Review Unit: Cubes Strategy

I decided to start my INB the same way I usually start the school year, with review. There are certain things that 7th graders just never remember....like fractions. I figured the INB would make a great place to do a review that they can refer back to all year long.

Here is my TOC for the Review Unit.

 

 

The first lesson after the "Me by the Numbers" activity is the CUBES Strategy. My county has urged the math teachers to use this strategy for word problems. The CUBES Strategy is nothing new, they just gave a fun acronym to something we've been doing forever. After making the CUBES page, I gave them these word problems to CUBE (not solve). They were able to compare what they thought was important to what other students may think was important.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The "I Can" Statement for this activity is:

I can use the CUBE strategy to better understand a word problem.

 

The IXL Lesson for this activity is:

M.1: Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide Money Amounts: Word Problems