MathLinks: Essentials Packets are composed of an opening problem, three multi-day lessons, practice pages, review activities, and student resources. You can view all packets here.
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- Complete this form with contact information and your lesson request.
- Email this form to Cynthia Raff (cynthia@mathandteaching.org).
- Cynthia Raff will contact you to arrange delivery of the files you’ll need; student pages*, teacher lesson notes, answer keys, “reproducibles” pages, and slide decks. She will also arrange a follow up debrief call.
*Student pages are copyrighted. As an authorized pilot teacher, you have permission to print or upload student pages.
Standards cited are from the Common Core. TE and SP refer to the Teacher Edition and Student Packet pages you’ll receive to pilot.
Lesson Excerpt | Description | MathLinks Essentials Pages |
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NUMBER BASE-TEN | (NBT1) Whole Number Multiplication and Division Lesson excerpt: Division Strategies | Students use repeated subtraction and a chunking strategy to make sense of division prior to tackling the standard long division algorithm. | TE: 9, 9ab, 10 SP: 9, 10 SD: NBT1.2a |
FRACTIONS | (FR1) Fraction Concepts Lesson excerpt: Fraction Strips 1 | Students create fraction strips (a linear model) for halves, fourths, and eighths, and they explore relationships between these fractions. | TE: 3, 3a, 4 SP: 3, 4 SD: FR1.1a Reproducible: R1 |
| (FR 2) Fraction Addition and Subtraction Lesson excerpt: Adding Fractions Using Mental Math | Students begin the study of fraction operations by using contexts, pictures, and mental math to perform fraction addition. | TE: 4, 4a SP: 4 SD: FR2.1a |
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INTEGERS | (IN1) Introduction to Integers Lesson excerpt: Temperature Change | Students use a temperature context and number lines to make sense of temperature changes involving signed numbers. | TE: 4, 4ab, 5 SP: 4,5 SD: IN1.1 |
| (IN2) Integers 2 Lesson excerpt: A Counter Model | Students use counters to represent positive and negative numbers, an important step in leading up to using counters for operations on signed numbers. | TE: 3, 3ab, 4 SP: 3, 4 SD: INT2.1 Reproducible: R7 |
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EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS | (EE1) Variables and Balance Lesson excerpt: Variables and Expressions | Students define and use variables to write and evaluate expressions in a menu context. | TE: 9, 9a, 10 SP: 9, 10 SD: EE1.2a |
| (EE2) Expressions and Balance Lesson excerpt: The Hundred Chart Puzzle | Students use 7th grade level equation solving skills to solve number problems based on the hundred chart. | TE: 18, 19, 19ab SP: 18, 19 SD: EE2.3 Reproducible: R4 |
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PROPORTIONAL REASONING | (PR1) Ratio Representations Lesson excerpt: Paint Mixtures | In this introduction to tape diagrams, students use cards depicting paint mixtures to reason intuitively in a proportional context. | TE: 3, 4, 5 SP: 3, 4, 5 Reproducible: R1 |
| (PR3) Proportional Reasoning Applications Lesson excerpt: Art Supplies | Students represent costs and quantities using tables and double number lines. | TE 3, 3a, 4 SP 3, 4 SD: RP3.1 |
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FUNCTIONS | (FUN1) Introduction to Linear Functions Lesson excerpt: Saving for a Bicycle | Students represent input-output rules using equations, tables and graphs. | TE 3, 3ab, 4, 5 SP: 3, 4, 5 SD: FUN1.1 |