Lesson 4 - PERCENT EQUATION

Good day to all of you,

This lesson, Percent Equation, is so similar to lesson 3, that some of you will find this confusing.  In this lesson we will turn the percent into a decimal where the lesson 3 turned it into a Ratio- fraction.  You will still be finding the percent part and whole.  Make sure you turn the words into math symbols and numbers.  

This is another one of Gabby's art creations.  What an artist. 

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your graphic organizer and complete your vocabulary on Percent Equation. 

PERCENT EQUATION overview
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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Lesson 2.3 - Percent Proportions

Good Day to all of you,,

Today we embark on a new idea for some, but others have already conquered this concept.  Percent Proportions are 2 equivalent fractions and one of those is a percent.  You will be given 3 known numbers and one unknown! You need to solve for that unknown number.  So in this lesson you will be looking for the percent, part or whole of the numbers.  Look over the Key Concept on page 122 and look for common wordings and symbols.  

I believe that you will be catching on fairly fast if you really think about what you are looking for and use the chart on page 122.

While you are checking out the chart on page 122, check out this cool video from Colby with his granddads train tracks.  

Colby and his Grandfathers railroad tracks and trains.

This is one of Gabby's drawings she shared with us.  Wow!  Nice job.  

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

Percent Proportions OVERVIEW

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Lesson 2.2 Percent and Estimation

Dear Girls and Boys,

Today we are using our ESTIMATION skills and percents together.  You will need to write down everything I do on the videos as there are no problem samples for this lesson.  This will include the number lines that I draw.  

Estimating is extremely important skill for life.  So, when you are shopping and need to know how much you are saving or spending, estimation skills come into play.  Hang on and read the blog, watch the videos and take notes.  

Can you find Jakub in this group?  He has been doing karate since he was 6 and half years old and has his 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate!  Way to go, Jakub! 

HOMEWORK: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer for Lesson 2- PERCENT and ESTIMATION:

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Chapter 2.1 Percent of a NUMBER!

Hi Girls and Boys,

We are moving on with Chapter 2- Percent of a Number.  We are still in the standard of Rations and Proportional Relationships.  When we talk about Percents we generally will be talking about decimals and fractions as they can be interchanged.  I love this chapter as it is exploring discounts and sales as well as taxes and markups.  I find that this is the season of Sales and Taxes so pay attention to the sales flyers that are probably filling your mailboxes!

There is no vocabulary terms in lesson one, so enjoy this little gift!

You MUST WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING I DO ON THE VIDEOS as these are the problems also.  

These sweeties are loved by Gage! They certainly are beautiful.  Lucky boy to have them.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer for chapter 2 - PERCENT OF A NUMBER!

Percent of a NUMBER OVERVIEW

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Lesson 8 SLOPE!!!!!

Dear Girls and Boys. 

 We have arrived!!!!! We are finally getting to SLOPE.  Have you ever been on a ski slope?  Well, when we look at the slope to know how STEEP the hill is before we decide to ski down it, well at least I do.  When we are talking about slope in math, we are looking to see how steep the line is.  We will generally be looking at graphs and using the ordered pairs to help us along with this, so you must be able to use what you already learned about graphing in earlier lessons in this chapter.  

Slope is defined as the difference of y/difference of x.  Or you can say that slope is the rise/the run.  Finding slope using either method is a way to find out how steep a line is.  I will be looking for BOTH methods to find slope and you need to write both ways down in your go.  I will be checking so be prepared.  

Slope is one concept that you need to be very familiar with as it is used in many ways from now on.  

So, listen to the videos and ask questions if you need to. 

Sleepy little Bruin....... Shhhhh.  This sweetie belongs to Megan.  

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your go and complete the one vocabulary term.

