Friday, December 5, 2014

Chapter 3.4 and 3.5 Multiplying and Dividing INTEGERS

Hey Class,

This is Mr. Garbe. Just a reminder that I will be teaching every lesson next week. I'm really looking forward to it!

The videos today are all about multiplying and dividing negative integers. We've been talking about adding and subtracting negative numbers for a while now. The rules for multiplying and dividing are not the same.

Here are the steps for multiplying and dividing integers:
1. Multiply or divide as usual.
2. Count the number of negative signs. If the number of negative signs is odd then the answer is negative. If the number of negative signs is even then the answer is positive.


Ryan G. looking fly.

We have two new vocabulary words, product and quotient. I hope you have a great weekend!
Homework: Read the blog, take notes in the Graphic Organizer, complete vocabulary and upload into the Portfolio- Chapter 3.

Chapter 3.4 and 3.5 Overview
Lesson 3.4
Lesson 3.5
Vocabulary

Always in math,
Mr. Garbe



Friday, November 21, 2014

Chapter 3.2 INTEGERS 7.NS.3 7.EE.3

Good Evening to all,  I hope that each one of you had a pleasant Thanksgiving meal with family and friends, 
and you were able to enjoy some extra sleep in time.

 And now that you are rested, we are moving on to INTEGERS.  An integer is a whole number that is either positive or negative.  Such as - 5, 8, -19  and so on.  It is NOT -5.3, or 8.2, or -19.4! Only WHOLE NUMBERS are integers.  But with integers like everything in math, we need to add, subtract, multiply, and divide them.  But most of you are very familiar with them and use them freely: weather is 7*below 0 (-7)  I owe my mom $8 (-8) and so on.

In this lesson we will learn more vocabulary, and the 2 words we have now are Opposites and Additive Inverse- these are about the same things.  Opposite numbers are talking about the signs of the numbers, so +3 -3   -10 +10 are examples and if you add them together you will ALWAYS get 0!!! So look for these in your problems and it will be far easier to solve.  
Additive Inverse is the same- you are adding the opposite number and you will always get 0.

So, enough of this chatter and off to the lesson on INTEGERS. 
Meet sweet little Carly.  Sophia owns this little ball of fur!

Homework: Read the blog, take notes in your graphic organizer, and complete your vocabulary in your portfolio.

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Chapter 3 Integers

Hello Class,

Mr. Garbe here. Tonight we are starting a new chapter on Integers! How exciting. This chapter will involve absolute values, and operations (add, subtract, divide, multiply) on positive and negative integers. Lesson 1 is quite simple and I believe that you all will be successful with understanding these videos.

There is some new vocabulary in this chapter and all of the words are in the first video. I encourage you to add chapter 3 vocabulary right now in your portfolio.

                                                   Noah's little puppy! A handful of fuzz.

Here are the videos for tonight.


As Always in Math,
Mr. Garbe

Friday, November 14, 2014

REVIEW ANSWERS for Chapter 2 Test Form 3A


Good EVENING TO ALL,

Try to take this practice test without looking at the answers until finished.  Use will be able to use your GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS so make sure you bring them in to class on Tuesday.  

Bring in all questions you have on this for MONDAY as this is a dedicated day for review also.  

CHAPTER 2 Test is on TUESDAY!


Monday, November 10, 2014

Chapter 2.8 Simple Interest 7.RR.3 7.EE.3

Good Evening Girls and Boys,
We are onto our last lesson for chapter 2 PERCENTS!  This means there will be a test over this whole chapter very soon!! Yikes! But before we panic, let's go over lesson 8- on Simple Interest.  Simple Interest is what money you make from money that you have in your bank account or such and it can also be the money you pay for money you borrowed.  The money that you borrow or begin with is called the Principal.  So watch the videos and ask any questions you have on this lesson.
Also, we are at the end of the chapter and you must have all of the work for chapter 2 DONE- this includes all of your worksheets for each lesson; all of your vocabulary; at least 2 math stations; your graphic organizer must be complete; and all of this must be entered into your portfolio by the time of the test.

