Weekly Updates

Weeks 26 - 30

Week 27 (March 10 - 14)

6th Grade - IAR testing and Pi Day!

(Gr 7, Unit 6 - Expressions, Equations and Inequalities)

7th Grade - IAR Testing and Pi Day!

Gr 8, Unit 6 - Datat Analysis)

8th Grade - IAR Testing and Pi Day!

(Alg1, Unit 6 - Exponential Functions)

Week 26 (March 3 - 7)

6th Grade - 6th Graders worked on graphing inequalities in context.

(Gr 7, Unit 6 - Expressions, Equations and Inequalities)

7th Grade - 7th Graders worked on analyzing Scatter Plots and developing common language for describing trends and correlations.

Gr 8, Unit 6 - Data Analysis)

8th Grade - 8th Graders worked with contexts involving Exponential Growth and Decay (ie Detroit's Population over time), and created and discussed models that fit actual data.

(Alg1, Unit 6 - Exponential Functions)

Weeks 21 - 25

Week 22 (Feb 10 - 14)

6th Grade - 6th grade students worked on juxtaposing two types of algebraic equations and pathways to solutions, discussing the impact a different "balanced move" has on the equation.

(Gr 7, Unit 6 - Expressions, Equations and Inequalities)

7th Grade - 7th grade students continued working on systems of equations and understanding conceptually what it means to be a solution.

(Gr 8, Unit 4 - Linear Equations and Linear Systems)

8th Grade - 8th grade students had their first experience of the Algebra Exit Exam and continued working with Exponential Functions.

(Alg1, Unit 6 - Exponential Functions)

Weeks 16 - 20

Week 15 (Dec 9 - 13)

6th Grade - 6th grade students worked on calculating the perimeter of complex shapes and answering "in terms of pi," and began the discovery of the area formula for circles.

(Gr 7, Unit 3 - Measuring Circles)

7th Grade - 7th grade students continued working with Functions, making connections between a graphical representation and a story/context that it represents.

(Gr 8, Unit 5 - Functions and Volume)

8th Grade - 8th grade students continued working with data sets and examining how Measures of Center and Measures of Spread can be used to describe a data set.

(Alg1, Unit 3 - Describing Data)

Week 14 (Dec 2 - 6)

6th Grade - 6th grade students were re-introduced to parts of a circle and investigated relationship between them, analyzing if it was proportional or something else.

(Gr 7, Unit 3 - Measuring Circles)

7th Grade - 7th grade students began working with Functions and analyzing whether or not a relationship is a function or not.

(Gr 8, Unit 5 - Functions and Volume)

8th Grade - 8th grade students worked on reviewing Data visuals and the relationship between the shape of data and Measures of Center.

(Alg1, Unit 3 - Describing Data)

Week 11 (Nov 4 - 8)

6th Grade - This week 6th graders began a unit on percentages, discussing how to model percent increase decrease with a tape diagram and an equation.

(Gr 7, Unit 4 - Proportional Relationships and Percentages)

7th Grade - This week 7th graders began distinguishing between proportional and linear relationships, focusing more now on the concept of being linear and not proportional and what that looks like in a mathematical model.

(Gr 8, Unit 3 - Proportional and Linear Relationships)

8th Grade - This week 8th graders worked on describing Domain and Range of functions using Inequalities.

(Alg1, Unit 4 - Describing Functions)

Weeks 5 - 10

Week 10 (Oct 28 - Nov 1)

6th Grade - This week 6th graders worked on finishing their unit on Proportional Relationships by creating a model to determine under what conditions a shower or bath is more efficient in water usage.

(Gr 7, Unit 2 - Intro to Proportional Relationships)

7th Grade - This week 7th graders worked on reviewing proportionality and modeling a proportional relationship to answer questions, in order to prepare for the unit on linear relationships..

(Gr 8, Unit 3 - Proportional and Linear Relationships)

8th Grade - This week 8th graders worked on Functions and features thereof.

(Alg1, Unit 4 - Describing Functions)

Week 8 (Oct 14 - 18)

6th Grade - This week 6th graders worked on Proportional Relationship Equations and identifying the two that are present in this type of linear relationship, as well as looking at the structures of the equations.

(Gr 7, Unit 2 - Intro to Proportional Relationships)

7th Grade - This week 7th graders worked on Similarity and Triangles, using proportions to solve for a missing side length and for measuring objects indirectly.

(Gr 8, Unit 2 - Dilations, Similarity and Slope)

8th Grade - This week 8th graders worked on Linear Inequalities, both examining the mathematics and contexts that would be appropriate for using this type of model.

(Alg1, Unit 2 - Linear Equations and Inequalities)

Weeks 1 - 5

Week 4 (Sep 16 - 20)

6th Grade - This week 6th graders worked on discerning between Scale and Scale Factor, and used that to create our own Scale Drawings as practice for our final project next week.

(Gr 7, Unit 1 - Scale Drawings)

7th Grade - This week 7th graders worked on formally describing the movement of shapes in the coordinate plane, in written/verbal form as well as the shift in coordinates and patterns thereof.

(Gr 8, Unit 1 - Rigid Transformations)

8th Grade - This week 8th graders transitioned from discussing sequences to Linear Relationships and working to solve for a single variable, and how many solutions an equation can have.

(Alg1, Unit 2 - Linear Equations and Inequalities)

Week 3 (Sep 9 - 13)

6th Grade - This week 6th graders started off in their 1st unit on Scale Drawings, exploring what a scaled copy was, practicing drawing scaled copies, and discovering patterns that exist within the scale factors.

(Gr 7, Unit 1 - Scale Drawings)

7th Grade - This week 7th graders worked on informally and formally describing the movement of shapes in the coordinate plane. (Gr 8, Unit 1 - Rigid Transformations)

8th Grade - This week 8th graders worked on informally and formally describing patterns and sequences, working towards coming to explicit expressions for Arithmetic and Geometric sequences.

(Alg1, Unit 1 - Patterns and Sequences)

Week 2 (Sep 2 - 6)

This week 6th and 7th graders explored the question "What does it mean to be Great at Maths?" through reading some articles and a student letter, and then jigsawing a summary of the main messages they read about in the form of a poster and gallery walk.

This week 8th graders worked on designing and decorating their math notebooks with a collage, and wrote an artist statement about the symbolism for each image they included. The images represented them as both a person and how they felt about mathematics.

Week 1 (Aug 26 - 30)

This first week focused on community building and establishing norms for participating in class. The kids had lots of opportunities to share their thoughts and build relationships with their peers!