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Math Core Curriculum
Ms. Krampert's seventh grade class playing Math Bingo.
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5th Grade Math
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The carefully planned fifth grade math program allows for the sequential development of skills needed to simplify and solve new forms of math problems. Students continue to work with manipulating and performing the four basic operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers. The students begin solving algebraic problems with integers and begin working with graphing on a coordinate plane. The use of graphing calculators as an important problem solving tool is introduced. Early mastery of skills allows some students to be placed in Pre-Algebra I in the fifth grade. |
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Pre Algebra 1
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Pre-Algebra I is an engaging study which encourages students to apply their prior knowledge to new and increasingly difficult situations. Problem solving and communication of strategies are focal points of the program, both on an individual level and during frequent group work. Topics of the course include order of operations, distributive property, manipulating geometric figures, and the use of variables to solve equations. Use of graphing calculators seeks to instill in the students the idea that technology should be used not as a crutch, but rather as another tool in their attempts to solve mathematical problems. |
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Pre Algebra 2
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Pre-Algebra II is a continuation of the pre-algebraic concepts introduced in the Pre-Algebra I class. Students move into the use of both positive and negative exponents, scientific notation, repeating decimals, linear equations, and other concepts. Basic financial math is introduced, and students calculate commissions and different types of interests using algebraic equations. Graphing programs are used to identify equations visually. |
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Algebra 1
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In Algebra I students work with real numbers; solve equations and word problems; add, subtract, multiply, and divide polynomials; factor; perform algebraic functions with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; solve systems of linear equations; solve and graph equalities and inequalities; find irrational square roots; and use the quadradic formula to solve equations. |
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Algebra II / Geometry
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The first half of the year is dedicated to Geometry and the second half to Algebra II. In Geometry, students learn to solve problems of Plane Geometry, prove triangles and calculate missing measurements of similar triangles, work with trigonometric ratios and solve problems with appropriate ratios, find perimeter and area of a variety of polygons and circles, and find the surface area and volume of a variety of shapes. In Algebra II, students learn to identify components of a linear equation and solve linear equations, conduct an experiment and calculate the line of best fit for the data acquired, solve and graph quadratic equations, work with radicals, and graph higher order equations. |
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| Middle School Math Faculty |
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Ginger Alexander
B.A. Virginia Tech, 1973
M.A. Virginia Tech, 1981
Sally Cromwell
B.S. University of Tennessee, 1976
Susan Koppenol
B.S. Southeastern Louisiana University, 1992
M.Ed. Southeastern Louisiana University, 1995
Kelly Pousson
B.S. Franciscan University Steubenville, 2003
Susan Ellis
B.S. Loyola University, 1997
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