FLIPPING THE MATH CLASS!

Good morning to all of you incoming 7th graders!!!!!

It is so nice to have you visit the teachers and the classrooms that you will be going to in the fall.  

I hope that you get a sneak peek into what to expect 

and that this will lessen your worry. 

So hang on and we are off to a great YEAR!

This is the blog that you will be visiting to check out your instructional videos.  The blog- the message- is chock-full of information and the videos are linked with Examples of all the content in MATH we will be covering in 7th grade.  Each video is around 3 minutes or less and there are generally 5 videos of instruction per lesson.  You will be keeping notes - write down everything I write on the videos- in your Graphic Organizer.  This is a condensed way to organize each chapter.  This Graphic Organizer is contained in your REFERENCE SPIRAL.  This reference spiral will contain all your notes, examples, and vocabulary that we cover on the concepts.  The best part of the reference spiral is that you can use this to help during testing!  Yes, you heard this correct!

Along with the reference spiral, 
you will be keeping all your daily class work- worksheets
- in a WORKING SPIRAL.

This all seems a bit complicated, but after a few days doing this, it will be routine.  

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I give retests.   You may retest until your best.  You will be doing some remedial work on the problems you got incorrect along with a parent signature before, but retests are available!  

These are the Tetrahedron Kites that we will be making at the end of your year! It is so much fun!

FLIPPING THE CLASS

Instructional Videos

Graphic Organizers

Notes From Videos
Reference Spirals

Flipping Advantages

As Always in MATH,

Mrs M

Chapter 7 Lesson 3 TRIANGLES

Good Morning to all of you,

We are building on the lessons on angles with TRIANGLES.  Triangles are classified similar to that of the angles, acute, obtuse or right BUT also by the lengths of their sides- Scalene, Isosceles, and Equilateral.  So when we look at triangles, we are either looking at the size of the angles or the length of the sides or both.  There are many vocabulary terms this lessons, so pay attention to them.  Most of geometry is using and learning the vocabulary.   

Here's Elijah working so hard getting his pod together for his kite.  

VOCABULARY Triangles

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer - Complete your vocabulary. 

As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Complementary and Supplementary Angles - Lesson 2

Dear Girls and Boys,

Last lesson was on classifying angles as in Vertical Angles (angles across from each other with intersecting lines) 

Adjacent Angles ( angles next to each other), 

Acute Angles ( angles smaller than 90* ), 

Obtuse Angles ( angles between 90* and 180*), 

Straight Angles ( lines - 180*) and 

the most important of all the Right Angle( angle that measures exactly 90*-sometimes called 90* angle or the corner angle).

  This lesson is on classifying angle pairs - 

COMPLEMENTARY and SUPPLEMENTARY Angles.  Remember when we learned that the 90* angle and the 180* angle were 2 of the most important angles ( most everything is based off of these angles), complementary and supplementary angles are based on these.  Complementary angles are a pair of angles that add up to 90* and Supplementary angles are a pair of angles that add up to 180*.  So be on the lookout for the right angle and the straight angle.

Now this is a proud kid with all the "PODS" he constructed! Now onto the second step to cover the PODS.  The final step in Constructing the Kite is coming up soon.  BUT the fun part is FLYING the KITE!  

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizers and complete the vocabulary on Complementary and Supplementary Angles.

Ex 1 Complementary and Supplementary Angles
Identify Complementary and Supplementary Angles
Find the Value of x
Ex 4 

Identifying Complementary and Supplementary Angles

As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Classify ANGLES

We are embarking on a new chapter in GEOMETRY, but we will be bringing along what we have learned in the previous chapters as well.  Geometry is heavy with VOCABULARY terms, so you need to understand and use these correctly.  On page535 in your textbooks is the list of vocabulary terms but you need to add the term, congruent.  Congruent means to be equal in size and shape.  Listen to video 1 for the brief definitions of the other terms.

Here are a few of happy campers working on their kite final! Hello, Brayden, Sam, and Donovan.  

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your new graphic organizer, and complete the vocabulary terms for angles.

Vocabulary for Angles
Example 1

Example 2
Example 3

Example 4

As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Alright now....... what happened to lesson 4 - 2 Step Equations- videos? A mystery for the day.

Dear girls and boys,

I am hoping that you all read the blog and watched the videos from Lesson 4- 2 Step Equations as now they have disappeared!  I will redo post the videos as this is one of the 

very most important lessons of all!  

Two Step Equations build off on the 1 Step Equations! You must keep the math sentence balanced at all time using properties in math, but there is an extra step.  When solving 2 step equations, you must take care of the CONSTANTS first.  If that constant is added to the variable, you must subtract both side with that constant.  And if the constant is subtracted from the variable, you must add the constant to both sides.  We will go over these in class today as we are done the NWEAs! Yippee.....

The top dog is Jake's 11 year old pup!  He's looking good.  The bottom dog is his new puppy who is 6 months!  Aren't they so sweet????

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer for lesson 4 on Solving 2 step equations.

Example 1

Examples 2 & 3

Example 4

Example 5

As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Chapter 6.5 MORE Equations

Good day girls and boys,

This will be our last lesson on solving equations 

for this chapter at this time!  

We will be coming back to the inequalities at the end of the year.  

This lesson is on solving and checking more equations.  There are several steps in each, but take each step one at a time, and you will be fine.  Go through the videos as many times as needed.  Remember to pause if the pace is too fast.  Ask questions by email or in class.  

Nolan and Dan showing off their game on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  Fun times.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer. Complete all vocabulary terms for this lesson on solving even more equations.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Chapter 6.3 Solving with Rational Coefficients

This lesson is about solving equations with Rational Coefficients!  Now this is a mouthful!  Let's review what each of these terms mean.  Coefficients are the numbers that are stuck on the variable and rational means the decimal ends ( pi ). We will go over these terms in class as well as the videos. This lesson is a continuation from the first two, but of course, a bit harder.  

Your job is to keep the balance using the 

Properties of

Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Division 

Properties of Equality.  

This picture of spring flowers was taken by Natalie when she was in Boston.  She is a budding photographer!

Homework: Read the blog, Watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer, plus complete your vocabulary on Rational Coefficients.

Example 1

Example 2

Quick fraction review

Example 3

Example 4  

Example 5

As always in MATH, 

Mrs M