SLOPE OVERVIEW

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Lesson 7 RATE OF CHANGE

Hi Girls and Boys,

Tonight we are embarking on a concept, rate of change, that is leading up to slope.  In Algebra, slope is the supreme concept that you will be working on next year.  So,  pay attention and ask questions as this stuff is not going away, but rather we will be building on this a great deal of the time.  Rate of change and constant rate of change are the vocabulary terms for this lesson.  This means how fast does something change.  In a line, we are looking at how steep is this line- so this is the constant rate of change. We will be working from tables and graphs to see how much the line changes- or how steep is this line. This is a bit tricky, so ask questions and feel free to do extra problems as practice if you feel shaky on this.

So this is Jonah's little sweetie.  Don't let him fool you, he is a little stinker as he pees on furniture!!!!  

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your go and complete your vocabulary for RATE OF CHANGE - Lesson 7

Vocabulary

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As always in MATH, 

Mrs M

Lesson 6 SOLVING PROPORTIONAL Relationships

Good Evening Girls and Boys,

We are moving onward with Solving proportional relationships.  Remember a proportion is an equation with 2 equivalent ratios or fractions!  We will be introducing Cross Products to help solve these proportions.  Cross Products are when you have 2 equivalent ratios and the numerator times the denominator = the denominator time the numerator.  Really confusing with the words, but the examples should help clear up the confusion.   In solving proportions you must make sure that you line up the same unit on top as well as the same units on bottom.  This sounds crazy hard also, but never fear, the videos are here!

Hi this beauty belongs to Jordan.

 He looks like he is sunning himself getting ready for winter. 

 Cutie Pie.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer for lesson 6 SOLVING PROPORTIONS!

Lesson 6 Vocabulary
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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Graphing Proportional Relationships - Lesson 5

Hello Girls and Boys,

We are still working on Proportional Reasoning, but rather than looking at tables and seeing if two ratios are proportional(equivalent) we are looking at graphing them.  So with graphing, comes a whole host of vocabulary terms that are related to graphs.  Such as coordinate plane, quadrants, ordered pair, x and y coordinates, x and y axis, and origin.  All these can be more easily plotted on a graph rather than defined.  So go to page 45 in your textbook, and copy the graph and labels (vocabulary terms) in your ribbon book.  We will be going over these terms in class, so this will help also.  But, let's get back to determining if a ratio is proportional or not proportional.  Lesson 4 was about looking at charts and finding out if the ratios were proportional - equivalent fractions.  This lesson, is plotting a graph and checking if the line is proportional or not.  HINT- if the line travels through the origin and is a straight line, then it is indeed proportional.  If it is a straight line but does not pass through the origin, it is not proportional.  Hang on for another thrilling ride!

Well, Elijah, you did a fine job with these pictures- how sweet.
Top left is Dexter-Bottom left is Bernard-Top right is Betty-Middle right is Hank- Bottom right is Roxy. 
Homework:
 Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in graphic organizer and complete your vocabulary graph in your ribbon book for lesson 5- GRAPHING PROPORTIONS.

Graphing Proportions VOCABULARY
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As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Proportional and Non Proportional Relationships - Chapter 1.4

Good evening Girls and Boys,

I believe that most of you have got the last lesson on Dimensional Analysis - converting units- and I believe this is the toughest concept in the book, so it is all smooth sailing from here!!! Yippppeeeee...

We are moving onward to Proportional and Non Proportional Relationships.  These words are fancy ways of saying equivalent fractions(ratios)! So to be proportional is to be equivalent or the same value.  Example: 2/3=4/6=6/9 

To be non proportional means to be not equivalent or not the same value.  Example: 1/3  does not equal 1/2

And the third vocabulary term is Equivalent Ratios. These are really equivalent fractions = Equivalent Ratios= Proportional.

So hang on for some practice and ask questions if needed.  

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, complete vocabulary, and take notes in your graphic organizer for Lesson 4 Proportional and Non Proportional Relationships.

Meet the little sleeping beauty, Roxie. She is 5 months old and is loved by Gabe. What a darling.

