• Course Information

    Teacher Information

    Grade 7 Mathematics

    Name(s):  Mrs. Breyta

    Full Year

    Phone: 609-698-5880

    Class Meeting:  

    Class Location:  N211                                                    

     

     

    Email: jbreyta@barnegatschools.com

     

     

     

    Effective mathematics education provides students with a balanced instructional program.  In such a program, students become proficient in basic computational skills and procedures, develop conceptual understandings, and become skilled at problem solving.  Standards-based mathematics instruction starts with basic material and increases in scope and content as the years progress.  Similar to an inverted pyramid, where the entire weight of the developing subject, including readiness for algebra, rests on the foundation built in the early grades.

     

    In Grade 7, instructional time will focus on four critical areas: developing an understanding and applying of proportional relationships; developing an understanding of operations with rational numbers; working with expressions and linear equations; solving problems involving scale drawings and informal geometric constructions; working with two-and three dimensional shapes to solve problems involving area, surface area, and volume; and drawing inferences about population based on samples.

     

     

    Course Competencies/ Learning Objectives

    Students who successfully complete this course will be competent in the following areas:

    ●        Students will be able to analyze proportional relationships

    ●        Students will be able to perform rational number operations

    ●        Students will be able to generate equivalent expressions; solve problems using linear equations and inequalities

    ●        Students will be able to understand geometric relationships; solve problems involving angles, surface area and volume

    ●        Students will be able to analyze and compare populations, find probabilities of events

     

    Course Texts / Online Resources

    I Ready Curriculum

     

    Required Materials

    Pencils

    3-Ring Binder (1 or 1.5 inches)

    3 Binder Dividers

    Loose Leaf Paper

     

    Attendance Policy

    Regular and prompt class attendance is an essential part of the educational experience.  The Barnegat Township School District expects students to be responsible and exercise good judgment regarding attendance and absences.  Students accept full responsibility for ensuring that they complete any/all work missed due to absences. 

     

    Course Topic Outline

                    Please find a list of the units for this course:

     

    Content Area: Mathematics

    Course Title: General Mathematics

    Grade Level: 7

    The Number System

    30 Days

    Expressions and Equations

    50 Days

    Probability & Statistics

    25 Days

    Ratios and Proportions

    30 Days

    Geometry

    45 Days

     

    Student Grades

    The grading system for this course is based on the category weights listed in each department’s policy.  For this course, those weights are listed below.  Each marking period, students will have a minimum of four (4) Major Assessments and eight (8) Minor Assessments (explained below).  Uncollected homework is graded as part of Course Participation, which is assessed twice per marking period using the district rubric.  Collected homework assignments are graded for accuracy and are recorded as Minor Assessments. 

     

    Major Assessments

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    50% of marking period grade

    Minor Assessments

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    30% of marking period grade

    Course Participation

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    15% of marking period grade

    Benchmark Assessments

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       5% of marking period grade

     

    • Examples of Major Assessments include items that are summative in nature, such as: tests, projects, research papers, formal presentations, reports, or any other type of assessment used to capture evidence of learning at the culmination of a unit of study.
    • Examples of Minor Assessments include items that are formative in nature, such as: quizzes, exit tickets, collaborative learning, small-scale research activities, notebook reviews, in-class worksheets, or any other type of assessment that is diagnostic in nature and used to guide instruction and provide ongoing feedback to students.
    • Note: grades for individual assignments are entered into Genesis for the marking period in which the assignment is assigned and collected, and not a subsequent marking period.
    • Extra Credit will only be available for assignments that have been approved ahead of time by the teacher and department supervisor.
    • In this course, it is expected that students will submit only their best work, and teachers reserve the right not to accept work that is substantially below what a student is capable of producing.
    • Please speak to your teacher about the opportunity for earned Second Chances on certain Major Assessments.