Weekly Overview:

Unit Description: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

Essential Questions: Can the use of one numerical form be more efficient than another? What are some ways that I can represent the relationship between quantities? Why would I want to be able to do that?

Resources/Materials: Textbook, Transparencies, Workbook

Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: Demonstrate computational fluency with all rational numbers (e.g., estimation, mental math, technology, paper/pencil) (N-5-H)

Objectives:

The learner will write an equivalent rate, find the unit rate, and compare rates.

The learner will solve one-step equations using addition and subtraction.

The learner will solve one-step equations using multiplication and division.

Student Learning Activities:

Quiz

Teacher model examples

Classwork

Homework

Questions/Answers

Test

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Homework:

Rates

Pg. 1-4

Solving One-Step Equations Using Addition and Subtraction

Pg. 5-8

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Solving One-Step Equations Using Multiplication and Division

Pg.9-12

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Assessments: Daily quiz, question/answer session, test

What strategies will I use to address literacy this week? Have students use a flow chart to explain the steps in solving one-step equations using addition and subtraction.

Weekly Overview:

Unit Description:  Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

Essential Questions:  When can special rate methods be employed in situations when ratios occur?

Resources/Materials:  Textbook, Transparencies, Workbook

Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs:  Determine and apply rates and ratios (N-8-M)

Objectives:

The learner will solve a proportion.

The learner will find an unknown length in similar figures.

Student Learning Activities:

Quiz

Teacher model examples

Classwork

Homework

Questions/Answers

Test

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Friday

Homework:

Solving Proportions

Pg. 13-16

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Equations

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Proportions and Similar Figures

Pg. 17-20

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Assessments:  Daily quiz, question/answer session, test

What strategies will I use to address literacy this week?  Students will use professor-know-it-all to explain how rates and ratios are alike and how they are different.