Ministry of Education
- Gr 7 outcomes/indicators
Math has four broad themes, each of which has many specific skills. You can view them at the Ministry of Education's website. The categories are:
- Number - divisibility rules, relating positive fractions, decimals and percents, operations with integers
- Patterns and Relations - linear relations (algebraic expressions and equations), graphing
- Space and Shape - use of Pi, circles, polygons, 2D relationships - bisectors, perpendicular etc.
- Statistics and Probability - measures of central tendency (average), outliers, circle graphs, determining likelihood
Practice Quizzes
- multiple choice quizzing For students who want to test their understanding,, these short M/C quizzes are available. They're taken from material in our primary resource, Math Focus 7. Click the unit theme, listed below as the current focus, and select topic to begin.
Mathletics
All students will receive a license for the Mathletics website. The site can operate as an important and helpful supplement to classroom activities. Students needing to shore up current or prior learnings are strongly encouraged to use it.
All students will receive a license for the Mathletics website. The site can operate as an important and helpful supplement to classroom activities. Students needing to shore up current or prior learnings are strongly encouraged to use it.
Current Theme - P7.1 - P 7.4 Linear Relationships & Algebraic Reasoning
The focus for the next several weeks is among the most foundational material students will learn as they prepare for high school math. Linear relationships are typically stated using algebra in an expression or equation. An example is C = 3x + 9 where C is the total cost. Linear relationships can be plotted as a straight line on a grid. High school math uses symbols, formulas and relationships constantly. Here we're focusing on understanding patterns and using algebraic terms to name and solve problems. Students will extend their prior knowledge of basic arithmetic, order of operations and pattern recognition to gain a grasp of this important part of the greater math program. This material is a times very straight forward but at other times requires persistence before a solution is discovered. There are no shortcuts here. Some concepts require you stick with it. It is truly important.
Central question - "How can I describe the relationship in this pattern?"
Lesson activities
The focus for the next several weeks is among the most foundational material students will learn as they prepare for high school math. Linear relationships are typically stated using algebra in an expression or equation. An example is C = 3x + 9 where C is the total cost. Linear relationships can be plotted as a straight line on a grid. High school math uses symbols, formulas and relationships constantly. Here we're focusing on understanding patterns and using algebraic terms to name and solve problems. Students will extend their prior knowledge of basic arithmetic, order of operations and pattern recognition to gain a grasp of this important part of the greater math program. This material is a times very straight forward but at other times requires persistence before a solution is discovered. There are no shortcuts here. Some concepts require you stick with it. It is truly important.
Central question - "How can I describe the relationship in this pattern?"
- graph paper
- reading expressions and equations: follow-up from our class meeting
- resolving type one equations - steps to finding the value of the variable
- resolving type two equations - two operations (sorry about the sound quality. Working out the bugs)
- resolving type 3 equations - variables on both sides
- resolving type 4 equations - brackets and distributive property
- extending patterns
- recognizing patterns (follow-up from Zoom meeting)
- creating a pattern rule
- problem solving using expressions
- graphing a table of values
Lesson activities
- review of extending patterns (from Gr. 6)
- extending patterns
- extending patterns solutions
- values in tables (solution attached)
- connecting patterns to expressions
- activity one - complete the table
- activity one - solutions
- activity two - matching to the expression
- connecting patterns to expressions day two
- creating a pattern rule from a table of values
- problem solving with expressions
- activity 9.2 from textbook - complete questions #4, 6, 8, 9 (answers found under the Math Focus textbook heading below)
- graphing from a table of values
- login to Mathletics for activities (graphing tables 1 & 2)
- creating graphs on paper and online
- Review activities - prep for Tuesday's quiz
- Mathletics assigned online
- review one - 1,2,3,5
- review two - 1,2,3,4, 6
- Focus math textbook - all solutions
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