This is our catalog of courses. We will occasionally adjust the course listing to reflect the addition of new courses and the retirement of others.
Register your middle schooler in this course today and give them a solid foundation in fractions, decimals, integers, data analysis, and more.
Total Classes: 14 Classes plus 10 pre-recorded
Duration: 55 minutes live classes, 10-20 minutes for recorded lessons
Prerequisite: Students should have already been introduced to fractions and should be able to perform basic math operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing).
Suggested Grade Level: 6th grade (advanced 5th graders welcome)
Suggested Credit: One full semester Math
Description
Middle School Math 1 covers fractions, decimals, integers, data analysis, algebraic expressions and equations, functions and inequalities, using formulas, and surface area and volume in a way that will be easy to understand and will provide a strong foundation for the coming math courses.
Outline
Class One: 1.1 – 1.4: Divisibility, Prime Factors, Powers and Exponents
Class Two: 1.5 – 1.8: Order of Operations, Variables and Expressions, Solving Equations, Area of Rectangles
Class Three: 2.1 – 2.4: Frequency Tables, Bar Graphs/Line Graphs, Circle Graphs, Predictions
Class Four: 2.5- 2.8: Stem-and-Leaf Plots, Mean, Median, Mode, and Range, Analyzing Graphs
Class Five: 3.1 – 3.5: Representing Decimals, Comparing/Ordering Decimals, Rounding Decimals, Estimating Sums and Differences, Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Class Six: 4.1 – 4.3: Multiplying/Dividing Decimals
Class Seven: 4.4 – 4.6: Dividing Decimals, Perimeter, Circumference
Class Eight: 5.1 – 5.3: Greatest Common Factor, Simplifying Fractions, Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
Class Nine: 5.4 – 5.7: Least Common Multiple, Comparing and Ordering Fractions, Writing Decimals as Fractions and vice versa
Class Ten: 6.1 – 6.3: Rounding Fractions and Mixed Numbers, Estimating Sums and Differences, Adding/Subtracting Fractions with like Denominators
Class Eleven: 6.4 – 6.6: Adding/Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators, Adding/Subtracting Mixed Numbers
Class Twelve: 7.1 – 7.2: Estimating Products, Multiplying Fractions
Class Thirteen: 7.3 – 7.5: Multiplying Mixed Numbers, Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Class Fourteen: 7.6 & Review: Sequences
Materials and Homework
Course Materials: Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1, Student Edition (Glencoe Mathematics), 2006 Edition. We recommend purchasing the book used as they can be found for as little as $0.99 plus s/h: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078652537/catholictreas-20 (click on Used).
Homework: 3-4 lessons per week with 10-20 homework problems per lesson, 2 short quizzes per week, and a chapter test approximately every other week.
