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The unit Integers covers all the important integer topics for middle school (grades 6-8), with instructions written directly to the student, so it requires very little teacher involvement.
Integers are introduced using the number line to relate them to the concepts of temperature, elevation, and money. We also study briefly the ideas of absolute value (an integer’s distance from zero) and the opposite of a number.
Adding and subtracting integers is presented through two main models: (1) movements along the number line and (2) positive and negative counters. With the help of these models, students should not only learn the shortcuts, or “rules,” for adding and subtracting integers, but also understand why these shortcuts work.
A lesson about subtracting integers explains the shortcut for subtracting a negative integer using three different viewpoints (counters, number line movements, and as a distance or difference). There is also a roundup lesson for addition and subtraction of integers.
Next, students learn to locate points in all four quadrants and how the coordinates of a figure change when it is reflected across the x or y-axis. Students also move points according to given instructions, and find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.
Multiplication and division of integers is explained, first of all using counters, and then relying on the properties of multiplication and division. We use multiplication and division in the context of enlarging or shrinking geometric figures in the coordinate grid. These lessons also include a few simple equations, problems with several operations, and fun riddles.
The last section of lessons in this unit deal with graphing. Students plot points on the coordinate grid according to a given equation in two variables (such as y = x + 2), this time also using negative numbers. They see the patterns in the coordinates of the points and the pattern in the points drawn in the grid, and also work through some real-life problems.
The unit ends with two review lessons.
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The unit Integers covers all the important integer topics for middle school (grades 6-8), with instructions written directly to the student, so it requires very little teacher involvement.
Integers are introduced using the number line to relate them to the concepts of temperature, elevation, and money. We also study briefly the ideas of absolute value (an integer’s distance from zero) and the opposite of a number.
Adding and subtracting integers is presented through two main models: (1) movements along the number line and (2) positive and negative counters. With the help of these models, students should not only learn the shortcuts, or “rules,” for adding and subtracting integers, but also understand why these shortcuts work.
A lesson about subtracting integers explains the shortcut for subtracting a negative integer using three different viewpoints (counters, number line movements, and as a distance or difference). There is also a roundup lesson for addition and subtraction of integers.
Next, students learn to locate points in all four quadrants and how the coordinates of a figure change when it is reflected across the x or y-axis. Students also move points according to given instructions, and find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.
Multiplication and division of integers is explained, first of all using counters, and then relying on the properties of multiplication and division. We use multiplication and division in the context of enlarging or shrinking geometric figures in the coordinate grid. These lessons also include a few simple equations, problems with several operations, and fun riddles.
The last section of lessons in this unit deal with graphing. Students plot points on the coordinate grid according to a given equation in two variables (such as y = x + 2), this time also using negative numbers. They see the patterns in the coordinates of the points and the pattern in the points drawn in the grid, and also work through some real-life problems.
The unit ends with two review lessons.
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This PDF is enabled for annotation.
This means the student can fill it in using a computer or a tablet (distance learning).
The student will need to use either Adobe Reader (on desktop/laptop) or a PDF app that has annotation tools (phones or tablets). Several PDF apps with annotation capabilities exist; see more details here.
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It is recommended that you not share the entire PDF file with students. Instead, it is better to just give the students a few pages at a time. Here is a simple method for extracting a few pages from a PDF file. It is done using Google Chrome.
1. Open the PDF file in Chrome.
2. Go to "Print" (Ctrl+P).
3. Print to PDF, and choose the page range.
4. Click the "Save" button.
