English language arts
Comma Clinic: Lists, Introductions and Compound Sentences
Students learn three comma rules, add commas to eight sentences, answer two multiple-choice questions and judge three sentences in an error-detective table.
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Mathematics
Complex Numbers: The Cycle of i and Complex Arithmetic
Students discover the repeating pattern of powers of i, then add, subtract, multiply and divide complex numbers.
Mathematics
Decimal Operations: The Class Store Price List
Students use a price list to add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals in shopping problems and correct sample mistakes.
Mathematics
Exponent Rules and Scientific Notation Workshop
Students apply exponent rules, convert between standard and scientific notation, multiply in scientific notation and solve a travel-time problem.
Mathematics
Factoring Trinomials: Factor, Expand and Catch the Error
Students factor eight quadratic expressions, check by expanding, and find the mistakes in three sample factorizations.
Study skills & advisory
Number Line Jumps and Arrays
Students use number line jumps to add and subtract, track temperature changes above and below zero, and count objects in arrays to build multiplication fluency.
Mathematics
Percent Change: Discounts, Tax, Tips and Growth
Students calculate percent increase and decrease in sales, tax, tips and population problems and correct three sample student solutions.
Mathematics
Percent Problems: Discounts, Tax and Tips
Students match percents to fractions, then solve discount, tax, tip and part-of-a-whole problems and correct sample mistakes.
Science
Plant Cells vs. Animal Cells: Read and Compare
Students read a short passage, complete a plant-versus-animal cell comparison table, and answer four multiple-choice and two short-answer questions.
Mathematics
Polynomial Operations: Add, Subtract, Multiply and Check the Work
Students classify polynomials, add, subtract and multiply them, test a possible factor, and spot errors in sample work.
Mathematics
Polynomials: Add, Subtract, and Multiply
Students add and subtract polynomials, multiply with the distributive property and an area box, and answer vocabulary questions.
Mathematics
Probability: Dice, Marbles and Two-Way Tables
Students count outcomes for two dice, multiply independent and dependent probabilities, and use a two-way table for conditional probability.