Mr. Flaten Blog: May 2017

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Here's the link to the game:

http://dotsandboxes.org/

Allow me to give you some quick instructions before we start the tournament.

1. Practice for up to 5 minutes

2. Change the settings to player vs. player

3. Check the board for the bracket

Follow the bracket online and in real time:

P4 - challonge.com/m4zfodg0

P5 - challonge.com/to5ry6y4

P6 - challonge.com/deerxxsd

Friday, May 26, 2017

Last Form of the year?

Math students, your final thoughts about math class before our last few classes next week:

Final Thoughts

Movie Permission Slip (should be printable)

Movie Slip pdf

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Thursday Excitement

TASK #1 -

Go to Big Ideas Math if the teacher said you didn't have it done or if you have a 0% on your test.

Task #2 - Play “Shape Formers”

Play the HoodaMath game called “Shape Formers”

TASK #3 - Play “2048” on HoodaMath

TASK #4 - Khan Academy

TASK #5 - Play Wonder Putt

TASK # 6 - This might be the oddest game I’ve ever played, but it was strangely entertaining.

Soccer Physics

Task #7 - Play Hooda Dissection

Play the HoodaMath game called Hooda Dissection

Extra Time: Practice any or all of these:

MATHEMATICAL PRACTICE STANDARDS #1, #7, and #8:

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Practice Packet Summary

Today we are going to check out practice packet and see which areas you need to work on individually and also where we need to review as a group.

Step One: Check the answers and compare them to your answers Answers to your packet

Step Two: Go to End of Course Summary Form and check if you had each item correct or incorrect

If you finish early, you should check out:

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Taco Cart Problem

Today we are using a Dan Meyer problem and will use a google form to answer some questions.

First, make sure you turn in your problem packet before 3:30 today so I can mark it as turned in.

Use the link to access our plan for today:

Taco Problem

Friday, May 12, 2017

Star Test and review for end of year

Today we took the final STAR test, we will use these results to help measure growth and gains made by students.

Also, if you got the message on SkyWard you may have noticed that there is a review assignment out there that will be due on Tuesday to focus the review on what we need to get clarification on before the final test.

If your child forgot the packet at school or perhaps you need an extra copy here is a downloadable version for you to consider:

End of Course Review printable

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Coke Freestyle Problem

Have you ever wondered how many different combinations you can make on a Coke Freestyle machine?

That's what we figured out today.

Lots of mathematical practices here.

We used information and the website provided by www.robertkaplinsky.com

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Thursday Practice Test for Chapter 10

See you tomorrow. For today though, just the practice test on big ideas. Some of you are also missing a few assignments, complete those after the practice so you are ready for tomorrow's test.

Note: Work in groups so you can share reasoning and critique each other's answers in a positive way.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Tuesday's Task List