We are starting a section over simple probability for 7th graders, so we are going to be talking about that with the NCAA tournament. We will make our own Sweet 16 brackets and go over the probabilities of correct picks. I like to play a few clips from the tournament and talk about scenarios of when the probability of a team winning was very low and they pulled it out. We are also going to do a real-world research paper over probability that can include any job and sports statistics is usually a hot topic around this time of year.

I feel like the past week and a half or so has been a great example of having to slow down on the pacing guide. We are working on multi-step equations. The students have been exposed to this many times in both 6 and 7th grade but were still struggling to grasp it. They were overthinking how to solve problems and would have incorrect answers. They were struggling with the order of operations and what to do first. They needed to fully understand how to first do the problem before moving onto word problems and creating their own word problems. I had to slow down and reteach what I thought the students had a good base understanding of before we could move on. It was overall good for the students to understand fully the basis of equations before diving deeper into them.

@Jamie Vredenburgh I completely agree with this. We are on 2-step equations and their attention to detail is missing. This causes simple mistakes!