Becca Huffine 7th Grade Lesson Plans / Week of 11/28-12/2
Monday 11/21/11
1) Bellringer (2 Word Problems, 2 Question Skill Review)
2) Unit Rates and Proportions Practice
3)Minute 30
4) Jeopardy Review Game
·  Unit Rates, Ratios, Proportions, and Percent Proportions
·  Skill Practice and Word Problems
Homework:
None
Materials:
Jeopardy Review Game, Better Buy Activity, Minute 30 / Objectives:
7.2D- Use division to find unit rates and ratios in proportional relationships such as speed, density, price, recipes, and student teacher ratios; and model those relationships concretely, pictorially, and in tabular form.
7.3B- Estimate and find solutions to application problems involving proportional relationships such as similarity, scaling, unit costs, and related measurement units using intuitive methods (such as unit-rate method, factor-of-change, or graphical visuals approach)
7.13A- Identify and apply mathematics to everyday experiences, to activities in and outside of school, with other disciplines, and with other mathematical topics.
7.14A- Communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate unites, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models.
Tuesday 11/22/11
1) Bellringer (2 Problem Solving Questions, 2 Skill Review)
2) Stations Review
·  Fraction Dominoes
·  Integer Addition and Subtraction Cards
·  Fraction to Decimal Intervention Worksheet
·  Matching Memory Game Equivalent decimals, fractions, and percents
3) Minute 31
4) Deal or No Deal Review Game
·  Word Problems to apply all the practiced topics in the 4 stations.
Homework:
Unit Rates Worksheet
Materials:
Fraction Dominoes, Student Answer Sheet, 3 Decks of cards (A-10 only), Fraction to decimal worksheet, Memory Card Game and answer sheet / Objectives:
7.2B- Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve problems involving fractions and decimals presented in real world situations, which include information expressed in various forms, including pictorial models, graphical representations, numbers, or ranges of numbers
8.2A- Select appropriate operations to solve problems involving rational numbers and justify the selections
8.2B- Use appropriate operations to solve problems involving rational numbers in problem situations and justify the problem solving process and the reasonableness of the solution
8.2C-Evaluate a solution for reasonableness using a variety of strategies such as estimation using rounding or counting numbers.
Wednesday 11/30/11
1) Students will be playing their choice of games
·  When I Grow Up Board Game…
·  Card Games
·  Cribbage
·  Wits and Wagers
2) Students will be taking District Benchmark Test in 6th Period / Objectives:
Students will have to apply problems solving and logic skills to any of the games that they choose to play. All of the games include math, whether it be decimal operations and handling money, estimating reasonable answers, or basic number operations.
Thursday 12/1/11
1) Students will be playing their choice of games
·  When I Grow Up Board Game…
·  Card Games
·  Cribbage
·  Wits and Wagers
2) Students will be taking District Benchmark Test in 6th Period / Objectives:
Students will have to apply problems solving and logic skills to any of the games that they choose to play. All of the games include math, whether it be decimal operations and handling money, estimating reasonable answers, or basic number operations.
Friday 12/2/11
1) Bellringer ( 2 Word Problems and 2 Question Skill Review)
2) NLVM Website Demonstration
3)Solving Proportions Activity
·  Students will perform different activities in different amounts of time and then create ratio tables and solve proportions using the data gathered.
·  Students will also determine unit rates from data gathered
4) Minute 32
5) Students will complete the teacher made worksheet based on the activity presented.
Homework:
Ratio Tables Worksheet
Materials:
Stop Watch, NLVM Website, Proportions Activity / Objectives:
7.2D- Use division to find unit rates and ratios in proportional relationships such as speed, density, price, recipes, and student teacher ratios; and model those relationships concretely, pictorially, and in tabular form.
7.3B- Estimate and find solutions to application problems involving proportional relationships such as similarity, scaling, unit costs, and related measurement units using intuitive methods (such as unit-rate method, factor-of-change, or graphical visuals approach)
7.13A- Identify and apply mathematics to everyday experiences, to activities in and outside of school, with other disciplines, and with other mathematical topics.
7.14A- Communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate unites, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models.