Meet Bertha, one of the many chickens that Andrew owns. Bet she lays some tasty eggs.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your graphic organizer and complete your Vocabulary.
As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Friday, November 7, 2014

Chapter 2.7 DISCOUNT 7.RP.3 & 7.EE.3

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
And we have arrived to my FAVORITE thing of all - DISCOUNT!!! Unlike the last lesson, we are taking off the price!!! And that makes me happy!!!  In this lesson we will go over discount and markdown as well as knowing when to take off and when to add on to prices.  So put your thinking caps on and watch the videos, take notes and complete your vocabulary on this lesson in your portfolio.  
 WARNING WARNING WARNING: 
We are nearing the end of the chapter and you know what that means!!! Yup- a chapter test coming soon to your neighborhood! 
Here are just 2 of the 13 puppies Elyse has! Bet her house is full of energy!!! ADORABLE!
Homework: Read the blog, Watch the videos, take Notes in your Graphic Organizer and Complete VOCABULARY in your Portfolio!!
DISCOUNT: ex 4 p. 164
DISCOUNT: EX 4 a p. 164

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Chapter 2.6 Sales Tax, Tips and Markups 7.RP.3 7. EE.2 7.EE.3

Good Evening to you all,
We are moving on with the most practical lesson of all - Sales Tax, Tips and Markups.  We use these almost in every day.  The vocabulary for this section is : sales tax, tip, gratuity, markup, and selling price. We are so used to going to the store and seeing prices marked on items and knowing that is NOT the price we actually pay at the register.  We need to add a sales tax to most items in the store.  Or another example when we are in a restaurant, we see the prices of the food items and then we add a tip to the wait person.  We are very familiar with these, that is it almost done with a thought. Well, this lesson is how to calculate these additional charges.  So watch the videos, and take notes in your graphic organizer and complete your vocabulary for this lesson.



Meet Kailyn's kittie.  What another little sweetie.....


Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your  Graphic Organizer:

TAX TIP MARKUP Vocabulary
TAX TIP MARKUP Ex 1 p. 152
TAX TIP MARKUP Ex 3a
TAX TIP MARKUP Ex 2 p. 153
TAX TIP MARKUP Ex 3 153
TAX TIP MARKUP Ex 4 p. 154

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Monday, November 3, 2014

Chapter 2.5 PERCENT of CHANGE 7.RP.3 and 7. EE.3

Good Evening to all,
And on this fine wintery day, we will be working away on Percent of Change!  I bet this is a thrill for all of you!  Well, it is a very useful concept and the good news is that it is fairly easy to do, especially if you use your Graphic Organizers to help you.  So When we are talking about CHANGE- we are taking about something that goes up or down.  If that change goes up- we use Percent of Increase- to figure out the amount.  And if it goes down, we use the Percent of Decrease!  And when we estimate, we use the Percent of Error!  Sounds a bit confusing, but watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer.  
You MUST write in the 4 formulas for PERCENT OF CHANGE IN YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS- these are your vocabulary words for the lesson!

Meet Annie. This little sweet girl owns Katie's heart.


Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizers:
Percent of Change OVERVIEW
Percent of Change EX 1 p. 144
Percent of Change EX 2 p. 145
Percent of Change Ex 3 p. 146
As always in MATH,
MRS M


Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Chapter 2.4 Percent EQUATION 7. RP. 2 2c 3 7.EE.3

Good Evening Ladies and Gents,

So we are moving on with Percent Equations - and this says itself also- you will be working with percents and equations.  Make sure you check out the chart on p. 130 in your textbook and copy this down in your graphic organizer. You may need this for your test! 
You are still working on solving percent problems but in another way.  I am really not to particular in which manner you use to solve a problem AS LONG AS YOU SHOW YOUR WORK or EVIDENCE of your solutions.  So, with that being said, watch the videos on this method.  Note: I made a mistake on the answer for example 1- it should be 18!  Oops!

So, these beauties are just stunning!  Andrew has the honor of keeping them in his home!

Homework:  Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your Graphic Organizer on Lesson 4 Percent Equations!


As always in  MATH,
Mrs M

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Chapter 2.3 Percent PROPORTIONS 7.RP.3

Good Evening to all and I am hoping that you are enjoying your extra day off from school this weekend to your fullest!

In math class we are moving onward with the 
Percent PROPORTIONS (equivalent fractions where one fraction is a percent).  We are going to use what we learned from chapter 1 on proportions  and combine it with the percent information we know and love!  I bet that is just a thrill for all of you! So hang onto your seats and listen to the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer.  Please bring in any questions you have.


This relic Ring was sent to me by Ben- what a cool artifact.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, and take notes in your Graphic Organizer:


As always in Math,
Mrs M

Monday, October 20, 2014

Chapter 2.2 Percents and Estimation


Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, 


It's Mr. Garbe! Tonight you will be learning lesson 2.2, estimating the percent of a number.  There are two standards connected to this lesson. They are 7.RP.3 and 7.EE.3. 

