UNIT 1: FACTORS AND MULTIPLES
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome our first math unit!!!
Today, in class, your child received their Unit 1: Factors and Multiples outline. It includes all of the learning targets taught in this unit, along with an example of each. Below you will find important information regarding your child’s first math unit, Factors and Multiples. You will find the skills that your child should already have mastered in order to succeed in this unit. You will also find information about the major assignments that will affect your child’s grade for this unit.
Prerequisite Skills:
- Place value
- Multiplication of multi-digit whole numbers
- Division of multi-digit whole numbers
- Prime and composite numbers
Mastery Quizzes: 50 pts. each
Mastery quizzes are short quizzes that assess 2 – 3 learning targets. Your child will be given this quiz once the learning targets have been taught in class. The best way to prepare for these quizzes is by completing classwork and homework. If your child is struggling with homework assignments please contact us, or have your child attend an extra help session.
- Mastery Quiz 1: will assess the following learning targets:
- I can identify the greatest common factor for two or more numbers
- I can identify the least common multiple for two or more numbers.
- I can recognize situations that require the greatest common factor of or the least common multiple of two or more whole numbers.
- Mastery Quiz 2: will assess the following learning targets:
- I can generate equivalent expressions using the distributive property.
- I can relate the prime factorization to the GCF and LCM of given whole numbers.
Unit Test: 100 pts. Approximate date:_________10/11/16________________
Your student should review his or her notes to study for this exam
Performance Task: 100 pts.: Approximate date:______10/13/16___________________
This is an in class assessment. It is a multi-step word problem, similar to the kind of questions students will see on Day 3 of the NYS test.
Culminating Project: 100 pts.
The culminating project will be assigned in the middle of the unit. It will not be due until the end of the unit. It will assess all learning targets. You will be able to access this on www.rabinowitz.weebly.com .
Learning Activities
Your child will be completing a variety of learning activities in class that reflect the learning targets for Unit 1. These will be graded, and you will be able to track your child’s progress online.
Thank you for your continued support,
Ms. Rabinowitz