UNIT 2: FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to Unit 2: Fractions, Decimals and Percents!
Today, in class, your child received their Unit 2: Fractions, Decimals and Percents 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 new math unit, Fractions, Decimals and Percents. 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
- Addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals
- Multiplication and division of whole numbers
- Identifying factors of whole numbers
- Identifying multiples of whole numbers
- Identifying important information in a word problem
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 compare and order integers
- I can compare and order fractions.
- I can compare and order decimals.
- Mastery Quiz 2: will assess the following learning targets:
- I can convert between fractions and decimals.
- I can find and use a unit rate.
- I can find the percent of a quantity.
- Mastery Quiz 3: will assess the following learning targets:
- I can find the percent given the quantity and the whole.
- I can find the whole given the percent and the quantity.
- I can convert between fractions, decimals and percents.
Unit Test: 100 pts. Approximate date:_____11/29/16___________________
Your student to review his or her notes to study for this exam
Performance Task: 100 pts.: Approximate date:____11/30/16___________________
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
Learning Activities
Your child will be completing a variety of learning activities in class that reflect the learning targets for Unit 2. These will be graded, and you will be able to track your child’s progress online.
Thank you for your continued support.