Deborah Guy

I am a lifelong student who loves learning, and who loves to teach even more.  My path through college included pre-veterinary studies, a brief encounter with engineering which took me through calculus 2, then on to liberal arts with a focus in psychology and Spanish for my B.S. in Liberal Arts from UF.  My next turn took me into the dental hygiene program, earning an A.S. degree.  I later entered graduate school (also at UF:  Go Gators!) in entomology & nematology, until my first son was  born.  I always say that I haven't been bored a day since! Although I practiced in the field of dentistry for 27 years as a "career", I will never stop learning.  After 13 years of homeschooling my 3 children, I fell in love with teaching just about anything, but my greatest passion is teaching my students, as I did my children, to love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.

Math-U-See Epsilon

GRADE LEVEL:  5th

**ALL MATH STUDENTS WILL NEED TO TAKE A PLACEMENT TEST AFTER REGISTRATION TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE READY FOR THE SELECTED LEVEL  (unless they took and passed a math class at UA for the previous school year).

Day/time: Monday; Period: 5th

Course Description: MTH-5

Fractions and Other Topics

Now that students have learned basic operations with whole numbers, Epsilon covers these same operations with fractions. Fractions are presented in an intuitive way with visual explanations of equivalent fractions, common denominators, and fractions and numbers larger than 1. Fractions and operations are illustrated using our proprietary Fraction Overlay manipulatives.

Major Concepts and Skills Include:

Recognizing and generating equivalent fractions

Understanding addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division  of fractions and mixed numbers                               

Fluently adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions and mixed numbers

Additional Concepts and Skills:

Using multiple strategies to recognize common factors

Understanding grouping symbols and their effect on order of operations   

Interpreting and solving word problems    

Comparing, and converting decimal fractions    

Finding the area and circumference of circles    

Classifying quadrilaterals    

Representing fractions and fractional measurements on line plots and number lines    

Using coordinates to represent ordered relationships

Required texts:

--must be NEW

--used copy is fine

 Minimum: 5 students

Tuition: $50/month for 9 months

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