Course Syllabus
Math 6 Sections 5002 and 5040, Fall 2024
Instructor: Lucy Bengson
Email: Lbengson@cwcharter.org or Canvas Inbox. You will get a response within 48 hours.
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Class Information | Course Overview | Curriculum | Materials and Requirements | Grading | Additional Resources | Pacing Guide
5002 and 5040 Math 6
Please review the CWCS Master Class Syllabus that will be used in the Parent/Student Orientation course.
Class Information
Class Time
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Online Class Sessions: 5002: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 10:45 am - 11:45 am 5040: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
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- Semester 1 - First Class Meeting 8/19/24
Last Day to Add or Drop is 09/09 (Students will be charged the full price of the course if dropping the class after this deadline.)
- Semester 2 - First Class Meeting 1/13/25
Last Day to Add or Drop is 01/21 (Students will be charged the full price of the course if dropping the class after this deadline.)
Course Overview
CWCS’s Math 6 online course offers students the opportunity to study at home while employing technology as a learning tool, meeting with other students in a virtual classroom, and receiving live instruction from a teacher.
This class meets online 3 times per week. Attendance is required and daily homework is expected. In order for students to master the mathematics concepts of this course and be successful in this and future math courses, students should spend time on math EVERY DAY of the week. Specific assignments for each lesson will be given by the instructor (see Homework section). Parents are encouraged to provide additional practice and learning opportunities to help solidify the learning.
Each class period will focus on questions regarding the previous assignments, instruction of new topics, and active participation of all students. Students will receive participation points for actively attending class.
Curriculum
Go Math Curriculum -- Required curriculum may be available at the Learning Center on a first come basis. If needed, ESs can order curriculum using the OPS catalog which will have the most up-to-date pricing. Students will need:
- Go Math! Student Edition Print
- Go Math! Student Edition Online
- Go Math! Practice Skills and Fluency Workbook
- Go Math! California Solution Key
- Other Go Math! components listed in OPS are optional.
Materials
- Working external headset with mic (computer speakers do not work successfully with the Canvas setup). Plug-in headsets (rather than Bluetooth) work best with Jigsaw. After the third week of class and no headset, students may begin to lose participation points for the class. Class is much more engaging if all students can talk in class using their mic. Suggested: Office Depot Logitech Clear-Chat
- Graph Paper and Notebook Paper
- Ruler
- Optional: Spiral Notebook or Composition Book
Requirements
- Class textbook/workbook
- School Google Account - you will use this to log in to various learning platforms such as Jigsaw, Desmos and Khan Academy, and to complete Google Apps for Education-based assignments
- Reliable Internet access
- Canvas Login link: Login
Math Department Webpage
Grading
Overall course grade
33.3% Attendance & Participation
33.3% Daily Homework & Assignments
33.4% Assessments & Projects
Grading Scale
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Excellent = Mastery |
Satisfactory = Progressing Towards Mastery |
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Consistently meets or exceeds expectations of grade level standards. |
Meeting expectations of grade level standards. |
Unable to, or with prompting and support, progressing towards meeting expectations of grade level standards. |
85-100% = E
70-84% = S
0-69% = N
Late Work
Math Department classes will not accept late work after the close date of the assignment. But if you turn in any late work for any reason, you will be graded up to 80% of the total score of the given assignment.
Attendance and Participation
The class will meet three times per week online via BigBlueButton. The class link can be found on the class Canvas website.
Attendance is required. The Truancy Policy applies to Canvas courses. An unexcused absence may be counted as a truancy. Attendance credit will not be given for unexcused absences.
- Excused Absence is defined as:
The parent shall notify the teacher by phone of the absence at least 24 hours* prior to the time the class meets. - Unexcused Absence is defined as:
An absence that does not accompany a parent phone call to the instructor at least 24 hours* prior to the time the class meets.
*If there are extenuating circumstances that do not allow for at least 24 hours, then the teacher must still be notified prior to the start of class; allowances may be made depending on the circumstances. Examples of extenuating circumstances: car accident, sudden illness, etc. Students should arrange a "back up plan" in case of unexpected computer problems the day of the class (i.e. make pre-arrangements to go to a neighbor, friend, relative, library, etc.) Not only will the students receive instruction during these sessions, but they will participate in answering questions and working out problems. Students may be asked to enter a response to an “Exit Ticket” or other attendance activities to earn attendance credit for that day’s class. This gives the instructor an opportunity to identify strengths and weaknesses of the students and identify concepts that need more instruction. 0-10 points will be earned for each class session, depending on promptness, participation in the class session, and response to the Exit Ticket.
