Mathematics

Mathematics

 

All Math Courses meet 29 Weeks (13 weeks in the Fall and 16 weeks in the Spring)

 

Junior High Math

Teacher: Kim Treadway

Annual Tuition and Class Fee: $380/$10

Fall 13 weeks--Spring 16 weeks

 

This 75-minute class will utilize Saxon's Math 8/7 textbook with homework each week. In this "flipped classroom," the tutor will provide an instructional video for each lesson each week. Videos will review lesson content and explain practice problems. Class time will answer questions about the material taught that week and reinforce concepts. Please note: The homework will be graded by the parent and corrected by the student prior to class time, while the tutor will grade assigned tests.

Parents must purchase the most current:

· Textbook (2nd or 3rd edition is fine)

· Solutions Manual

· Tests and Worksheets Manual

· 2 spiral notebooks

· Scientific calculator (~ $20) NOT GRAPHING CALCULATOR

· Ruler

· Protractor

 

 

Algebra I

Teacher: Terri Cofskey

Annual Tuition and Class Fee: $380/$10

Fall 13 weeks--Spring 16 weeks

 

This 60-minute class will utilize Saxon's Algebra 1 textbook with homework each week. Lessons will be completed through in class instruction. The class time on Wednesdays will be used for instruction and to answer any questions over the material taught that week. The homework will be graded by the parent. Parents will need to purchase the most current textbook (2nd or 3rd edition is fine) and solutions manual.

This high school level course provides a foundation in the basic concepts and skills of algebra, with special attention to signed numbers, positive and negative exponents, linear equations, and word problems.

 

Geometry

Teacher: Terri Cofskey

Annual Tuition and Class Fee: $380/$10

Fall 13 weeks--Spring 16 weeks

 

This 60-minute class will utilize Jacob's Geometry textbook with homework each week. Lessons will be completed through in class instruction. The class time on Wednesdays will be used for instruction and to answer any questions over the material taught that week. The homework will be graded by the parent. Parents will need to purchase the most current textbook (3rd edition) and solutions manual.

A discovery of learning how to “measure the earth.” Students will develop reasoning and problem-solving skills as they study topics such as congruence and similarity, and apply properties of lines, triangles, quadrilaterals, and circles. Length, perimeter, area, circumference, surface area, and volume will be used to solve real-world problems. An Algebra I review is included.