Mr. Shanks' Class Webpage

 
Darren Shanks
7th Grade Math
Room 508
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 9:20-10:05
Zoom link sent upon request. 
 
Hello! 
Asynchronous Learning: In the event you need to learn asynchronously for a period of time,  students will be required to complete the following:
  • Instruction Book pages(I will give out page numbers/Lesson number on individual basis)
  • Practice and Problem solving worksheet
  • PlayPosit Video/Notes of the Week((if internet is available, will be excused otherwise) 
  • Khan Academy(if internet is available, will be excused otherwise) 
  • IReady Assignment (if internet is available, will be excused otherwise)
  • Task of the week
  • Lesson Quiz
 
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Week 4-6-Click on links on left side of webpage Week 4-6-Click on links on left side of webpage
Week 3 Online Lesson Week 3 Online Lesson
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Week 1 Online Lesson  Week 1 Online Lesson 

 

Week 3-7th Grade Review WKST 1 Week 3-7th Grade Review WSKT 2
Week 2-7th Grade Review WKST 1 Week 2-7th Grade Review WKSt 2
Week 1-7th Grade Review WSKT 1 Week 1-7th Grade Review WKST 2

For all you fantastic young people that go above and beyond. If you would like for me to assign you some 8th grade Khan Academy lessons, please email me!

 

 

Lesson 27- Making Statistical Inferences

Week of 3-2-20

 

P&PS-pgs 291-296   COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING pg 291:1,2,3      pg 292:4,5,6      pg 293:1,2,3,4        pg 294:NONE      pg 295:1,2      pg 296:5

 

Iready-Green Box-45 minutes

 

Khan Academy-Making Inferences from Random Samples

                          Comparing Distributions 

 

Task-NONE

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- Lesson 27

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: I will assign Khan Academy lessons

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.SP.A.1 Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a
population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a
population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that
population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative
samples and support valid inferences.

 
Week of 2/24/20
                                                     

Lesson 24-Surface Area of Solids 

Learning Goals

  • I can use two dimensional formulas to calculate surface areas of cubes and right prisms. 
  • Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving surface area of 3-D composite shapes. 

 

P&PS-On Worksheet

 

Iready-Blue Box- Surface Area of Composite

            *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

          

 

Khan Academy-1- Volume and Surface Area of Word Problems

 

Task-Surface Area of Composed Figures

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- None

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: I will assign Khan Academy lessons

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.G.B.5 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume, and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.

 

 

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18EbbImWwKlVna1GT2yhd7vvVkcWiDhyOjosyvxDvO0Y/viewform?edit_requested=true 

 

Week of 2/3-19

Lesson 20-Area of Composed Figures

 

Learning Goals

  •  I can solve real-world and math problems involving area of composed figures.
  • I can find the areas of 2-D object composed of triangles, quadrilaterals. and trapezoids.
  • I can apply formulas to solve real-world and mathematical problems. 

 

P&PS-On Worksheet

 

Iready-Area of Composed Figures          

            

            *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

            

 

Khan Academy-Area of Triangles-100%

                           Area of Composite Shapes-7B/A=100%      7C=70%

 

Task-Floor Decomposition

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- Lesson 20    https://www.playposit.com/play/950877/Lesson-20

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else:I will assign Khan Academy lessons

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.G.B.5 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume, and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.

 

 
Lesson 19-Understand Conditions for Drawing Triangles
Week of 1-27-19
Quiz on 1-31-19
 
Learning Goals:
  • I can construct a triangle given certain conditions.
  • When given certain conditions, determine which triangle theorem applies. 
  • Understand that the two shorter sides of a triangle must add to be greater than the longest side
  • Angles of a triangle ADD up to 180 degrees. 

 

P&PS- On worksheet

 

Iready- Blue Box

              

           

Khan Academy-1 Assignment

                          

Task- Missing angles in Triangle Worksheet & Escape Game

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  None

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.G.A.2 Draw geometric shapes with given conditions. Focus on constructing
triangles from three measures of angles or sides, noticing when the conditions
determine a unique triangle, more than one triangle, or no triangle

 
 
 
Lesson 18-Problem Solving with Angles
Week of 1-20-19
 
Learning Goals:
  • I can use complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles to solve problems.

 

P&PS- On worksheet

 

Iready- 45 minutes of Green Box

              

           

Khan Academy-6 or 7 assignments

                         See board for completion rate for each class

                          

Task- Supplementary and Complementary Maze

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  None

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.EE.B.4a

 
https://quizlet.com/471583728/geometry-unit-vocab-flash-cards/
 
 
 
 
Lesson 17-Problem Solving with Inequalities 
Week of 1-6-20 
 
Learning Goals:
  • I know when and why we flip the inequality sign
  • I can graph and interpret the solution on a number line.
  • I can perform PEMDAS backwards
  • I can use inverse operations to solve for the variable

 

P&PS- NONE

 

Iready- NONE

              

           

Khan Academy-Inequality from a Graph

                          Plotting inequalities

                          Two Step Inequalities

                           Two Step Inequality Word Problems(select students)

                          

Task- Connect 4 Worksheet

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  Lesson 17 Video

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.EE.B.4a- Solve contextual problems leading to inequalities of the form px + q > r or
px + q < r, where p, q, and r are specific rational numbers. Graph the
solution set of the inequality on a number line and interpret it in the context
of the problem. For example: As a salesperson, you are paid $50 per
week plus $3 per sale. This week you want your pay to be at least $100.
Write an inequality for the number of sales you need to make, and
describe the solutions. (Note that inequalities using >, <, ≤, ≥ are included
in this standard).

