November  Unit 2: Tara's Garden  7.EE.1: Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.  7.EE.A.1:  7.EE.A.2:  7.NS.A.1-2:  Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear Understand that rewriting an expression in different forms in a problem context sheds light on the Apply and extend previous understandings of operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to rational numbers.  Mathematics: Standards for Mathematical Practice  1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.  2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.  3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.  4. Model with mathematics.  5. Use appropriate tools strategically.  6. Attend to precision.  7. Look for and make use of structure.  8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.  You have been hired as a consultant, to help Tara design a garden:  Tara wants to help fight global warming, so in her backyard she is fencing off a corner of it to build a garden.  She needs to do some area calculations to see if plants can live in her garden.  First, Tara must complete Part A (attached). After she completes the calculations, she is now faced with the dilemma in part B.  Part C: Based on the information that you have calculated, explain your reasoning and advise Tara if she has enough room to fit the tree. Be sure to include how you calculated the perimeter and evaluated the information given. Use mathematical language.  Must be 150 words: comic sans, calibri or times new roman size 12 Font- double spaced  Tara's Garden  7.EE.1  Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.  Name and Class  7.EE.A.1: Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients. (Major Standard) 7.EE.A.2: Understand that rewriting an expression in different forms in a problem context sheds light on the problem and how the quantities in it are related. 7.NS.A.1-2: Apply and extend previous understandings of operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to rational numbers.  Problem  Strategies  Reasoning and  Proof  Mathematical Concepts and  Wording  Presentation  Accuracy and Completion  Expert-4  Organized, neat and clear. Correct strategy used to solve the problem. Correct expressions are provided. Correct reasoning used to support the conclusion. Each step is supported by efficient mathematical procedures.  Justifications are complete and connected to strategies used in problem. Evidence is used to  justify  and support decisions made and conclusions reached.  All work is labeled, and explanations are provided when necessary. Precise math language and symbolic notation are used to consolidate math thinking and to communicate ideas. Well defined and organized. Work is labeled. Neat and clear.  All work is complete. No computational errors. No conceptual errors.  Practitioner-3  Organized, neat and clear. Most strategies used to solve the problem​