Mr. Joss - Pre-Algebra (Accel)  - Class Record
						BEGIN FIRST QUARTER
	Per 6 meets	Per 7 meets	HOMEWORK DUE	Announcements	AGENDA	COMMENTS
Week 1	Mon,8/27	Tue,8/28		Broken Squares	Syllabus discussion	This week we are working with the students to define the skills they'll need to work effectively in groups. We discover them through a series of exercises originally laid out by Prof. Eliz Cohen at Stanford. SUGGESTION: Ask your student to explain what s/he would notice if a group was working well together
	Wed,8/29	Wed,8/29	Syllabus Reading		Master Designer Observing 4th Graders
	Thu,8/30	Thu,8/30	Introductory Letter		Save the Earth
	Fri,8/31	Fri,8/31	Ring Challenge	Homework Discussion	Build-it +  Arrange
Week 2	Mon,9/3	Tue,9/4			Graph Matching (Per 7 Only)	This week we start our first unit -- Proportional Reasoning. We're working with percents, ratios, and proportions. It really forms the basic foundation for the entire year which will later be expanded on in the form of equations of lines, probability, scaling geometric figures and so on. SUGGESTION: If your student is having trouble this week, encourage him/her to draw a picture of the problem. . . E.G. if the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5, draw 4 boys and 5 girls. Then use that to try to draw a picture of the Answer
	Wed,9/5	Wed,9/5	Sense or Nonsense	Hand out books; Hand out the Empty Honey Bear