Welcome to a new year of Math as a 7th grader! I am excited to be with you on this math journey and I have high expectations of the incredible year ahead of you. This year you will be learning new methods to think about problems as well as solve them. You will be making new connections, discovering relationships, figuring out what strategies can be used to solve problems, and explaining your thinking. Lets get started! Week 1 (9/3 to 9/6) Accelerated 7- We will be interpreting graphs, finding and generalizing patterns, and doing an Algebra Walk. Math 7 - We will be finding shared and unique characteristics, analyzing a game, and finding unknowns. Week 2 (9/9 to 9/13) Accelerated 7 - We will be collecting organizing, and analyzing data, exploring variables and expressions, and simplifying expressions by combining like terms. Math 7 - We will be investigating proportional relationships, investigating number patterns, looking at probability, and investigating probability. Week 3 (9/16 to 9/20) Accelerated 7 - We will continue to simplify expressions by combining like terms, write Algebraic expressions, use zero pairs to simplify Algebraic expressions. Math 7 - We will continue to investigate probability and modify the sample space. Week 4 (9/23 to 9/27) Accelerated 7 - We will be using Algebra tiles to simplify algebraic expressions and compare expressions. Math 7 - We will be expressing fractions as percents and rewrite fractions. Friday September 27th is our 7th grade Fraction Day! Week 5 (9/30 to 10/4) Accelerated 7 - We will be solving 1-step inequalities. Math 7 - We will be finishing Chapter 1 with compound probabilities and subtracting probabilities. Week 6 - (10/7 to 10/11) Accelerated 7 - We will be finishing Chapter 2 with solving equations, taking our first test on Tuesday, and checking our solutions to equations. Math 7 - We will be working on Fraction-to-Decimal conversions and taking our first team test on Tuesday and Wednesday. Week 7 - (10/14 to 10/18) Accelerated 7 - We will be solving equations and determining the number of solutions and problem solving with equations. Math 7 - We will be rewriting decimals and fractions, composing integers, and adding integers and rational numbers. Week 8 - (10/21 to 10/25) Accelerated 7 - We will be practicing the Distributive Property, seeing growth in different representations, and connecting linear rules and graphs. Math 7 - We will be adding integers and rational numbers, looking at multiplication as repeated addition, and multiplying portions. Week 9 - (10/28 to 11/1) School closed all week- Kincade Fire. Week 10 - (11/4 to 11/8) Accelerated 7 - We will be working on y=mx + b and checking on connections. Math 7- We will be multiplying mixed numbers and choosing a scale to graph data. LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY CORRECTIONS OR LATE WORK FOR T1 IS MONDAY 11/18/19 Week 11 -(11/12 to 11/15)- Monday 11/11 is a holiday Veteran's Day Accelerated 7 - We will be working completing our pattern, table, graph, and rule web. We will also be working with Variable Equations. Math 7 -We will have our Chapter 2 study guide for the test, due Tues./Wed. 11/19 and 11/20, we will also be learning how to group expressions. LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY CORRECTIONS OR LATE WORK FOR T1 IS MONDAY 11/18/19 Week 12 - (11/18 to 11/22) Accelerated 7 - We will be taking our Unit 2 test on Tuesday 11/19 and may use our toolkits for the test. We will also be solving equations with fractions, and being introduced to systems of equations. Math 7 -We will be taking our Chapter 2 test on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We will also be working on Subtraction of integers and connecting Addition and Subtraction. Week 13 - (11/25 to 11/26---We are off for Thanksgiving Wed. 11/27 to Fr. 11/29) Accelerated 7 - We will be competing against other students in our class in Integer Madness! Math 7- We will be competing against others students in our class periods in Integer Madness! Week 14 - (12/2 to 12/6) Accelerated 7 - We will be writing rules from word problems, solving systems Algebraically, and working with distance, rate and time. Math 7 - We will be looking at Multiplication as repeated subtraction, multiplying decimals, and adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers. Week 15 - (12/9 to 12/13) Accelerated 7 - We will be Scaling quantities, solving problems with percents, and taking our Unit 3 (Chapter 5) Test on Tues. 12/10. Math 7 - We will be dividing rational numbers, decimals, and using Arithmetic properties. Week 16 -(12/16 to 12/20) Accelerated 7 - We will be solving Equations with Fraction and Decimal Coefficients, Creating Integer Coefficients, and working with percent increase and decreases. Math 7 - We will be taking our Chapter 3 team test on Monday and our individual Chapter 3 test on Tuesday/Wednesday. WINTER BREAK 12/23 to 1/3/20 -- Happy Holidays Week 17 -(1/6 to 1/10) Accelerated 7 - We will be working on Simple Interest, finding missing information in proportional relationships, solving proportions, and doing some measurement. Math 7 - We will be working with scale drawings, recognizing proportional relationships, and finding proportional relationships in graphs and tables. Week 18 - (1/13 to 1/17) Accelerated 7 - We will be taking our Unit 4 Test on Tuesday 1/14 and working on Statistics and Angle Relationships Math 7 - We will be working on Unit Rate, proportional equations, connecting proportional relationships, combining like terms, and using the Distributive property. Week 19 - (1/21 to 1-24) Accelerated 7- We will be making inferences from Random Samples, and classifying angles. Math 7- We will be simplifying with zero and looking at part to whole relationships. Week 20 - (1/27 to 1/31) Accelerated 7- We will be constructing shapes, building triangles, and finding area and circumference of circles. Math 7- We will be taking our Chapter 4 test this week and finding and using percentages. Week 21 - (2/3 to 2/7) Accelerated 7- We will be finding area of composite shapes, finding surface area and volume, looking at cross sections, and volume of prisms. Math 7- We will be looking at random probability, compound independent events, probability tables, and compound events. Week 22 - (2/11 to 2/14--2/10 is a holiday for students) Accelerated 7 - We will be finding the volume of non-rectangular prisms, using volume and scaling, using multiple math ideas to create an interior design. Math 7 - We will be learning about compound events and describing relationships between quantities. Week 23 - (2/18 to 2/21) Last day to turn in any late work or corrections for T2 is Thursday 2/27 Accelerated 7 - We will be taking our Unit 6 (chapter 9) test on Tuesday 2/18, and working with rigid transformations. Math 7 - We will be continuing our work with solving word problems using the 5D process and being introduced to idea of using a variable for the unknown amount. Week 24 - (2/24 to 2/28) Last day to turn in any late work or corrections for T2 is Thursday 2/27 Accelerated 7 - We will be describing transformations, using rigid transformations, multiplication and dilations, and dilations of similar figures. Math 7 - We will be continuing our work with solving word problems using the 5D process and using variables to describe the unknown amounts, and comparing expressions. Week 25 - (3/2 to 3/6) Accelerated 7 - We will be identifying similar shapes, similar figures and transformations, working with corresponding sides and solving problems involving similar shapes. Math 7 - We will take our Chapter 5 test on Tuesday/Wednesday this week. We will being comparing quantities with variables, and solving one variable inequalities. Week 26 - (3/9 to 3/13) Accelerated 7 - We will be working on circle graphs, organizing data in a scatterplots, identifying and describing associations. Friday we will be celebrating Pi day Eve. Math 7 - We will be working on working on circumference, diameter, and Pi, and area of Circles. Friday we will be celebrating Pi day Eve. SPRING BREAK 3/16 to 3/20 Week 27 - (3/23 to 3/27) Accelerated 7 - We will be organizing data in scatter plots, identifying the association in scatter plots, revisiting y = mx + b, and being introduced to slope. 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