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Gail80
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Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math Lesson On ADDING INTEGERS
Im in a very starnge situation right now. A friend of mine works in a middle school in queens and there is a position available for a 7th grade CTT teacher that will be teaching math and science. I am not certified in math or science but she told me to send my resume over bc I am certified in spec. ed ( but its elementary) I just got an interview for wed. and I have to do a demo lesson and it has to be 7th grade math. I have no idea what to do! Help please!!
Update: OK I just found out that they are doing adding integers in class. Any suggestions? TIA!
Message edited 10/23/2009 7:59:32 PM.
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Posted 10/23/09 3:48 PM  |
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CAMCaps
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math
Sorry I have no advice, but wanted to wish you good luck. If it had been science I could have helped out.
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| Posted 10/23/09 3:57 PM |
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Gail80
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math
Posted by CAMCaps
Sorry I have no advice, but wanted to wish you good luck. If it had been science I could have helped out.
Thank you! Im having a heart attack over this! 
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| Posted 10/23/09 3:59 PM |
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Karen
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math
Do you know what they are working on now?
A popular lesson I did was the Pythagorean Theorem. I would make magentic labels of a right angle, "leg a", "leg b", "hypotenuse" and have the students come up and identify them. They loved it - but you need to make sure you have a magnetic board, and I think it might be a little too early in the school year for it.
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| Posted 10/23/09 4:26 PM |
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mathteach
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math
I have a really cool proportion/ratio lesson involving art. The kids take a comic strip panel and double it.
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| Posted 10/23/09 5:12 PM |
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Gail80
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Gail
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math
My friend is emailing the math teacher to find out what they are working on. I will let you girls know ASAP! Thanks for all your help!
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| Posted 10/23/09 5:58 PM |
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PennyCat
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math Lesson On ADDING INTEGERS
You have FM 
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| Posted 10/24/09 12:16 AM |
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Karen
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math Lesson On ADDING INTEGERS
If you have time - run to HD/Lowe's and get the tile seperators (I think you can buy 250 of them for just a few dollars). They look like little plus signs. Leave half as plus signs, and the other half cut off two ends so they look like subtraction signs. I gave each student (or they can work in pairs) 10-20 of each kind.
I found adding/subtracting integers is one of those topics where a visual is really helpful!
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| Posted 10/24/09 1:01 PM |
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mathteach
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Re: Demo Lesson Help- 7th grade Math Lesson On ADDING INTEGERS
You can also get a cauldron (like from Party City) and red and blue color cubes. Make a pot of "soup" as you add the blue cubes the temperature goes down and as you add the red cubes, the temperature goes up.
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| Posted 10/24/09 4:57 PM |
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