It is very important to communicate mathematically in writing. Therefore, reflections are calculated weekly into students’ grades. This assignment will be assigned the Monday or Tuesday depending on the block and due Friday afternoon on their class blog page located on my website. Reflections will be graded on a 5 point scale that assesses the students ability to solve problems and or summarize concepts learned in class. Please visit the important document page to view reflection rubric.
Mathematical Reflections
It is very important to communicate mathematically in writing. Therefore, reflections are calculated weekly into students’ grades. This assignment will be assigned the Monday or Tuesday depending on the block and due Friday afternoon on their class blog page located on my website. Reflections will be graded on a 5 point scale that assesses the students ability to solve problems and or summarize concepts learned in class. Please visit the important document page to view reflection rubric.
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This week I learned about variables, distributive property and absolute value. I learned how to solve equations like 3(8x + 3) using distributive property. When going over absolute value I learned that the answer is only negative if it is the opposite of negative ten. And when going over variables I learned the following new terms: constants and coefficients. Lastly I learned the importance of checking over work for silly mistakes.
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Joseph Patton
9/4/2014 05:28:51 am
This week in math class I learned how to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. How i did this is when Tamaya did a problem up on the broad I saw that it was not correct so i raised my hand and said in a nice way that she was incorrect. So I told her what she did wrong. She said she made a silly mistake. So thats how i show how i construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
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Grace M.
9/4/2014 05:36:57 am
This week we learned about simplifying expressions. I used this technique a lot when doing my homework. when I received my homework it looked harder than it was. After Mrs. Baptist went over the material with the class I understood well and was able to complete the hardest problem without help. After solving the problem it was not as hard as I thought it would be.
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Banks H
9/4/2014 06:00:27 am
It should always be left to right because if it was 5-3 and you did it right to left it would be a negative number therefore it would have to be left to right.Also we read words left to right so it only makes sense to read numbers the same way.
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Sam D.
9/4/2014 07:28:29 am
This week in math class we learned about Variables, Distributive property, and Absolute value. When we going over answers in class from homework and classwork i thought some of the answers were wrong so i thought of the right answer and i was right. that is how i used some of the mathematical practice questions like attend to precision.
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Jonathan G
9/4/2014 08:27:21 am
I used the attend to precision mathematical practice. Today when I went to the board to do question 10 on the homework I did it up on the board and when Mrs. Baptist was checking a different problem I realized that I multiplied wrong which led me to the answer 103 but it was actually 82 I did 7x9 instead of 7x6 for some reason then I realized when I sat down but it was to late for me to change it. That's how I used Attend To Precision. But it was after I did the problem on the board I realized it.
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When i got my homework this week, i got home and started to do it. After i finished, i looked back through my homework and realized i had made simple multiplication mistakes. I then went back through all of my homework and checked over them and redid a couple of them. If i didn't realize that i had made mistakes, i would of had a lot of wrong answers!
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Ler H.
9/4/2014 10:20:48 am
Through out this week one of the mathematical practices that I have used was helping out a couple of classmates with the distributive property. They didn't really understand it so I told them that it's just like sharing with with everyone. An example would be this expression:
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Emily B.
9/4/2014 09:25:49 pm
I used the mathematical practices by critiquing viable arguments. When we were doing the problem where you had the numbers in rows and had to find a way to make the largest/ smallest number possible becuase the teacher said tthat you couldnt move diagonally and i proved that you could. i also crutiqued a viable argument when i said that if you multiplied and divide a number by the same number that the multiplication and division cancle each other out.
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Brenae M.
9/4/2014 09:38:32 pm
This week in math class i didnt understand the problems that were givin until i reolised a better way to complet them. The way I like to do the problem is i put a square or triangle around the x's or y's. After i do that i solve the problem after i am done with the x's and y's.For example in this problem 5 + 7x +2x - 3 + 6 first i would put a square around the 7x and 2x , then i would add them and get 9x. after that i would do the problem which is 5 - 3 + 6 which is 8 so the answer is 9x + 8. that is the way i prefer to solve my problems.
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Banks H
9/5/2014 02:31:55 am
This week we worked on absolute value. We learned that if their is a - sign out side of | | that the absolute value would be a negative number. We also went over the distributed property. We went over absolute value. We took a quiz on every thing we did this week.
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Charlotte M.
9/5/2014 03:21:08 am
I solved problems without giving up on the homework. I did this by continuing to try and find the right answer even when I got confused. I just kept on working on the problems or I would start over to make sure that I hadn't messed up. I also was confident in my answers. This allowed me to keep my spirits high on order to get everything done quickly.
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Leo Johnson
9/5/2014 03:49:41 am
This week I showed that I don't give up on math problems. On Wednesday when I was doing my homework on distributive properties, there were some problems that I couldn't do, such as one that was like (12x+3+4x=16x+3) but I did not give up. I finished those problems and got them right and I did not give up.
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Tamya B.
9/5/2014 04:14:44 am
This week in math class, we learned about: Absolute Value,and Distributive Property.Absolute Value is the distance a number is from zero.When you see these: I I around a number like this I5I=5.So another way to look at it is if you had a negative the answer would still would be 5 because -5+5=0.The Distributive Property is when you have a constant and a number with a variable are in parentheses together like this (5s+3).So to solve this you have to use one of the numbers out side of the parentheses to solve it.If the problem were to be given like this: 6-(5a+3)= you 5a and 6, and 3 an 6 together then you you should have the answer of 30a-18.Overall I learned a lot this week.
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Benjamin Nguyen
9/5/2014 05:14:21 am
This week in Math class I constructed viable arguments and critiqued the reasoning of others. When someone thought that you do 7+3 in 7+3(3-5) I told them they should do 3*3 and 3*5 first. They said that you should add first but that i altered the original problem to show you do 3*3 first by adding a time sign between the 3 and ( ;7+3*(3-5). The understood it and i constructed arguments and critiqued their resoning.
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Hayden R.
9/5/2014 05:23:18 am
Today we used attending to precision because we took a quiz. We used this by having to show all are work and having to find the correct answer. I used it by making sure i was doing everything in the right order. I'm sure everybody else did this to. So that's how we attended to precision today.
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Zoë Rollins
9/8/2014 05:09:52 am
we used the distributive property for equations and numeral expressions. The distributive property is were you break down an expression or numeral equation to solve it. We also simplified expressions by combining like terms. A constant is a number with no variable. A variable is a letter that stands for a certain number (usually one). And a variable expression is a math matical phrase that has constants, operational symbols and variables. A coefficient is a number(s) associated with a variable through multiplication. We lastly worked on absolute value. Absolute value is how far a number is from zero.
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Reid M.
9/11/2014 12:18:43 pm
throughout this week, we learned about integers, absolute value, and distributive property. I thought the distributive property was pretty hard because we started using variables in the problem. Once you explained it a little more detailed, I completely understood it!
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Walker N.
9/12/2014 04:44:44 am
This week we learned about absolute value. When you explained it, it took me a little while to understand it. But now, I know what it is.
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Ivori M.
9/14/2014 05:50:11 am
This week in math class I learned more about using distributive property with constants and variables. Which when we reveiwed it I understood it. We also learned about integers and different ways to model positive and negative integers which I think could help alot when solving problems.
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