Making Up a Missed Class
Attendance credit for excused absences will be granted by the instructor based on the quality of the make-up work. To make up a missed class session, the student must view the recording of the session (which will be posted as a link on the Canvas website shortly after the session ends). The student must then complete the Exit Ticket by the end of the week.
Daily Homework & Assignments
Before attending each class, students should complete the "Explore Activity" for that particular lesson. The Explore Activity will not be taught in class, and if the student still has questions about it, he/she may pose the question(s) at the beginning of the class.
Daily assignments will be posted online every week. You must check the Math 6 Canvas Class for the homework daily. Types of assignments include online assignments, exercises from the student textbook, exercises from the practice workbook, or other handouts posted online. Students should keep a notebook with all necessary work shown in an organized manner.
Parents will grade student’s assignments. This daily work is shown to the student’s ES during monthly learning record meetings. The ES will be checking for completeness. (The student should correct the answers for accuracy prior to the ES meeting).
Assessments and Projects
The instructor will assign, collect and grade several tests throughout the semester. The tests will be posted on the online class page or the online textbook and may require students to download and print. Specific instructions for the quizzes and tests will be given in class and posted on the class page, including procedures for submission and due dates.
Students will complete one project in the spring semester. There will be no project assigned during fall semester. Instructions for completing and submitting the projects will be posted on the class page.
Additional Resources
- Drop-in Tutoring:
- CWCS: Wednesdays 1:00 - 3:00 with Patrick Smith
- CWEB: Thursdays 12:30 - 2:30 with TBD
- Tutors: talk to your ES for details
Important Dates 2023 - 2024:
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- Aug. 12: First day of school
- Aug. 19: First day of fall Canvas Classes
- Sept. 9: Add/Drop date
- Sept. 2: NO CLASS: Labor Day
- Nov. 22-29: NO CLASS: Thanksgiving Break
- Dec 9-12: Last full week of classes
- Dec. 9-12: Finals Week
- Jan. 7: First day back to school
- Jan. 9: First day of spring Canvas classes
- Jan. 20: NO CLASS: MLK Holiday
- Jan. 21: Add/Drop date
- Feb. 14 - 17: NO CLASS: President’s Day Observance
- March 21 - 28: NO CLASSES THIS WEEK: SPRING BREAK
- May 12-16 : Last full week of classes
- May 12-16: Finals Week
5002/5040 Math 6
Instrutor: L. Bengson
Online
Fall 2024 Tentative Pacing Guide
(daily assignments subject to change - check Canvas regularly)
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Week 0 8/12 - 8/16 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
School begins on Monday 8/12/24 |
To-Do Before You Begin
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Tuesday |
Do at least two activities → |
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Wednesday |
Per day |
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Thursday |
To complete on or |
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Friday |
Before the end of the week |
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Week 1 8/19 - 8/23 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Online Class Sessions begin Monday 8/19 Welcome to Class |
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Tuesday |
2nd Online Class Session |
Welcome to class! Today we’ll all meet each other, practice logging in. |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
UNIT 1 NUMBERS 1.1 Identifying Integers and Their Opposites |
#12 - 24 (all) #25 - 28 (choose 2) |
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Friday |
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Week 2 8/26 - 8/30 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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26 |
Monday |
1.2 Comparing and Ordering Integers |
#11-20 (all) #21 - 23 (choose one) |
27 |
Tuesday |
1.3 Absolute Value |
#5-11 (all) #12 - 14 (choose one) |
28 |
Wednesday |
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29 |
Thursday |
Review: 1.1 - 1.3 |
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30 |
Friday |
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Week 3 9/2 - 9/6 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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2 |
Monday |
No School-Labor Day |
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3 |
Tuesday |
2.1 Greatest Common Factor |
#5-31 (odds only) #32-34 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
2.2 Least Common Multiple |
#3-16 (all) #17-20 (choose two) |
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Friday |
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Week 4 9/9 - 9/13 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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9 |
Monday |
Review: 2.1 - 2.2 Add/Drop Date: Last day to add or drop classes |
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10 |
Tuesday |
3.1 Classifying Rational Numbers |
#8-17 (all) #18-20 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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12 |
Thursday |
3.2 Identifying Opposites and Absolute Value of Rational Numbers |
#19-22 (all) #23-26 (choose two) |
13 |
Friday |
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Week 5 9/16 - 9/20 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Review: 3.1 - 3.2 |
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17 |
Tuesday |
3.3 Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers |
#22-24 (all) #25-27 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review: 3.3 |
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Friday |
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Week 6 9/23 - 9/27 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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23 |
Monday |
UNIT 2 NUMBER OPERATIONS 4.1 Applying GCF and LCM to Fraction Operations |
#18-23 (all) #24-26 (choose one) |
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Tuesday |
4.1 Applying GCF and LCM to Fraction Operations (continued) |
#18-23 (all) |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
4.2 Dividing Fractions |
#8-22 (EVEN) #23-27 (choose two) |
27 |
Friday |
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Week 7 9/30 - 10/4 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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30 |
Monday |
4.3 Dividing Mixed Numbers |
#10-17 (all) #18-20 (choose one) |
01 |
Tuesday |
4.4 Solving Multi-Step Problems with Fractions and Mixed Numbers |
