Mom's Notepad

Monday, Nov. 21, 2012

ALEKS topics to study via brainstorm, Khan etc. before working thru:

Websites: http://www.wholemovement.com/index.php
Documentary:  http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Between_the_Folds/70120179?trkid=496624

Segment Teaching:
Basic Language of Geometry
Transformations and Symmetry <-column 2, go directly to transformations
Drawing lines of symmetry
Finding simple patterns in shapes
Measurement
Reading a positive temperature from a thermometer
Measuring length to the nearest inch
Choosing metric measurement units
Measuring length to the nearest centimeter
Reading a calendar
Time unit conversion with whole number values
Introduction to elapsed time
Graphs, Data, and Probability
Reading a point in quadrant 1
Interpreting bar graphs
Interpreting line graphs
Venn diagrams with two sets
Finding the mode and range of a data set
Classifying likelihood


Spectrum
Identifying solid figures (cube/prism,square pyramid, etc.)
Movement of figures:  slide, flip or turn
Paired plane figures:  congruent/not congruent
Angles:  Right, acute, obtuse
Line Pairs:  Parallel or perpendicular or intersecting


Plot ordered pairs on Cartesian Graph
Identify Points of Ordered Pairs on Graph


Plane Figures
quadrilateral, triangle, pentagon etc.


Congruent Figures


December 21st update list:


Equivalent Fractions
Writing a mixed number and an improper fraction for a shaded region
Operations with Fractions
Product of a unit fraction and a whole number
Decimal Place Value
Writing a decimal and a fraction for a shaded region
Tenths and hundredths decimal place value
Introduction to ordering decimals
Addition and Subtraction of Decimals
Addition and Subtraction of Decimals
Decimal addition