MATH 5020 (Arithmetic for Middle School Teachers)
Fall 2020
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Course Calendar:
- Week 1
- August 20 (Thursday)
- First day of class
- Introduction; Base 10 number system (§1.1) video
- HW 1 (due 8/27): §1.1 #3 (page 12); §1.2 #2,7 (pages 25-26)
- Week 2
- August 25 (Tuesday)
- Decimals and the importance of base unit (§1.2) video
- Class activity 1D
- August 27 (Thursday)
- Week 3
- September 1 (Tuesday)
- Questions about fraction definition?
- Class activity 2B
- September 3 (Thursday)
- Week 4
- September 8 (Tuesday)
- Questions about equivalent fractions?
- Class Activity 2L
- September 10 (Thursday)
- Look at Class Activity 2L #3 video
- HW 4 (due 9/17): §2.3 #18,21 (pages 68-69)
- Week 5
- September 15 (Tuesday)
- More equivalent fraction problems
- Class Activity 2M
- September 17 (Thursday)
- Give out Exam 1 (due 9/24)
- Week 6
- September 22 (Tuesday)
- Continue to work on Exam 1
- September 24 (Thursday)
- Fraction addition (§3.4) video
- HW 5 (due 10/1): §3.4 #1,2 (page 131)
- Week 7
- September 29 (Tuesday)
- Fraction addition questions?
- Class Activity 3Q
- October 1 (Thursday)
- Look at Class Activity 3S video
- HW 6 (due 10/8): §3.4 #13,14 (page 132)
- Week 8
- October 6 (Tuesday)
- Class Activity 3R
- October 8 (Thursday)
- Defining multiplication (§4.1) video
- HW 7 (due 10/15): §4.1 #1,8 (page 149)
- Week 9
- October 13 (Tuesday)
- Class Activity 4A
- October 15 (Thursday)
- Commutative property (§4.3) activity
- HW 8 (due 10/22): Commutative property activity; §4.3 #7 (page 163); §4.4 #5 (page 174)
- Week 10
- October 20 (Tuesday)
- Associative and distributive property (§4.3/4.4)
- Class Activity 4K
- October 22 (Thursday)
- Standard multiplication algorithm (§4.6) video
- HW 9 (due 10/29): §4.5 #10, 17 (pages 183-184); §4.6 #4 (page 191)
- Week 11
- October 27 (Tuesday)
- Multiplication problems
- October 29 (Thursday)
- Give out Exam 2 (due 11/5)
- Week 12
- November 3 (Tuesday)
- Continue to work on Exam 2
- November 5 (Thursday)
- Fraction multiplication (§5.1)
- Consider the following two questions:
- What does (1/2)*(1/4) mean? Write a word problem and draw a picture to help you explain.
- What does (1/4)*(1/2) mean? Write a word problem and draw a picture to help you explain.
- HW 10 (due 11/12): §5.1 #3,9,10 (pages 203-204)
- Week 13
- November 10 (Tuesday)
- November 12 (Thursday)
- Watch multiplying fractions video; Work on HW 11
- HW 11 (due 11/19): §5.1 #4,6,11 (pages 203-204)
- Week 14
- November 17 (Tuesday)
- Percent!
- Class activity 2U
- November 19 (Thursday)
- Division (§6.1) video
- Homework 12 (due 11/24, submit on ELC): §6.1 #1,2,5 (pages 230-231)
- Week 15
- November 24 (Tuesday)
- Class activity 6B
- November 26 (Thursday)
- Thanksgiving (no class)
- Week 16
- December 1 (Tuesdy)
- Class online
- Division and fractions video
- Class activity 6G
- Homework 13 (due 12/10): §6.2 #1,2,6,11 (pages 237-238)
- December 3 (Thursday)
- Class online
- Class activity 6G
- Week 17
- December 8 (Tuesday)
- No class
- December 10 (Thursday)
- Reading Day
- Week 18
- December 15 (Tuesday)
- December 17 (Thursday)
- Final Exam Due