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Course Selection
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics Courses
Students performing below grade level
in mathematics may be assigned to
additional mathematics support courses.
Middle School PreAlgebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Problem solving and reasoning skills.
• Fractions, decimals, percents.
• Readiness for algebra concepts:
equations, expressions, ratios, and rates.
• Data representations, probability
and statistics.
• 2- and 3-Dimensional figures.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented
in a variety of ways, including use of
manipulatives, discovery, small and large
group discussions.
Intermediate PreAlgebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 7
Major Outcomes:
• Application of integers, fractions,
decimals and percents.
• Evaluate expressions and solve
one-step equations with variables
and rational numbers.
• Proportional reasoning.
• Applications of probability and data
representation.
• 2- and 3-Dimensional figures.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented
in a variety of ways, including large group
discussion and active participation.
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Middle School Algebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 8,
[Accelerated Grade 6 and 7]
Major Outcomes:
• Solution of equations.
• Linear functions.
• Properties of exponents.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented
in a variety of ways, including use of
manipulatives, discovery and small and
large group discussions.
Honors Intermediate Algebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
Middle School Algebra
Intended Audience: Accelerated
Grades 7 and 8
Credit: 1.0 high school credit
earned with passing grade*
Major Outcomes:
• Applications of linear functions.
• Quadratic functions.
• Properties of exponents.
• Polynomial functions.
Projects, activities, etc: Varies by teacher.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented in
a variety of ways, use of graphing calculator.
*Offered as high school credit; grades
from this high school course may be
reflected on high school transcript.
Honors Geometry
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
Honors Intermediate Algebra
Intended Audience: Grade 8
Credit: 1.0 high school credit
earned with passing grade*
Major Outcomes:
• Logical reasoning and geometric proofs.
• Plane and solid geometric figures.
• Coordinate geometry.
Projects, activities, etc.: Varies by teacher
Instructional Focus: Some hands-on activi-
ties, more in-depth study of content than
Geometry.
*Offered as high school credit; grades
from this high school course may be
reflected on high school transcript.
Honors Advanced Mathematics
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process: District
Placement Process
Credit: Credit will vary depending upon the
mathematics completed*
Intended Audience: Grades 7 and 8; designed
for students who are mathematically gifted
and perform significantly above grade level
Major Outcomes:
• Become proficient problem solvers using
a variety of strategies.
• Apply appropriate mathematical skills to
real world situations.
• Effectively communicate mathematical
learning.
Instructional Focus: Individually paced instruc-
tion with a variety of instructional strategies.
*Offered as high school credit; grades
from this high school course may be
reflected on high school transcript.
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