Vocabulary terms

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Chapter 1.3 Converting Unit Rates

Good Evening Girls and Boys,

This lesson is about CONVERTING UNITS as the title states.  We are familiar with equal units such as: 12 inches = 1 foot, 60 seconds- 1 minute,  24 hours = 1 day, and so on..... We will be using these unit ratios in this lesson.  This can be a tough lesson that you will need extra practice with, so be prepared to dig in.

Your vocabulary terms for this lesson are UNIT RATIO and Dimensional Analysis.  We have talked about unit rate where the denominator is 1, well, Unit Ratio is having a denominator of 1 with equal units for the numerator- EX: 12 inches/1 foot; 60 seconds/1 minute; 24 hours/1 day...... catching onto the pattern???? Ratio is like a fraction with labels(units) and a Unit Ratio is a ratio with a decimator of 1 unit.  Dimensional Analysis is where you use these Unit Ratios to actually convert one unit to another unit. Ex: going from miles per hours to feet/hour.  Pay close attention to the details as this lesson is dense.

This is Catherine's stunning little puppy!  
She looks like royalty! So sweet.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your GO and complete your vocabulary for lesson 3.
VOCABULARY
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As always in MATH,
Mrs M

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER- Complex Fractions

Hi All,

I believe that many or most of you are doing a fine job with COMPLEX Fractions!!! Sounds scary but really it is 2 fractions together.  I want you to have a graphic organizer completed in your Ribbon Spiral to use as notes if necessary.  So please complete these and glue this into your Ribbon book.

This is Riley's pet hamster, Lily.  
She is a super cute little ball of fur.  

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your special graphic organizer on Complex Fractions!!

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As always in Math,

Mrs M

Complex FRACTIONS and UNIT RATES - Ratios and Proportional Relationships

Good evening to all,

Today in  math we are looking into everyones favorite concepts- FRACTIONS!!! And just to add a bit of spice- we are looking at COMPLEX FRACTIONS!!

 I bet you can hardly wait for all this fun!

That aside, fractions are everywhere and we need to make them our FRIENDS!  There are 4 operations for fractions- add, subtract, multiply, or divide.  Adding and subtracting fractions follow similar rules as well as multiplying and dividing- they follow similar rules.  In this section, we will be looking at the multiplying and dividing fractions and their rules.  I find that these 2 operations are far easier than the adding and subtracting as you do not need to find common denominators.  Complex fractions are fractions inside fractions!!! Don't panic as this becomes fairly easy after a bit of practice.  

This is Andrea's little sweetie- What a love bug!

For homework, READ the blog, take notes in your graphic organizer, Complete your vocabulary term and definition on for 1.2.

VOCABULARY
4 Operations of FRACTIONS

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Extra Practice

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Good Day to all,

Today we are embarking on a new chapter - Chapter 1 Ratios and Proportional Reasoning!!! I bet you are all just thrilled to pieces.  There will be a few changes this time around so be on the look out for them!

In the past chapter on Probability, we learned how probability is written as either a fraction, decimal or percent, well Ratios are very similar also, they look like fractions.  This standard is a very practical one where we compare many items to find the best bargain, the fastest speed, and several other real world applications.

In lesson 1, the vocabulary terms are RATE, UNIT RATE and RATIO.  A Rate is when you compare 2 different kinds of units as a Ratio ( fraction). For example: my heart beats at 160 beats / 2 minutes.  The different  units here are heart beats and time(minutes).   A Unit Rate is when you simplify the denominator to 1 unit.  So if my heart beats at 160 times/ 2 minutes, I would simplify the ratio(fraction) by 2(denominator) and get 80 beats/1 minute.  So watch the videos and ask any questions either by email or in class or in person.
Watch out for the changes in this chapter- You must write the problem down or use cut and paste with the sheet I gave you. In addition, you must complete VOCABULARY from the blog or videos.  

This is Kylee's little sweetie- I think!!!!  

A BIT SCARY IF YOU ASK ME!!!!!

