Math 367 Page

Jim Olsen's Math 367 students

Announcements

• Extra-Credit Opportunity - Save the DATE: Annual Western Illinois University Mathematics Teachers Conference - "Teaching and Learning Mathematics K-14: Reflecting on the Past and Preparing for the Future 2010" - Friday, March 26, 2010, on the WIU Macomb campus. Attend at least one session of this conference. Turn in the handouts and a one-page reflection paper on the session. Due April 1. [10 points extra-credit]
• Brain Rules - 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. By Dr. John J. Medina. Lots of short videos.

Schedule and Notes

• Five Lesson Sequence Project - details of this assignment, rubrics, and checklist.
• Developmental Characteristics of School Children - useful for 5-lesson sequence project.
• Click here for the course/reading schedule - You should read the chapter prior to the (Tuesday of the) week we cover that chapter. You will probably not read everything word-for-word, but read the important parts and skim the other parts of the chapter.

Just Do It (mentally)

• Powerpoint file - we will be doing these in class. Answers should be recorded in the Mental Math/Just Do It section of your notebook. You may use this file outside of class, for practice, or if you are absent. JustDoIt(mentally)-MS-Methods.pptx

Fraction-Decimal-Percent Practice and Review Sheet

• Practice Games Here
• Fraction Review ~ Yellow Pages - covers most all the basics of fractions, decimals, and percents. (PDF form)
• Math Fundamentals Site

- many games and resources to choose from--organized by grade level.

Blackline Masters From Our Textbook

See Appendix C in our Van de Walle textbook then click here for the blackline masters or here for related textbook resources.

A Few Applets for Math 367 (mostly Geometry)

Drag and Drop Math - Good way to practice and teach +, –, ×, and ÷ multi-digit algorithms.

Area and Perimeter Applet from http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/java/

Virtual Geoboard (plain one) from http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Virtual Geoboard (with coordinate axes) from http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Draw lines of symmetry from E-labs.

Reflection, Translation, and Rotation Tool from E-labs.

Combining Transformations (it's a game!) from E-labs.

Reflection, Translation, and Rotation Tool from NCTM

Tessellate a Quadrilateral from Shodor.

Rotations "Around Midpoints" of Triangles from Totally Tessellated

Geometric Solids from NCTM Illuminations (Note: shift-click to color faces and edges).

Virtual Pattern Blocks from arcytech.

For more see my Teaching Resources.