MATH 5020 (Arithmetic for Middle School Teachers)

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• Course Syllabus
• Homework Submission (eLC)
• Grading Guidelines
• Virtual Class
• Class Notes

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)
• Defining fractions (§2.2) video
• Read §2.2
• Look at Class Activity 2A #3 video
• HW 2 (due 9/3): §2.2 #3,7,9 (pages 57-58)
• Week 3
• September 1 (Tuesday)
• Questions about fraction definition?
• Class activity 2B
• September 3 (Thursday)
• Equivalent fractions (§2.3) video
• Read §2.3
• Look at Class Activity 2D #1 video
• HW 3 (due 9/10): §2.3 #3,10 (pages 67-68)
• 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:
1. What does (1/2)*(1/4) mean? Write a word problem and draw a picture to help you explain.
2. 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)
• Multiplying fractions video
• Fraction word problems pdf
• 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