#3-10 (all) #11-13 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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03 |
Thursday |
Review: 4.1 - 4.4 |
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04 |
Friday |
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Week 8 10/7 - 10/11 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
5.1 Dividing Whole Numbers |
#16-30 (EVEN) #31-33 (choose one) |
08 |
Tuesday |
5.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals |
#19-31 (ODD) #32-34 (choose one) |
09 |
Wednesday |
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10 |
Thursday |
No School |
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11 |
Friday |
No School |
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Week 9 10/14 - 10/18 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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14 |
Monday |
Review 5.1 - 5.2 |
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15 |
Tuesday |
5.3 Multiplying Decimals |
#14-26 (Evens) #27-29 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
5.4 Dividing Decimals |
#23-31 (Odds) #32-34 (choose one) |
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Friday |
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Week 10 10/21 - 10/25 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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21 |
Monday |
Review 5.3 & 5.4 |
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Tuesday |
5.5 Applying Operations with Rational Numbers |
#3-10 (all) #11-13 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review: 5.5 |
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Friday |
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Week 11 10/28 - 11/1 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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28 |
Monday |
UNIT 3 PROPORTIONALITY: RATIOS AND RATES 6.1 Ratios |
#11-18 (All) #19-21 (choose one) |
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Tuesday |
6.2 Rates |
#9-16 (All) #17-19 (choose one) |
30 |
Wednesday |
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31 |
Thursday |
Review: 6.1 - 6.2 |
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Friday |
Make up missed Tests |
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Week 12 11/4 - 11/8 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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04 |
Monday |
6.3 Using Ratios and Rates to Solve Problems |
#6-14 (All) #15-18 (choose two) |
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Tuesday |
Review: 6.3 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review: 6.1 - 6.3 Ready to go on? |
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08 |
Friday |
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Week 13 11/11 - 11/15 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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11 |
Monday |
No School-Veterans Day |
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Tuesday |
7.1 Ratios, Rates, Tables, and Graphs |
#7-15 (All) #16-17 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
7.2 Applying Ratio and Rate Reasoning |
#9-17 (All) #18-19 (choose one) |
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Friday |
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Week 14 11/18 - 11/22 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
7.3 Converting Within Measurement Systems (Part 1) |
#9-17 (Odds) #19-22 (choose one) |
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Tuesday |
7.3 Converting Within Measurement Systems (Part 2) |
#8-18 (Evens) #19-22 (choose one) |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review 7.1-7.3 |
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22 |
Friday |
No School-Thanksgiving Break |
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11/25 - 11/29 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 15 12/2 - 12/6 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
7.4 Converting Between Measurement Systems |
Attend Class · Textbook page 193-196 · Text pg 197-198 #15-33 (Odds) #34-35 (choose one) |
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Tuesday |
Review: 7.3 - 7.4 |
Attend Class
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Are you ready for Lessons 8.1-8.3? Percents |
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Friday |
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Week 16 12/9 - 12/13 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards
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Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
8.1 Understanding Percent |
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Tuesday |
8.2 Percents, Fractions, and Decimals |
#7-20 (All) #21-24 (choose two) |
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Wednesday |
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12 |
Thursday |
Review: 8.1 - 8.2 |
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Friday |
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Week 17 12/16 - 12/20 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Last Week of Class Sessions
8.3 Solving Percent Problems |
#8-28 (Evens) #29-31 (choose two) |
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Tuesday |
Review: 8.1 - 8.3 |
#7-27 (Odds) |
18 |
Wednesday |
Make up missed Tests |
Interactive Student Lesson: 8.3 |
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Thursday |
Make up missed Tests |
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Friday |
Last Day of School |
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Spring 2025 Tentative Pacing Guide
(daily assignments subject to change - check Canvas regularly)
Week 1 1/7-1/10 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
No School-Winter Break |
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Tuesday |
Online Class Sessions Begin 1/7/25 First Day of Second Semester |
To-Do Before You Begin
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
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Week 2 1/13 - 1/17 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
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Monday |
UNIT 4 EQUIVALENT EXPRESSIONS 9.1 Exponents |
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Tuesday |
9.2 Prime Factorization |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review 9.1 - 9.2 |
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Friday |
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Week 3 1/20 - 1/24 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
No School-MLK Day |
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Tuesday |
9.3 Order of Operations |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review 9.1 - 9.3 |
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Friday |
