Slidedeck for a seminar with the Oakland Teaching Fellows. July 2007.

1. kicking out the cliché
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5. GEOMETRY DanMeyer
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6. GEOMETRY DanMeyer
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1. RESPECT THE SPEAKER
2. PARTICIPATE
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8. 6. Notes - Area of Regular Polygons
s = 10 cm.
a = 7 cm.
A = 245 square cm.
7 cm.
10 cm.
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9. 6. Classwork - pg. 32 #1 - 25 (skip 4)
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11. Pentagon Facts
1. The largest office building in the
world.
2. 284 bathrooms
3. 634 feet from Ground Zero to the
E-Ring.
4. Covers 1,459,785 square feet.
Pentagon Questions
1. How far is it around the E-Ring?
2. At 5 feet/sec, how long would it
take you to walk the length of the
E-Ring?
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12. 2. Famous Idiots in History
Clad FDR GW JFK
Lincoln Jefferson Anthony Sacagawea
$ .01 .05 .10 .25 .50 1.00 1.00
grams 2.5 5 2.268 5.670 11.340 8.1 8.1
$/g .004 .01 .044 .044 .044 .123 .123
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16. 4+ Bullet Ant
Schmidt:
Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like
walking over flaming charcoal with a
3-inch nail in your heel.
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17. 2. Things I Found on the Interweb
21 States in One Day
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18. 2. Things I Found on the Interweb
21 States in One Day
1. He started driving at the border of Maine. Why?
2. Why isn’t there a Guinness World Record?
3. He drove West. Why?
4. He started driving on a Sunday in fall. Why?
5. He started driving on the last Sunday in October. Why?
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19. 7. Basketball
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20. Day 88
1. Opener
a) Graph: Happiness vs. Day’s Left in School
Happiness
5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Days Left in School
b) Solve: 27 = 5x - 3
c) How fast does a raindrop fall?
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21. 8. Five for the Weekend - 3rd
1 “Bring It,” Cobra Starship K Allyn -1
2 “Down With the Sickness,” Disturb D James 0
3 “Gone Away,” Offspring K Johnson 0
4 “Diary of Jane,” Breaking Benjamin A Spellerberg +1
5 “Yellow Bus,” Mistah Fab J Ikeokwu -1
6 “Dance with the Devil,” Immortal Technique J Gollbach +1
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22. -2
0
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2
B Burt
J Goolsby
J Ikeokwu
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-1 -1
J Gollbach
K Allyn
D James
K Johnson
2
A Spellerberg
Five for the Week Standings
1
J Gollbach
1
K Hurford
1
J Wells
D Lee
M Serbova
-1
C Rogers
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L Henry

23. Name:
Period:
Chapter 5 Unit Test
1. Calculate: = 20
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24. UNDERSTANDING
HIGH ROAD
LOW ROAD
SCHOOL YEAR
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25. UNDERSTANDING
HIGH ROAD
GRADE
SCHOOL YEAR
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26. UNDERSTANDING
LOW ROAD
GRADE
SCHOOL YEAR
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27. UNDERSTANDING
LOW ROAD
GRADE
SCHOOL YEAR
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28. Max Fischer
Chapter 1 Unit Test 74%
Chapter 2 Unit Test 53%
Chapter 3 Unit Test 60%
Chapter 4 Unit Test 72%
Chapter 5 Unit Test 57%
Chapter 6 Unit Test 42%
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29. decrease by percent
proportions
metric system
solving proportions
frequency
circle graphs increase by percent
relative frequency
division
fractions
histograms
percents bar graphs multiplication
decimals
word problems
ratios
converting
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30. Max Fischer
Chapter 1 Unit Test 74%
Chapter 2 Unit Test 53%
Chapter 3 Unit Test 60%
Chapter 4 Unit Test 72%
Chapter 5 Unit Test 57%
Chapter 6 Unit Test 42%
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31. Max Fischer
6. Stem-and-Leaf Plot
7. Coordinates
8. Proportions
9. Evaluating Expressions
10. Dimensional Analysis
11. Percent
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34. Max Fischer
6. Stem-and-Leaf Plot 3
7. Coordinates 5
8. Proportions 3
9. Evaluating Expressions 1
10. Dimensional Analysis
11. Percent
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36. 4
3
4
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37. Max Fischer
6. Stem-and-Leaf Plot 3
7. Coordinates 5
8. Proportions 4
9. Evaluating Expressions 3
10. Dimensional Analysis 4
11. Percent
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39. 4
4
3
4 DM
4
1
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40. Max Fischer
6. Stem-and-Leaf Plot 3
7. Coordinates 5
8. Proportions 4
9. Evaluating Expressions 4
10. Dimensional Analysis 5
11. Percent 1
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41. Max Fischer
Chapter 1 Unit Test 74%
Chapter 2 Unit Test 53%
Chapter 3 Unit Test 60%
Chapter 4 Unit Test 72%
Chapter 5 Unit Test 57%
Chapter 6 Unit Test 42%
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42. Max Fischer
6. Stem-and-Leaf Plot 3
7. Coordinates 5
8. Proportions 4
9. Evaluating Expressions 4
10. Dimensional Analysis 5
11. Percent 1
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44. kicking out the cliché
dan meyer
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