Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Week 2 - Sept. 9, 2009

Syllabus can now be downloaded here.

Answers for Chapter 1 problems can be found here.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Week 1 - Sept. 2, 2009

The 7th Edition of our text book can be found here. The first chapter of the Conceptual Approach and the Activity Approach are both available there.

We will primarily be using the Conceptual Approach, but will reference the Activity Approach for a week or two in September.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives can be found here. Specifically, you can find both the peg puzzle and the Towers of Hanoi under Algebra Grades 6-8.

Homework pp. 13-18
Making a Drawing #2-4
Making a Table #6-8
Guess and Check #10, 12
Using a Model #16
Working Backward #18-20
General #26, 28, 30

Please note that the problems at the end of Section 1 are exactly the same for both the 7th and 8th Editions.

The syllabus will be posted later this week.