 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 16-Problem Solving with Equations
Week of 12-9-19 
 
Learning Goals:
  • I can solve problems involving rational numbers
  • I can estimate the reasonableness of answers
  • I can solve word problems leading to the form (px+q)=total or p(x+q)=total 

 

P&PS- On Worksheet

 

Iready- Linear Expressions 

              Please make sure you complete any blue boxes you haven't completed yet!

           

Khan Academy-Two-Step Equations

                           Two Step Equations with Decimals and Fractions

         

Task- Lesson 16 Scavenger Hunt

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  Lesson 16 Video

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.EE.B.4 Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical
problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by
reasoning about the quantities.


a. Solve contextual problems leading to equations of the form px + q = r and
p(x + q) = r, where p, q, and r are specific rational numbers. Solve
equations of these forms fluently. Compare an algebraic solution to an
arithmetic solution, identifying the sequence of the operations used in each
approach. For example, the perimeter of a rectangle is 54 cm. Its length is
6 cm. What is its width?

 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 14-Equivalent Linear Expressions
Week of 11/18/19
 
Learning Goals:
  • I can add and subtract linear expressions with fraction and decimal coefficient by combining like terms.
  • I can simplify expressions by inversing the distributive property. 
  • I can determine whether two expressions are equivalent. 
  • I can write equivalent expressions for linear expressions. 

 

 

P&PS- On Worksheet

 

 

Iready- Green Box-45 Minutes

              Please make sure you complete any blue boxes you haven't completed yet!

           

 

Khan Academy-Combining like terms with rational coefficients

                                  Combining like terms with negative coefficients and distribution

                                   Combining like terms with negative coefficients

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Simplifying Expressions Maze

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  Lesson 14 Video 1 and 2

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.EE.A.1: Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand
linear expressions with rational coefficients.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 13-Percent Change and Error
Week of 11/11/19

P&PS- On Worksheet

 

 

Iready- Blue Box-Percent Change

           

 

Khan Academy-NONE! YAY!

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- M&M Lab-Thursday

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  Lesson 13 Video

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.RP.A.3- Use proportional relationships to solve multi-step ratio and percent
problems. Examples: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and
commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.
 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 12-Solving Problems involving Percents
Week of 11-3-19

P&PS- On Worksheet

 

 

Iready- Green Box-45 minutes-Ensure that you have completed last weeks Blue Box before doing a Green Box lesson

           

 

Khan Academy-NONE! YAY!

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Percent Maze-On back of note page

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  Lesson 12 Videos 1 & 2

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.RP.A.3 Use proportional relationships to solve multi-step ratio and percent
problems. Examples: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and
commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 10-Understand Proportional Relationships
Week of 10-21-19
 

P&PS- pgs 97-102 skip the following:      97:1     98:5,6       99:3      100:5,6,7      101:INFO Page       102:NONE

 

 

Iready- Green Box-45 minutes-Ensure that you have completed last weeks Blue Box before doing a Green Box lesson

           

 

Khan Academy-Constant of Proportionality from Graphs

                                         Constant of Proportionality from Tables

                      Constant of Proportionality from Equations

 

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Multiple Representations Card Match

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit-  Lesson 10 Video

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.RP.A.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities.


a. Decide whether two quantities are in a proportional relationship (e.g., by
testing for equivalent ratios in a table or graphing on a coordinate plane
and observing whether the graph is a straight line through the origin).


b. Identify the constant of proportionality (unit rate) in tables, graphs,
equations, diagrams, and verbal descriptions of proportional relationships 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 9- Ratios Involving Complex Fractions
Week of 10-13-19
For Monday, watch the 3 playposit videos. Create a trifold and copy down the work that I do in the videos and ANY NECESSARY NOTES that will help you this week. Once you complete the three videos, you can either work on Khan Academy or Iready until the end of class. 
Put all late work in the bin in the back of the classroom that corresponds to your class. If you were missing an online assignment please make a note and leave it on my desk.
 

P&PS- Will let you know Tuesday

 

 

Iready-  Ratios Involving Complex Fractions-Teacher Assigned-Quiz Grade will be put into the gradebook as a quiz grade

 *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

           

 

Khan Academy- Unit Rates

                         -Rates with Fractions

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Running Buddies 

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- Lesson 9 Videos 1,2,3

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Challenge Question of the Week. 

