Week of 9/5
This week your student will be bringing home their first Unit Test. It will come with Reteach Sheets and Extra Practice to help you help them improve in the areas they need to still grow in. These sheets are not homework assignments, they are at home supports to extend the learning and improve mastery of the content and skills.
With this next Unit, your student is learning about number properties and order of operations. Your student will learn about the Commutative Property,
Associative Property, Addition Property of Zero, Multiplication Properties of
Zero and One, and Distributive Property. These properties are helpful in
writing equivalent numerical expressions. The vocabulary terms for the chapter
are: evaluate, numerical expression, and order of operations.
Numerical expressions can be evaluated using a set of rules known as the order of operations.
Associative Property, Addition Property of Zero, Multiplication Properties of
Zero and One, and Distributive Property. These properties are helpful in
writing equivalent numerical expressions. The vocabulary terms for the chapter
are: evaluate, numerical expression, and order of operations.
Numerical expressions can be evaluated using a set of rules known as the order of operations.
These rules are:
1. Perform operations in grouping symbols.
2. Multiply and divide from left to right.
3. Add and subtract from left to right.
1. Perform operations in grouping symbols.
2. Multiply and divide from left to right.
3. Add and subtract from left to right.
Your student will write verbal statements as numerical expressions. Your
student will also interpret the meaning of numerical expressions.
student will also interpret the meaning of numerical expressions.
Please help your student practice these skills using real-life situations.
• Have your student find ticket prices for different events in your area.
The ticket prices should have multiple prices (e.g., adult/child prices,
sections with different pricing). Have your student write an expression
to represent the cost for your family to attend the different events.
Create additional scenarios by having your student invite different
numbers of friends or by changing the prices.
• Have your student find ticket prices for different events in your area.
The ticket prices should have multiple prices (e.g., adult/child prices,
sections with different pricing). Have your student write an expression
to represent the cost for your family to attend the different events.
Create additional scenarios by having your student invite different
numbers of friends or by changing the prices.
By the end of this unit, your student should feel confident with number
properties. Your student will also have an understanding of evaluating numerical expressions using the order of operations and writing numerical expressions.
Have a great time working with numerical expressions! I'll be sending home more supports as we go.
Please know that grades are not averaged, they are standards based. If your student's latest grade demonstrates that they understand the concept and skill, that will be their grade on the report card. So please know that as the first grades come in, you don't have to advocate them retaking the test because you fear it will hurt their overall average. Please email me to let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or affirmations.