Course 1 Math in Focus

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Math in Focus addresses topics in greater depth at each grade.Please reference the 6-8 scope and sequence to see how mathematics skills are introduced and expanded within each grade level.This year, students in Course 1 will focus on:
- building problem-solving skills and strategies
- comparing and ordering positive and negative numbers
- practicing operations with positive numbers, fractions, mixed numbers and decimals
- using rations, rates and percents
- simplifying algebraic expressions, solving equations and inequalities, using coordinates to create graphs, writing linear equations and using tables and graphs to represent equations
- finding the areas of polygons and circles, finding perimeter and circumferences, and finding the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes
- applying statistical reasoning to data sets, and finding the mean, median and mode of data sets
Supporting at Home
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You can help your child build confidence as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home y encouraging opportunities to use math in everyday situations. Allow your child's math class-work or homework to guide you in determine the appropriate level of challenge.
While reading newspapers and magazines, invite your child to:- find examples of fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, percents and negative numbers
- read graphs and discuss how they display information, or what coordinates on the graphs they represent
- look for the word "average" and decide what it means in the context of the article
At home or at a store, challenge your child to:- determine unit rates for the prices of different brands or sizes of the same item
- create algebraic expressions to represent numbers such as the average price of your purchases
- find volumes of items listed on the product labels and estimate the surface area of boxes or cans
On car or bus trips, ask your child to:- find the ratio of how far you have traveled to the total length of your trip
- estimate your rate of travel
- identify different polygons and circles, and, if possible, estimate their area
Students have digital access to resources!
Website: https://my.hrw.com/sp/access?sp=hrw&connection=radnortsd-waad
Username: 6 digit RTSD ID@rtsd.org (ex: 123456@rtsd.org)
Password: RTSD network Password
Units of Study
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For more information regarding the Units of Study in Course 1 Math in Focus, please click on the units below.