WHEELER HIGH SCHOOL ' S
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Course Name: Foundations of Algebra Type of Course: Core Course
Available to: 9th grade
Prerequisites: Below an 80 % in Math 8
Description: This course is aimed at students who have low standardized test performance in prior grades and / or have demonstrated significant difficulties in previous mathematics classes and / or who may have gaps in their math skills. This course will provide many opportunities to revisit and expand the understanding of foundational algebra concepts, will employ diagnostic means to offer focused interventions, and will incorporate varied instructional strategies to prepare students for required high school mathematics courses. This course will be taken in the Fall and will replace an elective spot, and Algebra will be taken in the Spring. This course can be used as a fourth math credit if a student is only choosing to pursue admission into a technical college.
Course Name: Algebra Type of Course: Core Course
Available to: 9th grade
Prerequisites: Math 8( 80 %- 94 %), Advanced Math 8( 70 %- 89 %), OR Foundations of Algebra( 70 %+)
Description: This is the first course in a sequence of three high school courses designed to ensure career and college readiness. Students will apply their algebraic and geometric reasoning skills to make sense of problems involving algebra, geometry, bivariate data, and statistics. This course focuses on algebraic, quantitative, geometric, graphical, and statistical reasoning. In this course, students will continue to enhance their algebraic reasoning skills when analyzing and applying a deep understanding of linear functions, sums and products of rational and irrational numbers, systems of linear inequalities, distance, midpoint, slope, area, perimeter, nonlinear equations and functions, quadratic expressions, equations, & functions, exponential expressions, equations, & functions, & statistical reasoning. Students will be prepared to take an End-of-Course Exam.
Course Name: Honors Algebra Available to: 9th grade
Type of Course: Core Course Prerequisites: Math 8( 95 %+) OR Advanced Math 8( 90 %+)
Description: This is an accelerated college prep course that covers all the standards included in the onlevel Algebra course with a few additional standards and explores the concepts at a deeper level. This course is designed to prepare students for Advanced Placement mathematics courses. Students will be prepared to take an End-of-Course Exam. Students earn an additional 0.5 quality point towards their GPA for this course.
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