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after fulfilling the minimum two-year commitment to musical performance. In most cases, a continued four-year commitment to musical performance can be maintained with careful consideration of other elective options. Students should consult with their counselor as they consider their options for grades 11 and 12.
ALGEBRA IA: MATH 9 (557 S)
Year 1 Credit Grade 9 Req: Qualifying learning disability and appropriate IEP
This course is the beginning of a four year math sequence with appropriate modifications per the individual student’s IEP, and the first of a two-year Algebra I sequence and is fully equivalent to the Algebra IA course (557) in focus and in content. It is designed to meet the needs of students who have been identified with a specified learning disability in mathematical computation and/or mathematical reasoning. Topics include: expressions and formulas, properties of numbers, basic number concepts, fractions, solving equations, using equations in problem solving, ratio, proportion and percent, real numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of real numbers, solving equations and inequalities with real numbers, exponents, additional subtraction, and multiplication of polynomials, and factoring. If time permits, equations with two variables will be covered.
ALGEBRA IA (557)
Year 1 Credit Grade 9 Req: Department approval
This course is the first year of a two-year Algebra sequence. It is designed for the students capable of handling general math topics, but not capable of learning Algebra I at the pace used in a Regular Algebra I class. Topics include: expressions and formulas, properties of numbers, basic number concepts, fractions, solving equations, using equations and problem solving, ratio, proportion and percent, real numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of real numbers, solving equations and inequalities with real numbers, inequalities, exponents, addition, subtraction and multiplication of polynomials, and factoring. If time permits, equations with two variables will be introduced.
ALGEBRA IB: MATH 10 (563 S)
Year 1 Credit Grade 10 Req: Qualifying learning disability and appropriate IEP
This course is the second of a two-year Algebra I sequence and is fully equivalent to the Algebra IB course (563) in focus and in content, it is designed to meet the needs of students who have been identified with a specified learning disability in mathematical computation and/or mathematical reasoning. Topics include: operations on numbers, real numbers, equations, problem solving with one variable, properties of order, relations and functions, powers, roots, radicals, polynomials, factoring polynomials, linear equations, problem solving with two variables, products and quotients of rational expressions, sums and differences of rational expressions, systems of equations and inequalities, quadratic functions, equations, and descriptive statistics.
ALGEBRA IB (563)
Year 1 Credit Grade 10 Req: Algebra IA or Math 9
This course is the second year of the two-year Algebra I sequence. Topics include: operations on numbers, real numbers, equations, problem solving with one variable, properties of order, relations and functions, powers, roots, radicals, polynomials, factoring polynomials, linear equations, problem solving with two variables, products and quotients of rational expressions, sums and differences of rational expressions, systems of equations and inequalities, quadratic functions, equations, and descriptive statistics.
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