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Course Title: Concepts of Mathematics Credit Value: 1.0
Course 102113 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Number:
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 9, 10, 11,
12
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Cluster(s): Architecture and Construction Human Services
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Information Technology
Business Management and Administration Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and
Health Science Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: This course is designed for students who need further development of foundational skills before enrolling
in Algebra 1 and taking the Keystone Algebra 1 exam. We spend the first semester largely working with number skills
and number sense, working on explaining, reasoning, estimation, and making sense of word problems. Much of the time
is spent working with fractions, including rates of change, proportional reasoning, and percent. At the end of the semester
we work on measurement skills that support the programs at Beattie Tech in which many of our students are enrolled.
The concepts in the third quarter are focused on foundational algebraic skills such as function vocabulary, translating
between graphing, equations, data tables, and words, and solving equations. In the fourth quarter we focus on statistics:
summarizing and interpreting data and creating data displays. Overlaying all of our work are applications to real world
problems and supporting reading skills. Students receive specific supports based on their unique needs.

Course Title: Algebra 1 Credit Value: 1.0
Course 102130 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Number:
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Fundamentals of Algebra and Open to Grades: 9, 10, 11
teacher recommendation
Career Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Cluster(s): Architecture and Construction Human Services
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Information Technology
Business Management and Administration Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and
Health Science Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: The study of algebra expands what students know about applying operations to numbers to thinking in
terms of patterns that are valid in many situations. Specifically, we replace unknown values with variables which allows
us to write equations. Algebra 1 students spend much of the year modeling real life problems that have constant rates of
change (linear functions), but they also model situations involving two rates of change (quadratic functions) and changing
rates (exponential growth and decay functions). In order to do this, students explore the properties of real numbers, absolute
value, proportional reasoning, systems of linear equations and inequalities, and a brief introduction to nonlinear
functions. The emphasis on the relationship between data, equations, graphs, and words provides opportunities for
students to make connections and strengthen their problem-solving strategies. All students completing Algebra 1 are
required to take the end of course Keystone Exam as mandated by School Board Policy. The Keystone Exam score is not
used to calculate the student’s final course grade.

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