Math 46, Mathematics for Elementary Education
Spring 2019 Home Page

Syllabus ("Green sheet")

Class 2, Thu., Apr. 11, 2019

Class 1, Tue., Apr. 9, 2019
Today we played the pattern game and also learned to make our first names into a clapping slapping rhythm, as well as a marching rhythm. Please practice!

Chapter 1 homework which you should start working on as soon as you get the text book:
Chapter 1.1: #10-13, 15
Chapter 1.2: #10, 11 19

Homework:
(1) Get a looseleaf notebook and set up sections as described on the third page of the green sheet or below.
(2) Establish a journal etherpad site. Email me the URL of your site. (See directions below or on the green sheet.) 
(3) Read and work on homework from sections 1.1-1.2. Chapter 1 homework will be due when we finish chapter 1.
(4) I will soon register you to the Turnitin.com class page with the email in my class record, so make sure you can access the class site at which you will be uploading your essays. Your first essay, your mathematical autobiography, is due on Tuesday, April 16. It is described above in the green sheet. Read the description of the assignment as you write it to make sure you include what it asks for!

Here is the pattern game we played in class. Print this out and include in your portfolio.

Here are some of the vocabulary words we have used or will use soon during class related to the pattern game. Try to use each one in a sentence, to make sure you understand them: 
multiple: 12 is a "multiple" of 3 and of 4. 3 and 4 are "factors" of 12. Is 13 a multiple of 1? Is 0 a multiple of 13?
horizontal (row): parallel to the horizon. Often means we are thinking about right and left.
vertical (column): up and down
odd numbers : 1,3,5,7,... These numbers are "congruent" to 1, mod 2. Is -1 an odd number? (We'll learn about number "congruence" soon!)
even numbers : 0,2,4,6,8, .... Is 0 even? These numbers are "congruent" to 0, mod 2. Is -6 and even number?
alternate or alternation: a pattern in which two "sub-patterns" are each displayed in every other section of the pattern.

Portfolio. Put together your portfolio, a loose leaf notebook with these sections:
Homework 
Handouts or articles provided to you at this site (for example the pattern game handout.) 
Exams 
Class notes 
Articles 
Your papers or essays 

Write a journal entry for each week of class. It should be one long (6 or more sentences) several short paragraphs detailing your reflections on each day’s class. What struck you as interesting, useful, helpful, unhelpful, puzzling, etc.? How are you feeling about the class? What are your expectations of the class and your own participation? Imagine you are writing to your future self (as in a popular South Park episode?!) and mention those things most memorable! Keep your journal entries at a page you get at an etherpad site, for example, at the Mozilla etherpad site (at Mozilla click on "Create new public pad.")

Use this format for journal entries: 
Stanley Student (keep your name at the top)

Th. Jan. 12 (most recent entry) 
Blah, blah, blah (at least 1 long - 6 or more sentences - or 3 medium size paragraphs).

Tue. Jan. 10 (older entry) 
Blah, blah, blah (at least 1 long or 3 medium size paragraphs). 

If you have trouble using an etherpad site, try opening it with a different browser. I have no trouble using the (free) Google Chrome browser.