~Module 9 Posttest~ |
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Week 4 1/27 - 1/31 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
10.1 Modeling and Writing Expressions |
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Tuesday |
10.2 Evaluating Expressions. |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review 10.1 - 10.2 |
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Friday |
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Week 5 2/3 - 2/7 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Review 10.1 - 10.2 |
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Tuesday |
10.3 Generating Equivalent Expressions |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review 10.3 |
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Friday |
~Module 10 Posttest~ |
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Week 6 2/10 - 2/14 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
UNIT 5 EQUATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS 11.1 Writing Equations to Represent Situations |
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Tuesday |
11.2 Addition and Subtraction Equations |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Review 11.1 - 11.2 |
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Friday |
No School-President’s Day |
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Week 7 2/17 - 2/21 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
No School-President’s Day |
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Tuesday |
11.3 Multiplying and Dividing Equations |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
11.4 Writing Inequalities |
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Friday |
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Week 8 2/24 - 2/28 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Review 11.3 - 11.4 |
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Tuesday |
~Module 11 Posttest~ 12.1 Graphing on the Coordinate Plane |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
12.2 Independent and Dependent Variables in Tables and Graphs |
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Friday |
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Week 9 3/3 - 3/7 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Review 12.1 - 12.2 |
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Tuesday |
12.3 Writing Equations from Tables |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
12.4 Representing Algebraic Relationships in Tables |
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Friday |
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Week 10 3/10 - 3/14 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Review 12.3 - 12.4 |
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Tuesday |
Review 12.1 - 12.4 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
UNIT 6 RELATIONSHIPS IN GEOMETRY
13.1 Area of Quadrilaterals |
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Friday |
~Module 12 Posttest~ |
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Week 11 3/17 - 3/21 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
13.2 Area of Triangles |
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Tuesday |
Review 13.1 - 13.2 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
13.3 Solving Area Equations |
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Friday |
No School-Spring Break |
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3/24 - 3/28 |
Spring Break |
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Week 12 3/31 - 4/4 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
13.4 Area of Polygons |
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Tuesday |
Review 13.3 - 13.4 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
14.1 Distance in the Coordinate Plane |
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Friday |
~Module 13 Posttest~ |
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Week 13 4/7 - 4/11 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
14.2 Polygons in the Coordinate Plane |
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Tuesday |
Review 14.1 - 14.2 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
15.1 Nets and Surface Area |
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Friday |
~Module 14 Posttest~ |
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Week 14 4/14 - 4/18 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
15.2 Volume of a Rectangular Prism |
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Tuesday |
Review 15.1 - 15.2 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
15.3 Solving Volume Equations |
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Friday |
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Week 15 4/21 - 4/25 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Review 15.1-15.3 |
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Tuesday |
MEASUREMENT AND DATA
16.1 Measure of Center |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
16.2 Mean Absolute Deviation |
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Friday |
~Module 15 Posttest~ |
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Week 16 4/28 - 5/2 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
16.3 Box Plots |
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Tuesday |
Review 16.1 - 16.3 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
16.4 Dot Plots and Data Distribution |
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Friday |
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Week 17 5/5 - 5/9 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
16.5 Histograms |
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Tuesday |
Review 16.4 - 16.5 |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Turn in Project Presentations |
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Friday |
~Module 16 Posttest~ |
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Week 18 5/12 - 5/16 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
A-G Finals This Week
Turn in Project
Presentations
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Tuesday |
Turn in Project Presentations |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Turn in Project Presentations |
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Friday |
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Week 19 5/19 - 5/23 |
Lessons, Topics & Standards |
Instructional Activities |
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Monday |
Turn in Project Presentations |
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Tuesday |
Turn in Project Presentations |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Turn in Project Presentations |
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Friday |
Last Day of Semester |
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