Download to the Summer 2016 Math Challenge

GALS middle school
SUMMER 2016
MATH challenge
Looking for a way to retain math skills you learned this
year?
Want to find a way to fill in the gaps in your
math understanding? Tired of falling behind and
forgetting math over the summer?
If you answered YES to any of these questions (and even if you
didn’t!), have we got a program for you!
This summer, ALL GALS GIRLS will participate in the GALS SUMMER
MATH CHALLENGE. Students will have 10 weeks to complete lessons
recommended by their math teacher on Khan Academy
(www.khanacademy.org).
Your participation in this program will be recorded as
your 1ST grade in the 2016-17 gradebook!
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2.0 =
5 hours with MASTERY of topics practiced
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3.0 =
10 hours with MASTERY of topics practiced
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4.0 =
15 hours with MASTERY of topics practiced
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There will be an in-class assessment to test your master
of skills on the assigned standards when you return to
school.
Check the GALS website for details starting June 8 th :
www.galschools.org
KhanAcademyInstructions
Asoutlinedinanoticesentearlierthismonth,allGALSstudentswillbeexpectedtocomplete
summermathhomework.Themajorityofstudentswillbecompletingtheirsummer
homeworkonKhanAcademy.
UserName:
Allstudentshavebeenassignedausernameandpassword.DONOTuseanyoldusernameyou
mayhavefrompreviousyearsoryouwillnotreceivecreditfortheworkyoudoduringthe
summer.
Theusernameforeachstudentisthefirstletteroftheirfirstnamefollowedbytheirlast
nameandstudentnumber(akatheirlunchnumber).Forexample,ifastudent’snameisJane
Doeandherstudentnumberis123456,herusernamewouldbejdoe123456.Forstudents
withhyphenatedlastnames,theyshouldusethefirstofthehyphenatednames.Forexample,
astudentnamedJaneJones-Smithandstudentnumber123456wouldhavetheusername
jjones123456.
Allstudentswillhaveapasswordgals1234.
LoggingontoKhanAcademy:
Gotothehomescreenatkhanacademy.org.ClickontheSigninlinkinthetoprightcornerof
thepage.Enteryourassignedusernameandpassword(seeabove).
YoushouldseeaWelcometoKhanAcademywindow.Clickthetermsandconditionsboxthen
clickthegreenStartLearningbutton.
PickyouravatarandthenyouwillbeatthemainKhanAcademysubjectmenu.Gotothe
Mathbygradecolumnandselectthegradeyoujustcompleted!Ifyoujustfinished6thgrade,
selectthelinkfor6thgrade.
Youwillnowseethegradelevelpage.Atthebottomofthepage,clickontheblueStart
Missionbutton.
CompletetheStartMission.Oncethisiscompleted,youwillseealistoflessonsthathave
beenrecommendedbyyourteacher.Seethelistbelowforthesequenceyoushouldcomplete
yourlessons.Ifyouhavequestionsoryoucompletealltherecommendedlessons,contact
yourteacherattheappropriateemailbelow.
8thGradeSequence:[email protected]
1. Orderingnegativenumbers
2. SignsofSums
3. Addingnegativenumbers
4. Subtractingnegativenumbers
5. Adding&subtractingnegativenumbers(10inarow!)
6. Addition&subtraction:findthemissingvalue
7. Addingnegativenumbersonthenumberline
8. Numberequations&numberlines
9. Negativenumberadditionandsubtraction:wordproblems
10.Interpretingnegativenumberstatements
11.Equivalentexpressionswithnegativenumbers
12.Substitutionwithnegativenumbers
13.Multiplying&dividingnegativenumbers
14.Multiplying&dividingnegativenumberswordproblems
15.Multiplyingpositiveandnegativefractions
16.Dividingpositiveandnegativefractions
17.Orderofoperations
18.Convertingfractionstodecimals
19.One-stepaddition&subtractionequations
20.One-stepmultiplication&divisionequations
21.Combiningliketerms
22.Combiningliketermswithnegativecoefficients
23.Combiningliketermswithrationalcoefficients
24.Two-stepequations
25.Findthemistake:two-stepequations
26.Combiningliketermswithnegativecoefficients&distribution
27.Two-stepequationswithdecimalsandfractions
28.Two-stepequationswordproblems
7thGradeSequence:[email protected]
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Basicratios
Ratiotables
Ratiowordproblems
Rateproblems
Comparingrates
Dividingfractions
Dividingfractionswordproblems
Orderofoperations
9. Orderofoperationschallenge
10.Interpretingnegativenumbers
11.Negativenumbersonthenumberline
12.Rationalnumbersonthenumberline
13.Orderingnegativenumbers
14.Orderingrationalnumbers
15.Pointsonthecoordinateplane
16.Graphingpointsandnamingquadrants
17.Terms,factors,andcoefficients
18.Combiningliketerms
19.Areaofparallelogram
20.Areaoftriangle
21.Areaofcompositeshapes
22.Volumewithfractions
6thGradeSequence:[email protected]
1. RoundWholeNumbers2
2. Multiply2-digitNumbers
3. Divideby1digitNumbers(noremainders)
4. Identifyfactorsandmultiples
5. Recognizeangles
6. Comparedecimals(tenthsandhundredths)
7. WriteNumberasafractionanddecimal
8. Addandsubtractmixednumbers2
9. Commonfractionsanddecimals
10.Adddecimals1,2,3,4
11.Subtractdecimals1,2,3,4
12.Multi-digitMultiplication
13.Basicmulti-digitdivision
14.Visuallyaddandsubtractfractions
15.Addfractionswithunlikedenominators
16.Subtractfractionswithunlikedenominators
17.Addandsubtractfractionwordproblems
18.Decimalplacevaluenames
19.Orderdecimals
20.Rounddecimals1
21.Rounddecimals2
22.Powersof10
23.GraphPoints
24.Identifycoordinates
25.Identifypoints