Math
This course has been structured to lay a foundation for students to gain “number sense”. Students will mastering basic operations while using several methods to gain a fluent understanding of math in the classroom and in the “real world”.
ISM Math Level 1 – Arithmetic
Session 1
Approximately 12 Weeks
Whole Numbers
- A history of numbers
- what is zero?
- whole number place value
- Basic computation
- Long Division
- Multi-digit Multiplication Fractions
- The nature of fractions
- Adding and subtracting fractions
- Multiplying and dividing fractions
- Mixed numbers/ Improper Fractions
Session 2
Approximately 12 Weeks
Decimal Fractions
- Decimal Place values
- Decimal Word Names
- Operations with decimals
- Converting fractions to decimal
- Rounding review
- Scientific Notation
- Percent
- Using Percent
- Calculating Percent
- Converting to and from percent
Session 3
Approximately 12 Weeks
Measurement/Data
- US/Metric
- Time
- Temperature
- Currency
- Data and Graphing Geometry
- Lines and angles
- Shapes with 2 dimensions in a plane
ISM Math Level 2 – Geometry and Statistics
Session 1
Approximately 12 Weeks
- African influences in Math History
- Multicultural math
- Origin of “zero”
- Operations with integers
- Variables
- Expressions
- Equations
- Inequalities
Focus Activity- Math and the Great Pyramids
Session 2
Approximately 12 Weeks
- Polygons and Patterns
- Angles
- Tessellations
- Islamic Art
- Sequencing and Patterns
- Ethiopian math
- Fibonacci Sequence
- Fractals
- Math as Art
Focus Activity: African Print Fabric
Session 3
Approximately 12 Weeks
- What is percent?
- Calculating Percent
- Data Tables
- Types of Graphs
- Creating Graphs on Google
Spreadsheet
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- histograms
- Stem and leaf
- box and whisker plots
Students who successfully complete this course may take a higher-level course.
ISM Math Level 3 – Pre- Algebra
Session 1
Approximately 12 Weeks
Ratios and Proportional Relationship
- Proportional Relationships
- Unit Rate and Constant of Proportionality
- Ratios and Rates Involving Fraction
- Ratios of Scale Drawings
Rational Numbers
- Addition and Subtraction of Integer and Rational Numbers
- Multiplication and Division of Integers and Rational Numbers
- Applying Operations with Rational Numbers to Expressions and Equations
- Math Lab: Unit Pricing
Session 2
Approximately 12 Weeks
Expressions and Equations
- Use Properties of Operations to Generate Equivalent Expressions
- Solve Problems Using Expressions
- Equations, and Inequalities
- Use Equations and Inequalities to Solve Geometry Problems
- Percent and Proportion
- Finding the Whole Percent Problems Including More than One Whole
- Scale Drawing Population, Mixture, and Counting Problems Involving Percent
Session 3
Approximately 12 Weeks
- Geometry
- Unknown Angles
- Triangles
- Slicing Solids
- Area and Surface Area
- Volume Statistics and Probability
- Calculating and Interpreting Probabilities
- Estimating Probabilities
