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Beaver Dam High School Syllabus Department: Math
School Year: 2015-2016
Course: Algebra I / Math Elective
Grade Level: Freshman/Sophomore
Required Materials: Binder (2" or so), Notebook Paper, Pencils, Pens , Notebook for ALEKs
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Course Resources:
Algebra I Text, ALEKS (web-based computer program)
Prerequisites: Counselor Recommendation
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Course Description: This class is designed to help those students who struggle in math and require more time to understand and complete math problems. Students will increase their basic math skills as well as learn the real number system and its subsets: natural, whole integers, rational and irrational numbers. Students will use different types of problem-solving methods used in solving equations and inequalities including both linear and quadratic functions.
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Units Covered: Arithmetic Readiness, Real Numbers and Equations, Functions and System of Equations, Polynomials and Quadratic Equations, Rational Numbers and Proportions, Exponents and Square Roots, and Data Analysis and Probability
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Summative Assessments:
Quizzes
Tests
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Routine Assessments:
Daily work
Web-based Computer Program
Exit Questions
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Courses at BDHS run in a flexible schedule format. See selection to right for this course’s format:
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One-Term 90
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Two-Term 90 X
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All-Year 45
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Other
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School-wide Grading Procedures:
Assessments 85%
Routine 25% (of assessment grade)
Summative 60% (of assessment grade)
Cumulative Final 15%
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