Aug23-27

**Monday - Introduction**

 * To do:**
 * Practice Procedures
 * Book Introduction

**Tuesday -**

 * Opening activity -** Complete the 5-Minute Check 1-1. Go to the board and work each of the 6 problems. Don't erase your work. Work the problems quietly and independently.
 * To do:**
 * Practice Procedures
 * Scavenger Hunt [[file:PreAlgebraScavengerHunt.pdf]]
 * Create Ch 1 Foldable - pg 5

Opening Activity - Answer as many riddles as you can. You may work with one partner. (http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/math-riddles.html)

 * 1) Why should you never mention the number 288 in front of anyone?  Because it is too gross (2 x 144 - two gross)
 * 2) Which weighs more? A pound of iron or a pound of feathers?  Both weigh the same.
 * 3) How is the moon like a dollar?  They both have 4 quarters.
 * 4) What is alive and has only 1 foot?  A leg.
 * 5) When do giraffes have 8 feet?  When there's two of them.
 * 6) How many eggs can you put in an empty basket?  Only one, after that the basket is not empty.
 * 7) What coin doubles in value when half is deducted?  A half dollar.
 * 8) What is the difference between a new penny and an old quarter?  24 cents.
 * 9) If you can buy eight eggs for 26 cents, how many can you buy for a cent and a quarter?  8.
 * 10) Where can you buy a ruler that is 3 feet long?  At a yard sale.
 * 11) If there were 9 cats on a bridge and one jumped over the edge, how many would be left?  None - they are copycats.
 * 12) If you take three apples from five apples, how many do you have?  You have three apples.
 * 13) What has 4 legs and only 1 foot?  A bed.
 * 14) How many times can you subtract 6 from 30?  Once; after that it is no longer 30 (Don't try this in a test
 * 15) If one nickel is worth five cents, how much is half of one half of a nickel worth?  $0.0125
 * 16) How many 9's between 1 and 100?  20.
 * 17) Which is more valuable - one pound of $10 gold coins or half a pound of $20 gold coins?  One pound is twice of half pound.
 * 18) It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it?  The letter 'e'.
 * 19) How can half of 12 be 7?  Cut XII into two halves horizontally. You get VII on the top half.
 * 20) When things go wrong, what can you always count on?

To do:


 * Review - Problems 1-27, pg 5 on the board

Opening Activity: Get a laptop and log in. If your name is not in the list, use student/student to log in. Find the KCA and open it. Then wait for directions.

 * Test A
 * Session ID: TTPSKO9685
 * Password: ilovemath


 * Test B
 * Sessin ID: TTOOOE4053
 * Password: ilovemath