IB+Course+Outline


 * **MYP Course Outline**
 * Name of Course: Mathematics Level: II**
 * I. Course Description** This course is designed to build students’ mathematical and problem-solving skills and to prepare them for future math classes. This class is a bridge between arithmetic and pre-algebra. Approaches to Learning will be used throughout the year as students are expected to ask questions, share their thinking with the rest of the class, and work in cooperative groups. The classroom environment will be positive and supportive so that all students will feel comfortable discussing mathematics with the teacher and with each other.

The AMSTI unit, //Data Around Us//, will help students connect mathematics to Community and Service, their Environment, and Health and Social Education. We will explore //Homo Faber// as we emphasize the history of mathematical ideas and connect mathematics to other subject areas. We will enable the students to develop a positive attitude toward the continual learning of mathematics, appreciate the international dimensions of mathematics and its varied cultural and historical perspectives, recognize its relationship with other disciplines and with everyday life, gain and develop understanding of mathematical concepts, develop and apply mathematical skills, develop the ability to reflect upon and evaluate the significance of their work and the work of others, and develop and apply information and communication technology skills. · __Numbers and Operations:__ Integers, order of operations, rational numbers o Approaches to Learning, o Homo Faber o Health and Social Education · __Algebra:__ Expressing patterns as algebraic equations, translating verbal phrases to algebraic expressions and vice versa, solving one- and two-step equations o Approaches to Learning, o Homo Faber · __Geometry__: Transformations, geometric relationships o Approaches to Learning, o Homo Faber · __Measurement__**:** Circumference and area of circles, perimeter of polygons, area of triangles and trapezoids, ratios and rates, proportional reasoning o Approaches to Learning, o Homo Faber o Community and Service o Environment o Health and Social Education. · __Data Analysis__: Measures of central tendency, probability of compound events o Approaches to Learning, o Homo Faber o Community and Service o Environment o Health and Social Education. · Cooperative group learning · Open-ended assessment · Use of a variety of technologies (graphing calculators, calculator-based rangers, computers, blogging, webquests, etc.) · Communication through discussion and writing · Student presentations We will assess for the following criteria: · Knowledge and Understanding · Application and Reasoning · Communication · Reflection and Evaluation · //Glencoe Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 2// · //Connected Mathematics Program// o //Stretching and Shrinking// o //Data Around Us// o //What Do You Expect?// · //The Geometer’s Sketchpad// · //Think Link// · Teachers o Jeanne Simpson o Sherry Wallace
 * II. Topics**
 * III. Teaching and Assessment**
 * IV. Resources**


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