 

This week the Course 2 students will be creating their own puzzle with fraction problems. They are spending Monday creating their own fraction problems and Tuesday creating the puzzle. 

When we get back from Thanksgiving break we will be focusing on rational numbers (fractions and decimals) with both positives and negatives. This is Topics 4 and 5 from Digits.

This week Course 3 students will be looking at what makes linear equations parallel or perpendicular. Tomorrow we will be beginning systems of equations which we will be continuing after Thanksgiving. 

Week of 11/7-11/12

I am so excited to be working with the course 2 students on integers (whole numbers and their opposites). We will be exploring integers by talking about Soup. I tell them that there is a magical soup where they can add "hot cubes" or "cold cubes" they use actual pieces of paper to represent these and perform addition or subtraction problems. This allows students to visually see the meaning behind the integer rules and hopefully they will have a better time remembering the rules. 

We will be working on subtraction on Wednesday and Thursday and on Friday students will be doing a graded worksheet with both addition and subtraction. 

I realize that this is a long time to be doing addition and subtraction but students must master this concept in order to be successful in the future. 

In course 3 we are starting Topic 5 linear equations. Student will be exploring y=mx form and how that relates to a table, graph and word problem. This is important for future lessons such as systems of equations and many lessons they will do next year. 

10/31 Happy Halloween

Course 3 Students are wrapping up a neat mini project. This is in place of a Topic 4 Test and has students exploring facts that interest them. They had to find 5 facts that contain really large numbers or very small numbers, create word problems and explore scientific notation in real world context.


Course 2 Students: TEST CORRECTIONS are due FRIDAY 11/4. Directions are on classroom and listed below.

You must do the following on a separate sheet of paper for each incorrect question or problem on the test:

• Number the problem/question and rewrite it, you can skip any graphics; tables, drawings etc.
• Write at least two complete sentences  explaining what your error was and what you need to do to correct it. Write enough to prove that you understand it now.
• Show all work to correct the problem or question and include the right answer.
• You must come and see me at least once to either ask a question or have a concept explained again. I must sign off on your sheet.

Welcome back to Mrs. Diver's Math Blog!

Hello Students and Parents!

 With the 2016-2017 school year a quarter of the way finished I thought I would try something different to reach out to both students and parents.

I will be posting on my blog each week to give a preview of next week's lessons, assessments and other important information.

Keep in mind that I do change lessons daily based on the needs of students so there will be a little flexibility in the preview. Example I might schedule a quiz for Wednesday but end up moving it to Thursday to give the students more time.


10/31-11/4

Happy Halloween!

Course 2: Students will be doing a fun graphing activity on Monday, they deserve a break for working so hard in my class.

We then we be starting Unit B Topic 4 Integers. Students will be spending all of next week adding and subtracting negative and positive numbers. I will be adding in decimals and fractions later, once they have total understanding of operations with integers numbers.


Course 3:
Students will be wrapping up Topic 4: Scientific Notation on Monday. The students will be working on a station activity where they will explore scientific notation used in the real world such as astronomy, bacteria, and distance.

We will then be starting Unit C (my personal favorite!) Topic 5. Topic 5 explores slope, linear equations, and creating lines. This topic is so very important in all of their future math classes so I will be making sure all students have mastered the content.

As always I am available to answer any questions, help with homework, clarify or re-teach lessons at 7:50 in the morning as well as study hall.