Homework:  Read the blog, watch the videos- take notes INCLUDING the problem- and VOCABULARY!!  So this is new- write down the problem and complete vocabulary .

VOCABULARY

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Probability - INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT Events Lesson 7

Good Day to you all, 

I know you are not able to watch the videos at school, but I hoping this glitch gets fixed before Monday.  So for now, please watch at home as often as you need to.  So, we are on the last lesson for this chapter and this means we will be taking a chapter test - possibly by Thursday!  You have been given your PRACTICE TEST FORM 3A, so please complete these the best you can.  Use your notes, graphic organizers and books as resources if need be.  Psss.... THE SECRET WORDS THAT YOU  NEED TO WRITE IN YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER IN LESSON 7 is "SAMPLE SPACE". 

Onward to lesson 7- the one and only 
LAST lesson for this chapter!  Lesson 7 is Independent and Dependent EVENTS.  We have learned about simple events and compound events, now we are moving onto INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT EVENTS.  These two words are your vocabulary terms for this lesson.  If you think about the words, what do these mean to you????? Are you independent of your parents or are you still dependents of your parents?  Yes, you are still dependent of your parents and rely on them for many things.  But when you are an adult, you will be independent of your parents and you will be making your own decisions.  Or you can think of our country was dependent of England until we fought a was to become independent of England. Now our country does not need to ask England for anything as we are an independent country.  In math, these words do the same thing -  an independent event does not need support where a dependent event does need to be supported.  Example: spinning a spinner and tossing a coin- the outcome of the spin does not effect the outcome of the toss, so these would be independent events.  It's a little more confusing when you have dependent events.  Example: when you have a bag of red and white marbles.  If you pick up 1 marble and don't put it back in the bag, and pick another marble, the  outcome of the second event is dependent of the first event.  Gad! Lots of words! So , give this a little time to sink in. SECOND SECRET: WHAT DID I DO WRONG ON THE EX 1 part 1 video - hint: it was written!  Write this down in your graphic organizer also!!!

These boxer pups are Amalia's precious babies. The mamma dog is on the bottom and her baby is tackling her.  How cute can it get???

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizers and write down the vocabulary terms. 
INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT VOCABULARY

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M 

Chapter 9 Quiz problems and solutions

Hi All,

Please make sure you make ALL corrections on a separate paper and staple it to the back of your quiz.  I am hoping that most of you found your mistakes before this video, RIGHT???????

In addition, you must have your parents sign the quiz by the grade.  Remember, you make take a retake if you do some remedial work on the section you missed.

All three of these beauties being to Dahlia!! I really like the kitttie and the other 2 - well...... 

I am sure  you will all like them!!

VIDEOS !

EXAMPLES 1,2,3,4

EXAMPLES 5,6,7
EXAMPLE 8

As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Probability- Permutations lesson 6

Hello Girls and Boys,

So, I hope you all did a fine job on your first math quiz...... open notes and calculators are always a help and so practical.  Today we are moving onwards to PERMUTATIONS! A big word in probability that means that the order of something matters!!! As in a a game - there could be a first , second and third place winners.  We will go over this in class and use the vocabulary to be and sound like mathematicians!  

This sweetie is Pepper!  She OWNS Tess!! She certainly has found a soft spot to lay down. 

Homework:  Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your graphic organizer, and vocabulary needs to be defined in your Ribbon Book!

PERMUTATIONS -
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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Probability - Fundamental Counting Principle

Good Evening Girls and Boys,

We are skipping lesson 4 for now and jumping into lesson 5, The Fundamental Counting Principle.   The Fundamental Counting Principle sounds very complicated but in reality, it makes probability a lot easier.  From lesson three we learned about the Tree Diagram and tables to solve the outcomes of compound events and most if not all of you were finding this fairly good.  Well, I have great news for you, today we are learning about a shortcut in getting the outcomes of events with the Fundamental Counting Principle.  With this method, you simply MULTIPLE the outcomes of each event together to get the combined outcomes.  So, if I have and coin and cube- the coin has 2 outcomes (heads or tails) and the cube has 6 outcomes(1,2,3,4,5,6)- You multiple 2 x 6 and get 12 outcomes for the compound events.  I think you will find this far easier.  Let me know what you think in your working spirals! 

