MIAA 320 Assignment 1

By Amy Schmerer
K-3 Span Grade 3 Envision Math California
1. Choose one Chapter in Math Text
a. Chapter 9.
2. List All Topics and Lessons
a. Topic: Division Concepts
b. Lessons:
9-1 Division as Sharing
9-2 Division as Repeated Subtraction
9-3 Writing Division Stories
9-4 Problem Solving, Act it out and Draw a Picture
3. Essential Question for Division Concepts Chapter:
a. What strategies can you use to help foster the
understanding of
division concepts?
4. Essential Question for each lesson:
a. Division as Sharing: How can you think of division as
sharing?
b. Division as Repeated subtraction: How can I use
what I know
about repeated subtraction to form equal
groups?
c. Writing Division Stories: What kinds of scenarios
require
making equal groups?
d. Problem Solving: How can you solve a division
problem by
drawing a picture?
4-7 Span Grade 4 Envision Math California
1. Choose one Chapter in Math Text
a. Chapter 14.
2. List All Topics and Lessons
a. Topic: Integers
b. Lessons:
14-1 Understanding Integers
14-2 Comparing Integers

14-3 Ordering Integers

14-4 Problem Solving
3. Essential Question for Chapter 14:
a. Why do we need positive and negative numbers?
4. Essential Question for each lesson:
a. Understanding Integers: Where in the real world
might you
use numbers less than zero?
b. Comparing Integers: When might you need to
compare integers?
c. Ordering Integers: Why might you need to write
integers in
order from least to greatest?
8th Grade Algebra
1. Choose one Chapter in Math Text
a. Chapter 8.
2. List All Topics and Lessons
a. Topic: Factoring Polynomials
b. Lessons:
8-1 Factors and Greatest Common Factors
8-2 Factoring by GFC
8-3 Factoring x2+bx+c
8-4 Factoring ax2+bx+c
8-5 Factoring Special Products
8-5 Choosing a Factoring Method
3. Essential Question for Chapter:
a. How can simplifying and factoring polynomials help
solve real
world problems?
4. Essential Question for each lesson:
a. Factors and Greatest Common Factors: How can you
determine
whether you have found all the factors of a
number?
b. Factoring by GFC: How do you determine which
terms to group?
c. Factoring x2+bx+c: For which numbers do you try
different pairs of factors?