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Topic description for Adding and Subtracting Fractions
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 Only numerators get added or subtracted
 Denominators need to be the same
 How do you make the denominators the same (what happens to
numerator then?)
 Simplify your answer if needed
Vocabulary:
Fraction, Numerator, Denominator, Common Denominators
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Topic description for Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 Multiply Numerator by Numerator and Denominator by
Denominator
 We never do division
 Describe Keep Change Flip
 Describe how after KCF we now multiply the fractions
 Simplify the final answer
Vocabulary:
Fraction, Numerator, Denominator, simplify
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Topic description for Ratios
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 What is a ratio, what does it compare?
 Three different ways to write it
 What is a part-to-part and a part-to-whole ratio?
Vocabulary:
Ratio, part-to-part, part-to-whole, fraction, colon (:)
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Topic description for Converting Fractions to Decimals
and Decimals to Fractions
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 Describe how to convert a fraction into a decimal
 Describe how to convert a decimal into a fraction
Vocabulary:
Fraction, Decimal, Numerator, Denominator, Long Division, Place Value
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Topic description for Converting Fractions to Percents
and Percents to Fractions
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 Describe how to convert a fraction into a percent
 Describe how to convert a percent into a fraction
Vocabulary:
Fraction, Percent, Numerator, Denominator, Reduce or Simplify
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Topic description for Converting Percents to Decimals
and Decimals to Percents
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 Describe how to convert a percent into a decimal
 Describe how to convert a decimal into a percent
Vocabulary:
Decimal, Percent, Decimal Point, Percent Sign
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Topic description for Comparing
Fraction/Decimal/Percent
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 Convert all numbers to the same format (which one is the
easiest?)
 How do you tell which number is greater or less?
 What is Ascending and Descending Order
Vocabulary:
Fraction, Decimal, Percent, Number Format, Ascending, Descending,
Greater Than, Less Than
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Topic description for Common Conversions between
F/D/P
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 List the most common conversions in all three formats
 Include fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 (why do
we not include denominator 7)?
 Include the ‘tricks’ for remembering them
Vocabulary:
Common, Conversion, Denominator, Percent, Decimal, Fraction
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Topic description for Order of Operations
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 What is the Order of Operations?
 Describe how it works
 Why do we follow the Order of Operations?
Vocabulary:
Order of Operations, Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division,
Addition, Subtraction, PEMDAS (or GEDMSA)
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Topic description for Solving One-Step Equations
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 How do we set up our equation?
 What four operations can you find in the equation?
 What operation do you perform and where?
 What have you now done to your variable?
Vocabulary:
One-Step Equation, Variable, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication,
Division, Inverse Operation, Isolate, Coefficient, Constant, Reciprocal
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Topic description for Solving Two-Step Equations
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 How do we set up our equation?
 How is a Two-Step Equation related to a One-Step Equation?
 Which operation do you perform and where?
 Which operations do you start with?
 What have you now done to your variable?
Vocabulary:
One-Step Equation, Two-Step Equation, Variable, Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication, Division, Inverse Operation, Isolate, Constant
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Topic description for Properties of Quadrilaterals
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 Describe the characteristics of all quadrilaterals (parallel lines,
congruent lines, congruent angles)
 Which shape is also part of which shape (“always up, sometimes
down, never side to side”?
Vocabulary:
Quadrilateral, Parallelogram, Kite, Trapezoid, Rectangle, Rhombus,
Square, Angle, Side, Congruent, Parallel
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Topic description for Area/Perimeter of 2D shapes
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 What are area and perimeter?
 How do you calculate the area and perimeter of a rectangle?
 How do you calculate the area and perimeter of a square?
 How do you calculate the area and perimeter of a triangle?
Vocabulary:
Rectangle, Square, Triangle, Area, Perimeter, Length, Width, Side,
Height, Base
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Topic description for Area/Circumference of circles
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 What are area and circumference?
 How do you calculate the area and circumference of a circle?
 What two formulas can you use for the circumference?
 What is the relationship between diameter and radius?
Vocabulary:
Circle, Area, Circumference, Radius, Diameter, Pi
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Topic description for Volume/Surface Area of 3D shapes
When you create your song, rap, or poem you need to describe all the
aspects named below in the section “Description” and use all the
vocabulary words listed below in the section “Vocabulary”
Description:
 What is surface area and volume?
 How do you calculate the surface area and volume of a
rectangular prism?
 How do you calculate the surface area and volume of a cylinder?
Vocabulary:
3D, Rectangular Prism, Cylinder, Surface Area, Volume, Length, Width,
Height, Radius, Circle, Rectangle