Math Overview: This program provides students with an investigative approach to learning mathematics.  This program utilizes engaging interactive problems and motivating everyday situations to learn math concepts.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will be able to interpret graphs, plot points on the coordinate plane.
2. Students will be able to collect, analyze, and organize data.
3. Students will be able to identify and organize tile patterns.
4. Students will be able to use a guess and check tables to problem solve.  
5. Students will be able to identify algebra tiles.
6. Students will be able to simplify algebraic expressions with and/or without algebra tiles.
7. Students will be able to write algebraic expressions. 
8. Students will be able to compare two expressions using algebra tiles.
9. Students will be able to simplify and record their work in a table. 
10. Students will be able to begin solving single-variable equations using algebra tiles. 
11. Students will be able to solve problems using proportional thinking. 
12. Students should be able to verbally describe a pattern.
13. Students should be able to write an algebraic rule from a pattern. 
14. Students should be able to graph completely from a rule/table.
15. Students will be able to identify x and y intercepts. 
16. Students will be able to write an equation from a word problem.
17. Students will be able to represent information as a pattern, rule, table and graph.  
18. Students will be able to fluidly move through each representation.  
19. Students will be able to identify the growth in a pattern and translate to a graph/rule.  
20. Students will be able to represent information using systems of equations.  
21. Students will be able to solve a system of equations using Equal Values Method.  
22. Students will be able to find area of a rectangle with algebraic expressions.   
23. Students will use generic rectangles to multiply binomial expressions. 
24. Students will be able to apply proportions to word problems.
25. Students will be able to solve equations including the distributive property.  
26. Students will be able to write and solve mathematical sentences to solve word problems.
27. Students will be able to solve systems of equation using substitution.
28. Students will be able to solve systems of equations using elimination.
29. Students will be able to solve a system of equations by graphing.  
30. Students will be able to identify the solution of a system of equations as a point of intersection. 
31. Students will make connections to all previously presented topics in course.  
32. Students will be able to find the slope of a line given its equation, graph or any two points.
33. Students will be able to identify how the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines are related.
34. Students will be able to demonstrate how slope represents rate of change in real world applications.
35. Students will be able to identify a trend line to fit scattered data.
36. Students will be able to identify the slope of a line without graphing the line.  

Grading: Grading for the ninth grade math credit is different this year than is was previous years.  There will be a meeting on September 27, 2010 at 6pm to discuss the 9^th grade credit grading.  Please attend this meeting so you have the information.

Expectations: Students are expected to be in class on time and ready to learn.  Students should have materials ready for instruction.  Students are expected to work from bell to bell at the best of their ability.  Assignments must be handed in on time; if late points will be deducted.  In the chance that homework is assigned students are expected to have it completed before the following class.  If a student is absent they are responsible to ask for make-up work.  Students will be given three days to complete make-up work; on the fourth day points will be deducted.  very Friday, students will be given 45 minutes to complete any missing work.  Students are not to use a cell phone during class.  They will receive one warning, after that I will take the phone until the end of the day.