Course Description
Textbook: Middle School Mathematics Course I, McDougal Littell
Overview:
Students entering this course have a solid level of math proficiency in computational skills. This course takes students from concrete topics in elementary math to more abstract topics of Pre-algebra. They operate within multiple number systems and begin to see the relationships among these number sets. The students apply their skills to word problems related to their everyday lives. They explore both elements of geometry and measurement. Additionally, they reflectively and intuitively explore probability. IB MYP projects are varied as they relate to our studies and integrate with additional subjects.
Topics Covered:
Number Sense, Decimals and measurement, Data and Statistics, Number Theory and Rational Numbers, Measurement, Coordinate Plane, Ratios, Proportions, and Percents, Plane & Solid Geometry, Geometric Measurement, and Probability
Formative Assessment:
Class work, homework, quizzes, reflections written and/or oral
Summative Assessment:
Unit Tests, mid-term and final exams, MYP projects
Areas Of Interaction:
ATL’s: Note taking, recognizing concepts and applying skills, using a calculator, using appropriate technology skills, developing and applying problem-solving strategies, approximating data
Community & Service: Presenting data to the school community
Human Ingenuity: Problem-based explorations: Drawing and understanding diagrams: Using measurement instruments
Environments: Using data from multiple aspects of the school environment to create informative diagrams
Health & Social Education: Students analyze and evaluate relationships by exploring various graphs of data
Math Year 1 Aims and Objectives:
At the end of the first year, students should be able to demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of the following branches of mathematics: • number • algebra • geometry, statistics and probability • discrete mathematics by being able to:
• investigate problems involving several operations on natural numbers and rational numbers
• know and understand concepts and demonstrate skills
• be able to understand and use a variety of mathematical forms and have the ability to move confidently between them
• communicate using appropriate language and symbols
• compare rational numbers in different forms
• learn to estimate with whole numbers
• draw conclusions consistent with findings
• perform set operations with whole numbers
• reflect on their methods and process
• consider possible alternative approaches