WELCOME TO ACCELERATED MATH. WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON AN EXCITING ADVENTURE. THIS YEAR WE WILL EXPLORE AND MASTER NOT ONLY THE 6TH GRADE MATH STANDARDS BUT THE 7TH GRADE AS WELL. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A BRAND NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH NEW STUDENTS! MY GOAL IS TO EMPOWER MY STUDENTS MATHEMATICALLY BY COACHING THEM TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS AS WELL AS SCHOLARS UNDERSTANDING OUR NEW CONCEPTS. ALSO, BY BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM EACH WILL BE ENABLED TO BE POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR ACCELERATED MATH: ADVANCED CONTENT MATHEMATICS IS DESIGNED TO PRESENT ALL STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE CURRICULUM THROUGH REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS, REASONING, AND WRITING.
BY THE END OF 8TH GRADE, STUDENTS WILL TAKE THE EOC FOR HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA I AND EARN A HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT TOWARD MATH. THE MAJOR COURSE OBJECTIVES TAUGHT ARE THE GEORGIA STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE (GSE) AND ARE AVAILABLE AT HTTP://TINYURL.COM/GSE101.
In Accelerated Mathematics 6/7A, instructional time should focus on six critical areas: (1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; (2) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers; (3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and (4) developing understanding of statistical thinking; (5) developing understanding of and applying proportional relationships; (6) developing understanding of operations with rational numbers and working with expressions and linear equations.
IN GRADE 7, INSTRUCTIONAL TIME SHOULD FOCUS ON FOUR CRITICAL AREAS: (1) DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPLYING PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; (2) DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING OF OPERATIONS WITH RATIONAL NUMBERS AND WORKING WITH EXPRESSIONS AND LINEAR EQUATIONS; (3) SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING SCALE DRAWINGS AND INFORMAL GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTIONS, AND WORKING WITH TWO AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS INVOLVING AREA, SURFACE AREA, AND VOLUME, AND (4) DRAWING INFERENCES ABOUT POPULATIONS BASED ON SAMPLES.