January 24: Minnesota State Standards
State Math Standards can be found at The Minnesota Department of Education
Read FAQ about the 2007 Minnesota Mathematics Standards and Benchmarks for grades K-12
Read pages 3-7 of the Report of the Teacher Academies: Math and Science Advisory Task Force
Read The New 8th Grade Algebra Requirement: This is Not Your Mother's Algebra by members of the MCTM Algebra Task Force
Read these excerpts from the NCTM Principles and Standards Executive Summary and answer the discussion questions at the end of the document
January 26: Multiple Representations
Read "Using a Translation Model for Curriculum Development and Classroom Instruction" by Kathleen Cramer
Read "The Role of a Multi-Representational Instruction in the Understanding of Fractions in Elementary Mathematics" by Zaynab Sisakht, Farzaneh Nowroozi Larki, and Shahrnaz Bakhshalizadeh
Read "Whodunit? Exploring Proportional Reasoning Through the Footprint Problem" by Karen Koellner-Clark and Richard Lesh
Answer these discussion questions in class
January 31: Proportions
Ratio Notes
February 2: Percents
Percents Worksheet Due Feb 7
February 7: Irrational and Complex Numbers
Read "The Square Root of Two" by David Flannery
Read "From Zero to Infinity" by Constance Reid
February 9: No class
February 14: Infinity and Zero
Watch "Hunting the Hidden Dimension" Produced by Nova
Exam 1 Due February 23
Exam 1 Clarifications and Hints
February 16: Representing and Interpreting Data
Chris Franklin's summary of the Pre-K--12 Report
Gather data from The National Center for Education Statistics
Read GAISE: Introduction and Framework
Read GAISE: Level A
February 21: No Class
TinkerPlots
February 23: Centers and Spread
7.2 notes not available online
February 28: Hypothesis Testing and p-values
Statistics Notes Part I
March 2: Hypothesis Testing and p-values
Statistics Notes Part II
March 7: Chance
7.3 notes not available online
March 9: Exam 2 Details and Work Time
Exam 2 Due Wednesday, March 23
March 21: Elementary Geometry Manipulatives
Pentomino Game
Tangram Template
Geoboards at the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
March 23: Patty Paper
Patty Paper Geometry by Michael Serra
March 28: Triangles
Congruent Triangles
Congruent Triangles Addenda
March 30: Polygons
Exercises from Geometry Teacher's Activities Kit
Angle Sums of Polygons
April 4: Geometer's Sketchpad
Resources can be found at Key Curriculum Press
April 6: Three-Dimensional Figures
Polydrons
April 11: Congruence Transformations
Miras
April 13: Symmetry
9.2 notes not available online
April 18: Tessellations
Create Escher-Style Tesselations using patty paper
April 20: Systems of Measurement
10.1 notes not available online
April 25: Perimeter and Area
10.2 notes not available online
April 27: Surface Area and Volume
Whole Movement
May 2: Work Day
May 4: Last Day
Final Exam due in class
Basic Skills Exam
Career Resources