There are two things that you have probably already learned that are highlighted in this lesson. They are estimating and rounding. Do you remember what estimating and rounding mean? Estimating is making a rough or approximate calculation. Rounding is when you slightly change a number to make a calculation more simple. But why would we ever estimate and round in math if we want an exact answer?
 In the real world, you will estimate all the time. For example, when you are shopping for new clothes and find that a $52.50 pair of jeans are 50% off, you might make an estimation by rounding $52.50 to $50. Then you can find 50% of $50. We all know that half of $50 is $25, so you would pay about $25 for that pair of pants. If the cashier rings the jeans up to be $35, you can tell them that they are wrong! Eventually, you will be able to do some of this in your head. 


If you need more practice with rounding you can go to this website: http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/rounding


Meet Isaac, one of my 14 grandchildren and Weezer is helping him on his laptop!
Homework: Read the blog above, watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer for lesson 2 - Percents and Estimations.

As always in Math,
Mrs M and Mr Garbe




 

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

CHAPTER 2 Percents Standards 7. RP. 3 and EE.3

Homework for Thursday is in the google calendar also: Send in the completed Chapter 1 Vocabulary and essay in google CLASSROOM! 

Good Evening Girls and Boys,


Today we are moving on to Chapter 2- PERCENTS!!! You are most likely very familiar with this as you may use it in common conversations. Percents are in the standards of Rates and Proportions and Expressions and Equations.  
 If you are estimating these percents, it can be very helpful.  So, if think about percent of something as being around 50% - then that would be about half of the total.  If you divide up the total into quarters - and estimate the answer to see if it is reasonable- that may help in the actual computing. For Example:  if you are asked for 24% of 100, a reasonable estimate would be for the answer to be around 25.  Take a look into the videos and use your estimates and see if the answer is a reasonable one.


This little fluff ball belongs to Kaitlyn.  What a cutie.
Homework: Read the blog, Watch the videos and take notes in your CHAPTER 2 Graphic Organizer:


Chapter 2.1 Percents OVERVIEW

Percents Ex 1 p. 104
Percents Ex 2 p. 104
Percents Ex 3 p. 105
Percents Ex 4 p. 105
Percent Ex 5 p. 106

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Chapter 1.8 SLOPE 7.RP.2 7.RP. 2b


Good Evening to all,

We are on the last lesson in Chapter 1 - you know what that means???????
In lesson 8, we are getting on with SLOPE. 
 Slope is how steep a line is.  This is important as you will be doing this throughout your school years.  Using the information from finding the constant rate of change - you are actually finding the SLOPE of the LINE!  So now we are focusing on Slope.
Watch the videos and ask questions by email or come in early.


Meet the little pup of Faith.  She is a sweetie!

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos and take notes in your Graphic Organizer:

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Monday, October 6, 2014

Chapter 1.7 Rates of Change and CONSTANT Rate of Change 7.RP. 2 - 2a -2d

Good Evening,
We are embarking on a new lesson in math and that is Rate of Change and Constant Rate of Change.  This is pulling everything we have learned so far: rates - proportional rates - quadrants - ordered pairs- together.  So if we graph, and it forms a straight line- it is proportional if it passes through the origin.  If so, then that line is a constant rate of change- meaning it changes at the same amount over time and it forms a line.  Watch the videos and ask questions as this is an important concept.....
Meet Mia's sweet peeps and bunny.  Reminds me of Easter!  

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos on CONSTANT RATE OF CHANGE ( lesson 7) and take notes in the Graphic Organizer: 

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Chapter 1.6 Solving Proportional Relationships 7.RP.2 7.RP.2b 7.RP.3

Good Evening to all,
In this lesson in chapter 1, we are looking at solving proportions again but with ratios. 
 The standards are 7.RP.2  7.RP.2b  7.RP.3 .  
Proportions are equations that are EQUIVALENT, meaning they are equal to each other.  
Often time, CROSS PRODUCTS is an easy way to solve these. 
We have done something like this when we used cross products to simplify the fraction.  So follow along with the videos and take your notes in your Graphic Organizer. 
 YOUR NEW VOCABULARY WORD is CROSS PRODUCT! 
 Make sure you define this with all the other vocabulary terms.  
Meet Little Daisy, she is the fur baby of Rebecca.

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos on Lesson 6 and take notes AND complete your VOCABULARY.

