- GRADES & SCORING
- A’s 90% or above 50% Tests(any announced assessment!)/Projects
- B’s 80% - 89% 40% Daily work/quizzes
- C’s 70% - 79% 10% Class Preparation/participation
- D’s 60% - 69% (completes assignment on time, on task during class, and no disruptive behavior class)
PROJECTS, TESTS & EXAMS
- A semester exam will be given covering the beginning of the course to that point in time. Semester exams are scheduled during the school wide exam period.
- There will be tests on each unit of the syllabus. Tests will be pre announced.
- There may be projects assigned periodically. Some projects will be done in small groups, others will be done individually. At the time the assignment is distributed, the size of the group applicable to the project will be announced.
- Daily assignments and quizzes over concepts will represent 40% of the total course grade.
- Number Systems
- Integers (add,subtract,multiply,divide), Order of Operations, Rational Numbers (fractions and decimals), Ratios & Proportions, Rates, Constant Rates of Change, Proportional Relationships and Graphs, Percent Increase and Decrease, Rewriting Percent Expressions, Applications of Percent
- Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
- Algebraic Expressions, One Step Equations with Rational Coefficients, Writing Two-Step Equations, Solving Two-Step Equations, Writing and Solving One-Step Inequalities, Writing Two-Step Inequalities, Solving Two-Step Inequalities
- Geometry
- Similar Shapes and Scale Drawing, Geometric Drawings, Cross Sections, Angle Relationships, Circumference, Area of Circles, Area of Composite Figures, Solving Surface Area Problems, Solving Volume Problems
- Statistics
- Populations and Samples, Making Inferences from a Random Sample, Generating Random Samples, Comparing Data Displayed in Dot Plots, Comparing Data Displayed in Box Plots, Using Statistical Measures to Compare Populations
- Probability, Experimental Probability of Simple Events, Experimental Probability of Compound Events, Theoretical Probability of Simple Events, Theoretical Probability of Compound Events, Making Predictions with Theoretical Probability, Using Technology to Conduct Simulations