Calendar

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Jan 15 CS 114	INTRODUCTION Introduction Professional organizations Standards for teachers & students Focal points and big ideas Knowledge for teaching mathematics Choose presentations TExES exam	HW: read Brownell's article in the course packet and write a 2-page reflection paper PRESENTATION: Latin squares
Jan 22 CS 103	PROBLEM SOLVING Brownell article discussion Problem solving Euler square activity Choose FMN groups & activities	HW: TExES #27-30 and write a solution paper PRESENTATION: Problem Solving standard for grades 6-8 FMN assignment
Jan 29 CS 103	NUMBER & OPERATION Problem solving presentation TExES homework discussion Ma & Pa Kettle video clip Real Number System and number check Base 10 number system	HW: TExES #1-6 and write a solution paper PRESENTATION: Triangular numbers
Feb 5 CS 103	NUMBER & OPERATION Triangular numbers presentation TExES homework discussion Interesting subsets of R 100 cards POW	HW: 100 cards POW with 3-page reflection paper PRESENTATION: Birthday cards Video: Did You Know?
Feb 12 CS 103	NUMBER & OPERATION Birthday cards presentation Other number bases FMN dress rehearsal	HW: prepare for FMN activity PRESENTATION: Mind Reader
	FAMILY MATH NIGHT Wednesday, 18 February 2009 5:00-7:30 PM Baker Middle School
Feb 19 CS 114	PATTERN & ALGEBRA Mind Reader presentation Patterns in multiplication Sequence, sequences & series	HW: TExES #7-13 and write a solution paper HW: write a reflective journal on your experiences at the Family Math Night PRESENTATION: Serpinski triangle
Feb 26 CS 103	PATTERN & ALGEBRA Serpinski triangle presentation TExES homework discussion Algebra models Function machine	HW: Baa-ad Black Sheep with 3-page reflection paper PRESENTATION: Tower of Hanoi
Mar 5	No class -- compensation day for FMN
Mar 12 CS 103	PATTERN & ALGEBRA Tower of Hanoi presentation Pi song Van Hiele model	HW: Tower of Hanoi POW with 3-page reflection paper PRESENTATION: Iterated functions
Mar 19	SPRING BREAK
Mar 26 CS 114	GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT Iterated functions presentation Geometry Rectangle/triangle twins Interior angles Exterior angles	HW: TExES #14-20 and write a solution paper PRESENTATION: Fractals
Apr 2 CS 103	GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT Fractals presentation TExES homework discussion Area, surface area, volume Trapezoids to Triangles POW	HW: 36 trapezoids POW with 3-page reflection paper PRESENTATION: Tessellations
Apr 9 CS 103	GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT Tessellations presentation Similarity Transformations & Symmetry Tessellations & tilings	HW: Space station POW with 3-page reflection paper PRESENTATION: Pascal's triangle
Apr 16 CS 103	STATISTICS & PROBABILITY Pascal's triangle presentation Probability, permutations, odds Counting -- fencepost problem	HW: TExES #21-26 and write a solution paper PRESENTATION: Normal curve, z-scores & percentiles
Apr 23 CS 114	STATISTICS & PROBABILITY TExES discussion Normal curve presentation Measures of centrality & dispersion Mystery data set -- modeling with snap cubes	HW: TExES #31-37 and write a solution paper PRESENTATION: Technology
Apr 30 CS 103	PEDAGOGY TExES discussion Technology presentation (Serpinski presentation)
May 7	Final exam, Thursday, 7 May 2009, 7:15 - 9:45 PM, CS 114