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Homework for GRAPHING PROPORTIONS Chapter 1.5

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today we reviewed our new vocabulary words and reviewed different methods to recognize proportional relationships.
VOCABULARY WORDS - Origin, coordinate plane, x-axis, y-axis, ordered pair, x-coordinate, y-coordinate
Do you remember how we reviewed our new vocabulary words? We made a Verbal Visual Word Association (VVWA). The four rectangles in the VVWA have a different purpose. See the picture below.
WORD
DEFINITION
PICTURE
WORD ASSOCIATION

PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS – Do you remember the three methods we can use to recognize proportional relationships?
1.     Using a chart
2.     Using equivalent fractions
3.     Using a graph
When making a graph, if the line is straight and passes through the origin, then the relationship is proportional. Look back to the videos if none of this makes sense to you.
HOMEWORK:  I am going to collect and check all of it
1)     Either use your printed textbook or the online textbook to complete your homework. It should be bookmarked on your Macbook Air. Page 48 #3, page 49 #1-2, page 50 #5, page 51 #12
2)     Finish the VVWA. You should have a total of 4 complete.

3)     Check Infinite Campus to see your mid check grade. If an assignment is missing and you took it, check out the “no name” papers.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Chapter 1.5 Graphing Proportional Relationships 7.RP.2 7.RP.2a

Good Evening Girls and Boys!
Mr Garbe is doing the videos today so you are in for a treat!
This section is on Graphing Proportions so there are lots of VOCABULARY Terms to define.  
Please make these creative, your own words, 
and show a real life example of each.

Onto the lesson:  Most if not all are familiar with graphing on a Quadrant Plane.  I always remember it by the prefix- quad- meaning 4.  So in a Quadrant Plane there are 4 sections called Quadrants to plot your Ordered Pair on! An Ordered Pair is a pair of numbers inside a ( x,y ).  The first number is always the x coordinate and the second one is the y coordinate to get one point!  You will be graphing straight lines. This is certainly a mouthful but after watching the videos, it should clear this up.

This little beauty is Rachel's pup!  How adorable!

Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos on Graphing Proportions and take notes in your Graphic Organizer!
Vocabulary Start-Up Page 45

Ch1.5 Graphing Proportions Ex 1 page 46
Ch 1.5 Graphing Proportions Ex 2 page 47
Ch 1.5 Graphing Proportions Ex 2b page 47

As Always in MATH,
Mrs M

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Happy Fall to all!

On this fine fall day, I want to touch base with all of you.
Since we have had NWEAs yesterday and today, we have not done any math in class.  BUT, we must not forget what standards we are working on- that is RATES AND PROPORTIONAL Relationships. We are starting Proportional Reasoning.  Another more familiar wording may be Equivalent Fractions- when one ratio equals another.
REMEMBER: if you are retaking the quiz on Chapter 1.1-1.3 come in during tutorial.
Here's to a big smooch from Maddy's Horse!
So make sure you have the notes in your graphic organizer for Lesson 1.4 on PROPORTIONAL and NON-Proportional ratios and work on the following vocabulary words.  

You are now able to bring home your laptops and 
so the work with the electronic PORTFOLIO begins. Define the following terms:
RATE
COMPLEX FRACTIONS
UNIT RATE
PROPORTIONAL/Non-PROPORTIONAL Ratios

Make sure you define these words in meaningful and in an understanding way ~~~~~your own words.
Give an example from the math book AND
FIND a real world example of each (pictures or such).
Be creative and have fun ( One student put the vocabulary to a song and videoed taped it - another student was a reporter and reported out the information. ) 

In addition to starting your vocabulary section, you can type up your essay that was assigned the other day- 

For right now, Keep this information on NOTES or Pages until we start your portfolio BLOG!

Friday, September 19, 2014

Proportional and Non Proportional Relationships - Chapter 1.4

Good Evening to all,

We are moving onward but still staying in the standard of RATES and Proportional Relationships.  
This lesson is exactly this - PROPORTIONAL - meaning that 2 quantities are equal - they are proportional. 
Again, a mouthful- these are like equivalent fractions!  And being non proportional is like having 
two fractions that are not equivalent!  
So watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizers.  

Jack and I showing off our new attire!
Homework: Watch the videos on PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 1.4 and take notes in your Graphic Organizer!
Chapter 1.4 Proportional/ Non Proportional Ex1 page 34
Chapter 1.4 Proportional/Non Proportional EX 2 page 35
As Always in MATH,
Mrs M 

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Converting UNIT RATIOS part 2

Good Evening to all,
We are in for a second round of converting units- that is where you cross cancel the units first to change them and then simplify the ratio.  For instance, you can go from MILES per HOUR to FEET per HOUR.  This is a tricky lesson, but I think that today will be FAR easier than yesterday.  And now that all of you have the flash player installed, we can move onward to the team classwork:

MORE TIME:  Skills Practice 1.3: even#'s
Problem Solving 1.3: even #'s

Just Right: Homework Practice 1.3 : even #;s
Problem Solving 1.3 even #'s

Challenge: Homeworm Practice 1.3 : every 3rd #
Problem Solving 1.3 even #'s
HOTS 1.3

All of this work is to be done in your notebooks-:
HEADING - date and assignment as above then comment when done.

