We are off to a great start in 7th grade math. Yesterday in class, we worked on setting up and getting all of our technology organized for the start of the year. We also looked at the Chinese Abacus and discovered how to use it and what numbers looked like on it.
Today we continued to learn about the Abacus and we watched videos on how to multiply using the abacus and how to multiply using sticks. We then walked around the school and outside and took notes on where we saw math, called a Math Walk. Lastly we did some multi-step problem solving activities.
We are going to use the problem solving activities to review how to use the "Explain Everything" app to be able to explain how to solve a problem. This will be useful when we start doing Problem of the Weeks because they will be able to type an explanation for the problem or use technology to explain the problem.
We will then go over the first couple sections in the textbook and discuss how I would like them to take notes in class as this is the first year they will not be using Everyday Math.
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