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These three kitties are so lucky to have Julia for an owner! Or do they own her?!!! Love the trio of sweetness.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your graphic organizer and write down your vocabulary word- Fundamental Counting Principle.

Probability - Lesson 5 Counting Principle

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As always in Math,
Mrs M

Probability of a COMPOUND EVENT

Good Evening Girls and Boys,

We have learned about Simple Events from lesson 1, but today we are working on Compound Events!  And just what you would think, a Compound Event consists of at least 2 events !  Another vocabulary word for this lesson is Sample Space.  This is a list of All outcomes for the event.  And the third and last vocabulary for this lesson is Tree Diagram. A tree diagram is a way to organize the Sample Event!  

This little kittie is Jin and she belongs to Alex.  I think she is going to do some vacuuming!

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in the Graphic Organizer (GO) - plus write down the vocabulary terms in your GO.

Probability of COMPOUND EVENT

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As always in MATH,

Mrs M

Probability Lesson 2

Good Evening Girls and Boys,

We still have not sent out your laptops, so we will continue watching these in class.  As always, probability is a language and you must understand the vocabulary.  And if you do so, the math is so much more understandable.  

Our 3 vocabulary terms this lesson are ; Theoretical Probability  Experimental Probability and Uniform Probability Model.

Theoretical Probability is what should happen when you do the Experimental Probability and this should be  random( equally likely to happen ).  Experimental Probability is when you actually DO the experiment.  When you do experiment, if you do not do the experiment long enough, the outcomes may not be random - ( Uniform Probability Model = Random ). So if you do the experiment long enough, the theoretical and experimental probabilities SHOULD equal!  

Meet Bergy!  This is Bella's precious little puppy. He is a two year old baby!

Please submit your photos that you would like to share.

Homework: Read the blog, take notes in your graphic organizer and write down the vocabulary terms.

Overview of Lesson 2 Probability

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As always in math,

Mrs M

September 8, 2015 PROBABILITY

Hi Girls and Boys,

As you do not have your laptops yet, you will be reading this blog and watching the instructional videos in class.  And actually, this may be the best thing.  So, get out your GRAPHIC ORGANIZER and start to record everything I write on the screen onto your first lesson note.  Be NEAT and organized as you want to be able to USE this later on.  

This is Penellope, one of our 4 dogs!
I would love to have you email me pictures of your pets or something you would like to share with us!  
Homework: Read this blog, watch the videos and take notes.  Write down the vocabulary terms also.
PROBABILITY Overview and Vocabulary
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As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Welcome to the Blog Math Class!

Hello Girls and Boys, 

I know that you will not have your laptops yet, but really wanted 

you all to know how to get to this blog site from any other computer you may have.  This blog is a great place to check in with every day. SOOOOO...... we start!  

This year we will be FLIPPING the Classroom.  Flipping the classroom means that you will be watching instructional videos and taking notes as homework and then the next day in class you will work on worksheets and math stations as a group. 

 The videos are for you to watch and rewatch as needed for each type of problem of the standards.  These videos also are a way parents can join in on what is happening in the classroom also.  In addition, if you are absent from school,

 these are a way to stay up on the work from class. Plus, these videos are a great review before the dreaded TEST!

  

Please know that you will have many chances of getting the grade you deserve,so retakes are available! I want you all to do well with less pressure in the math class and learn that math is not so hard.  You will be expected to keep up with the work on a daily base, but this load is doable! So hang on, and we are OFF to a great year........

Your homework is to watch this video if you can. 
Click on to watch 

As always in MATH,
Mrs M