Unit 0: MAth Basics
Course Outline
Wed/Thu Sep 4/5: No Homework Fri/Mon Sep 6/9: Homework (due Tue Sep 10/Fri Sep 13): (1) Signed Course Outline (2) Share the Rules of the Room with your parents/guardians (3) Ask your parents/guardians to send me an email using my website's "Contact Me" feature Tue Sep 10 / Friday Sep 13: Notes: Lesson 0.1a Lesson 0.1b Drill: Four-minute Drill A (it's titled 5 minute drill, but we only get 4 minutes) Homework: (1) WB Get Ready p. 78-81 #1-8 (answers in WB p.264) (2) Worksheet Pizzazz C-20 (Key) Wednesday, September 11 is Grade 8 Spirit Day and there are no classes Thur Sep 12 / Tues Sep 17 Notes: Lesson 0.2a Lesson 0.2b Drill: Four-minute Drill B Homework (due Mon Sep 16 / Thur Sep 19): (1) Make a times table including multiplication facts from 1x1 to 9x9 (2) worksheet Pizzazz C-18 (Key) Mon Sep 16 / Thur Sep 19 Notes: Lesson 0.3a Lesson 0.3b Lesson 0.3c Drill: Four-minute Drill C Homework (due Wed Sep 18 / Tue Sep 24): Worksheet: Long Multiplication and Long Division Wed Sep 18 / Tue Sep 24 Video: Salman Khan's Khan Academy TED Talk (we watched from 0:15 to ~11:00 in class) Homework: (1) create a Khan Academy account and add yourself to Mr. Ursulak's class (2) watch Finding Factors and Multiples (Video) (3) read Factors and Multiples Intro (Article) (4) do until you master: Least Common Multiple (Exercise) (5) do until you master: Common Denominators (Exercise) Mon Sep 23 / Thu Sep 26: Quiz: Equivalent Fractions, Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers (and vice-versa), Long Multiplication and Long Division Mon Sep 23 / Thu Sep 26 Quiz 0.1 Notes: Lesson 0.4 Homework: WB p. 104-105 #1-4 *5-8 Wed Sep 25 / Mon Sep 30 Drill: Four-minute Drill D Notes: Lesson 0.5a Lesson 0.5b Homework: Notes Package: Unit 0: Review #1-7 (Key) Fri Sep 27 / Wed Oct 2 Notes: Lesson 0.6a Lesson 0.6b Drill: Four-minute Drill E Homework: Notes Package: Unit 0: Review #1-20 (Key) Tue Oct 1 / Fri Oct 4 Handbacks & Quiz Results Answers to NP Unit 0: Review #1-20 Homework: Worksheet: Unit 0 Review Package (Key) Thur Oct 3 / Tue Oct 8 Answers to Worksheet: Unit 0 Review Package UNIT 0 TEST: MATH BASICS: Monday October 7 (Blk A & C); Thursday October 10 (Blk F & H) |
Unit 0 Quiz (Math Basics): Mon Sep 23 / Thur Sep 26 (Equivalent Fractions, Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers (and vice-versa), Long Multiplication and Long Division)
Unit 0 Test (Math Basics): Mon Oct 7; Thu Oct 10 (Math Basics include the Get Ready Skills from Chapter 4 (WB 78-81 #1-10) and Chapter 5 (WB 104-105 #1-5); Arithmetic with Integers, and Order of Operations (BEDMAS) |