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December 8, 2017
Past Week...
The week of Nov. 27th - Dec. 1st, we took a test and students made corrections on it. This past week we worked on representing division as a fraction. Students continued their learning on dividing improper fractions. We learned that when a number is being divided or shared among a certain number of people or things, that the shared/divided number becomes the dividend/numerator and the how it is being shared becomes the divisor/denominator to determine how it is equally divided.
As the week ended, we discussed what the effect would be on a product when a whole number is multiplied by a fraction. We learned the product will fall between the fraction and the whole number. For example, when 6 x 1/2 is multiplied the product is 3. The product of 3 is greater than the fraction (1/2) and less than the whole number (6), which means it comes between the 1/2 and 6. Please review this information during the weekend.
Upcoming Week...
Next week we will multiply fractions times fractions and mixed numbers times mixed numbers using the model strategy and the algorithm. We will also solve word problems with these two concepts next week. On Thursday, Dec. 14th, we will have a daily grade on these and representing division as a fraction. On Monday, Dec. 18th, we will have another daily grade on the same concepts. On Wednesday, Dec. 20th, we will take the final for this 9 weeks. Please make sure to review all notes from Nov. 27th to Dec. 19th.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Have a terrific weekend.