A #1 (Due January 21st ~ Tuesday) 10pts

Bring your ideas, strategies, solutions, etc.. for the Leap Frog problem to class on Tuesday. You don't need to to do a formal write-up but be ready share your findings and strategies with the class.

A #2 (Due January 21st ~ Tuesday) 10pts

This assignment is to do Journal Entry #1 (click here)

A #3 (Due January 21st ~ Tuesday) 10pts

Please read the Algebra Standard from the NCTM Principles and Standards which can be found at http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter3/alg.htm

Then do Journal Entry #2 (click here)

A #4 (Due January 21st ~ Tuesday) 10 pts

Please go to the InterMath Website (look around if you haven't been there before) and choose ONE of the following problems to solve.

#1. Summing Multiples:
Solution - click here
 
#2. Choose and Elevator:
Solution - click here

Please write-up your solution(s) to the problem and the strategies you used to investigate the problem you chose. I am giving you an example to look at - click here to download a text doc. - Maci was one of my students at UGA and has quite the gift for sharing her mathematical problem solving experiences in a written form. Don't get bogged down in the problem - do pay attention to how she really relays the problem solving experience to the reader. You don't have to as prolific as Maci :) But it is such a nice example of a "Write-Up"

A #5 (Due January 28th ~ Tuesday) 10pts

Write one to two paragraphs about your solution to the Locker Problem. You do not need to "show all your work" or describe the whole problem solving process - just answer the last two questions on the handout.

A #6 (Due January 28th ~ Tuesday) 10pts

Choose ONE of the following problems from the InterMath website to work on this week. Please write-up your solution(s) to the problem you selected including the strategies you used.

 

A #7 (Due January 28th ~ Tuesday) 10pts

This assignment is to do Journal Entry #3 (click here)

A #8 (Due February 4th ~ Tuesday) 10pts

This assignment is to do Journal Entry #4 (click here)

A #9 (In Class February 11th ~ Tuesday) 60pts

This is our end of the Patterns Unit assessment. There will be three questions worth 20 points each. You will have one hour.

1. A problem solving activity in which you will be asked to identify and describe patterns that emerge from the activity... No notes needed

2. An essay question which will address the inclusion of Patterns in a curriculum that fosters algebraic thinking at all levels... You may use your papers and articles

3. A crituqe of a classroom activity that claims to promote algebraic thinking in early or middle grades... No notes needed

A #10 (Due February 11th ~ Tuesday) 10pts

This assignment is to do Journal Entry #5 - Reaction to the Tracking article (click here)