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This is my first year teaching middle school math after 10 years in lower elementary. I am struggling to fit all the lesson in during my 39 minute class period for sixth grade, seventh grade and eighth grade Pre-Algebra. How long should a regular BJU lesson in those grade levels take? I'm using interactive notebooks, so I know that takes longer, but we're several days behind already!
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Twenty minute direct instruction seems to work for me to get them started. You may also try flipped classes where homestudy is watching your teaching video the night before and then working with it in class rather than lecturing. Students already are familiar with the topic before class that way and are ready to work.
I echo your sentiments with 6th grade math. Also how did you feel about chapter 4? It felt crazy rushed, and a lot of half completed ideas thrown out there to see what sticks. Very confusing. Maybe it's meant to be a base skills, but it was disconnected. I searched for additional materials ands videos to help the confusion. LCM and GCF does not have to that hard. The page where they do prime factorization doesn't not explain what it is, nor is it explained in the teacher manual. It's like 'do prime factorization, put into exponential form and magically you can find LCM".
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Julie Peterson
Washington Court House ,OH
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9/21/2019 3:46:42PM
I am struggling as well with the 6th grade Math. I have a 45 minute period, but find that after we go through all the concepts, there is very little time for in class work. This is with only assigning either odds or evens as the classwork. My students take home whatever they do not finish in class, but it is a bit frustrating!