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:7.RP.A.1 Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas, and other quantities measured in like or different units. For example, if a person walks 1/2 mile in each 1/4 hour, compute the unit rate as the complex fraction 1/2/1/4 miles per hour, equivalently 2 miles per hour.

 
 
 
Lesson 6 Multiply and Divide Rational Numbers
Week of 9-16-19

 

P&PS- pgs 61-66 skip the following: pg 61:None   pg 62:5,6    pg 63:None   pg 64:5,7    pg 65:4   pg 66:5,7

 

 

Iready-  Practice-Strategies to Add and Subtract Rationals

 *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

           

 

Khan Academy-Adding and Subtracting Negative Fractions

 

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Lesson 7 Puzzle

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- None-Website still won't work! 

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Additional Khan Academy Practice

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.NS.A.2 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division
and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers.
a. Understand that multiplication is extended from fractions to rational
numbers by requiring that operations continue to satisfy the properties of
operations, particularly the distributive property, leading to products such
as (–1)(–1) = 1 and the rules for multiplying signed numbers. Interpret
products of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.
b. Understand that integers can be divided, provided that the divisor is not
zero, and every quotient of integers (with non-zero divisor) is a rational
number. If p and q are integers, then –(p/q) = (–p)/q = p/(–q). Interpret
quotients of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.
c. Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide rational
numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 5-Terminating and Repeating Decimals
Week of 9-9-19
 
 

P&PS- pgs 39-46 skip the following pg 39:1,2   pg 40:5    pg 41: 1c,2    pg 42: 5,6,7     pg 43:2,3     pg 44:4,7     pg 45: 3    pg 46: 5,6

 

Iready-  Teacher Assigned- Expressing Fractions as Decimals

 *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

           

 

Khan Academy-Converting Fractions to decimals

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Terminating/Repeating Decimal Puzzle

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- None

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Additional Khan Academy Practice

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:Convert a rational number to a decimal using long division; know that the decimal form of a rational number terminates in 0s or eventually repeats.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 4-Multiply and Divide Integers
Week of 8/26/19
 

P&PS- pages 31-36 skip the following: pg 31:4      pg 32:7      pg 33:1,2      pg 34:5  pg 35:NONE  pg 36:5

 

Iready-  Green Box

 *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

           

 

Khan Academy- Signs of Expressions

                            Multiplying Negative Numbers

                            Dividing Negative Numbers

                           Multiplying and Dividing Negative Numbers word Problems*

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- https://join.quizizz.com      Quiz Code:296181

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- Lesson 4 Videos 1

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Additional Khan Academy Practice

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.NS.A.2 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division
and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers.
a. Understand that multiplication is extended from fractions to rational
numbers by requiring that operations continue to satisfy the properties of
operations, particularly the distributive property, leading to products such
as (–1)(–1) = 1 and the rules for multiplying signed numbers. Interpret
products of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.
b. Understand that integers can be divided, provided that the divisor is not
zero, and every quotient of integers (with non-zero divisor) is a rational
number. If p and q are integers, then –(p/q) = (–p)/q = p/(–q). Interpret
quotients of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.
c. Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide rational
numbers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of 8/19/19
Lesson 2- Subtraction of Positive and Negative Integers
 

P&PS- pages 11-16 skip the following pg 11:NONE   pg 12:5      pg 13:NONE      pg 14:3      pg 15: INFO page       pg 16:NONE

 

Iready-  Diagnostic Test-Will do during R&E

 *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

           

 

Khan Academy- Understand Subtraction as Adding the Opposite

                            Subtracting Negative Numbers

                *7B-100%

                         7C-70%

                         7A-100%

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Multiple questions WKST

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- Lesson 2 Videos 1 & 2

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Additional Khan Academy Practice

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:Understand subtraction of rational numbers as adding the additive inverse, p – q = p + (-q). Show that the distance between two rational numbers on the number line is the absolute value of their difference, and apply this principle in real-world contexts.

 

 
Week of 8/12/19
Lesson 1 
 
 

P&PS- pages 3-8, skip the following : page  3:NONE     4: #9      5:#2       6:#7,8   7:INFO page    8: Complete All parts

 

Iready-  Diagnostic Test-Will do in class

 *MUST HAVE 45 MINUTES OF ON TASK TIME EACH WEEK

           

 

Khan Academy- Signs of Sums and Adding Negative Numbers

                * All classes= 100% 

                *Each week the required percent correct can change for individual classes. 

 

 

Task- Football Task

 

Study Guide-Yes 

 

Playposit- Lesson Video 1

 

Required Extra Credit if you finish with everything else: Additional Khan Academy Practice

 

This is the exact 7th Grade Math Standard we are studying:

7.NS.A.1 Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent
addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.
a. Describe situations in which opposite quantities combine to make 0.


b. Understand p + q as the number located a distance |q| from p, in the positive or negative direction depending on
whether q is positive or negative. Show that a number and its opposite have a sum of 0 (are additive inverses).
Interpret sums of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Catapult Challenge-Stem Activity
 
https://www.vivifystem.com/blog/2014/12/23/catapult-challenge
 
 

 

 

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