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with Leigh Bortins
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“The locus of education is the family and creation is the curriculum.”
– Leigh Bortins
The Math Map
With Kirsty Gilpin
Wednesdays at 1 PM EST
2 Lessons Per Week
The Math Map: Naturals is included in the CC membership at CCConnected.com.
January
Jan 7: Lesson 18 Transformations
Jan 14: Lesson 19 Open Shapes
Jan 21: Lesson 20 Solid Shapes
Jan 28: Lesson 21 Locations
February
Feb 4: Lesson 22 Populations
Feb 11: Lesson 23 Matrices
Feb 18: Lesson 24 Rates
Feb 25: Lesson 25 Rate of Change
March
Mar 4: Lesson 26 Accumulated Change
Mar 11: Lesson 28 Complex Numbers
Mar 18: Lesson 28 Proofs
Mar 25: Lesson 29 Seeing the Unseen
April
Apr 1: Lesson 30 Reflection
Apr 8: What is a unit?
Apr 15: Measured vs Exact Units
Apr 22: Counting Units
Apr 29: Place Value and Base 10
May
May 6: Place Value and Base n
May 13: CANCELLED
May 20: Adding with Place Value
May 27: Subtracting with Place Value
June
Jun 3: Multiplying with Place Value & the Distributive Law
Jun 10: Multiplying in Different Forms
Jun 17: Division using Place Value (Long Division)
Jun 24: Factorization – undoing multiplication
July
Jul 1: Division using Fractions
Jul 8: Fractions: Simplifying
Jul 15: Fractions: Adding & Subtracting
Jul 22: Fractions: Multiplying & Dividing
Jul 29: Exponents
Fall Semester
TBD
Words Aptly Spoken
With Jennifer Courtney
Setting (June)
Jun 3: All Quiet on the Western Front (Ch II)
Jun 10: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ch III)
Character (July)
Jul 1: A Tale of Two Cities (Ch II)
Jul 8: Julius Caesar (Ch III)
Plot (July)
Jul 15: Crime and Punishment (Ch II)
Jul 22: Romeo and Juliet (Ch III)
Conflict (August)
Aug 5: Frankenstein (Ch II)
Aug 12: Things Fall Apart (Ch II)
Aug 19: Hamlet (Ch III)
Theme (September)
Sep 2: The Chosen (Ch II)
Sep 9: To Kill a Mockingbird (Ch II)
Sep 16: The Tempest (Ch III)
Setting (October)
Oct 7: Alice in Wonderland (Ch II)
Oct 14: The Little Prince (Ch II)
Character (October)
Oct 21: Pride and Prejudice (Ch II)
Plot (November)
Nov 10: Scarlet Pimpernel (Ch II)
Nov 18: The Captain’s Daughter (Ch II)
Conflict (Dec-Jan)
Dec 2: The Death of Ivan Ilych (Ch II)
Jan 6, 2027: The Old Man and the Sea (Ch II)
Jan 13, 2027: Beowulf (Ch II)
Theme (January 2027)
Jan 20, 2027: Animal Farm (Ch II)
Jan 27, 2027: Fahrenheit 451 (Ch II)