Write down the problem
Show all steps 
Work on down
BOX in answer
Check the answer- if correct, go on to the next problem. 
If incorrect, go back and find mistake
 and correct it before moving onward.

When done with this assignment, 
make a brief comment on top of page.

Hint: when stuck on a problem: Look back at the examples in the book lesson, watch the videos again, ask your team mates, and if all of these fail, go to the teacher!

Work hard and if necessary, finish these worksheets as homework.
These beauties are Estelle's fur babies.  Just darling! 

As always in MATH,
Mrs M

Friday, September 12, 2014

Converting UNIT RATIOS 7.RP.1 and 7.RP. 3

Good Evening,
Tonight's homework is a bit tricky, so be kind to yourself as it may take a few times through.  So we are off.  Mr  Garbe is making the videos so that will be a nice treat. 
 Make sure you take these notes in your graphic organizer. 
The lesson is about converting units from one to another. Sounds simple right.....
You will need to refer to page 26 for the charts, so you may want to somehow mark this all important page. 
 The charts are common conversions.
Each of the units should be written as a UNIT RATIO
 ( much like a unit rate- the denominator has a unit of 1 ).  
The numerator and denominator of each
 UNIT RATIOS MUST BE EQUAL! 
You will be factoring the UNIT as well as the digits. 
So hang on for the videos and listen to them as often as needed.  

Mr Garbe as a 7 year old wearing his Hanson Shirt.

HOMEWORK: READ THE BLOG AND WATCH THE VIDEOS as often as needed. Bring in your questions or email them to me.

As always in MATH,
Mrs M and Mr Garbe

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Chapter 1.2 COMPLEX FRACTIONS - 7.NS.3 and 7.RP.1

Good Evening to all,
We are going to be working on COMPLEX FRACTIONS in today's lesson.  So, the Standard is 7.NS. 3 ( NS is Number Systems) and also working in 7.RP.1 as we will be writing these in our RATES problems too. So we are off.....

Fractions are our friends and Complex fractions are fractions inside fractions- so complex fractions are our extra friends! All rules for fractions apply to complex fractions. 

Watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer. If you have any questions on this work, keep them until the morning or email me tonight.  Email:sheila.charle-mcatee@gorhamschools.org

Meet Isaac!  He is one of my 14 grandchildren ! And he wants to tell everyone that
he LOVES math and hopes you all do too.
HOMEWORK: read the blog and watch the videos and take notes in your graphic organizer:
You may need to pause the videos 
or watch the videos more than once.


As Always in MATH,
Mrs M

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Good Morning to all this fine Monday MORNING!

Welcome to the BLOG. We are reading the blog as a class as the laptops are still not available, but it is also a nice way to learn how to do this nightly homework assignment!

We are embarking on our first lesson in flipping the class, that is, where the instructions are video taped and presented in mrsmathatee's blog! You will be watching several short videos and taking notes on each of them in your graphic organizers.  ( If you have forgotten your graphic organizer, take notes on a small piece of paper and then glue this into the organizer when you get to school!) I will be checking that these notes are indeed done as that is evidence that you have watched the video instruction.  But for today and possibly this week, this viewing and note taking will take place in class.  So, after the class watches these videos, we will be going into the worksheets as teams.  

Now onto the lesson.  Today's lesson is on RATES and the CCSS ( Common Core State Standard) is 7.RP.2 and 7.RP.2b( 7 is your grade level; RP is the Domain of Rates and Proportional Relationships; and 2 and 2b are  the second part of this standard) and the Mathematical Practices 1,3,4, and 5. 

The vocabulary words for the lesson is Rate and Unit Rate- Rate is a comparison of 2 different things - such as time and distance.  Is often looks like a fraction!   Unit Rate is when this rate has a denominator of 1.  Have a Unit Rate makes it easy to compare things like which food is the best price. This is a bit confusing but should not be soon.  
Meet Little LOLA- she is one of our four little ladies in our home.   
Classwork: Watch the videos and 
take notes in your Graphic Organizer:
Rates and Proportions Ex 1 page 10
Rates and Proportions Ex 2 page 11
Rates and Proportions Ex 3 page 11
Rates and Proportions Ex 4 page 12

Classwork: Open your text book and do the following:
pages 13 & 14  # 1-10 all
page 16  # 19-22 all
Challenge by Choice:  Do the above work but even numbers only plus page 14  # 11-15
page 15 # 22 a b c


As always in MATH,
Mrs M