This week: Topic 5 Test Tue and Wed. Practice Log and Topic 5 Study Guide due Mon. Skip to this week ↓

Vocab this week

T6L1, T6L2

x

x

4

is the same as

2x + 4

tape diagram

A drawing of bars that shows how the parts of a story problem fit together.

Ask your student: Two equal bags plus 4 extra apples make 20 apples. What equation fits?

Answer: 2x + 4 = 20

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What's that?

CEA (Curriculum Embedded Assessment): the Topic 5 Test. Every Math 7/8 Compacted class in the district gives this same test, built from the curriculum we use in class.

Day 1, students take it. Day 2, they finish and enter their answers online.

This week: Oct 26–30

Topic 5 Test (CEA)

Tue, Oct 27 and Wed, Oct 28

Practice Log (3 assignments)

Due Mon 10/26

Topic 5 Study Guide

Due Mon 10/26

Practice Log (3 assignments)

Due Fri 11/13

Updated

T5L8 homework removed

MON

26

Topic 5 Review

I can simplify, expand, factor, add, and subtract expressions.

Due

Practice Log and Topic 5 Study Guide

TUE

27

Topic 5 Test (CEA), Day 1

The Topic 5 Test, on paper.

WED

28

Topic 5 Test (CEA), Day 2

Finish the Topic 5 Test, then enter your answers on Savvas Realize.

THU

29

T6L1 & T6L2 Understand Equations that Involve Two Operations & Write Two-Step Equations

I can draw a tape diagram for a story and write a two-step equation for it.

FRI

30

T6L2 Write Two-Step Equations

I can write a two-step equation for a story and tell when it needs parentheses.

Homework given

Topic 6 Lesson 2 Practice, due Wed 11/4

New

Practice Log, due Fri 11/13

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