CAHSEE Prep Course Syllabus: Math

Week 1
Topic
Intro Register Pre-Test

Week 2
Topic
Study Plans Review Assess Draft Revolutio n

Description
Policies and Procedures Revolution accounts set up Take Revolution Pre-Test

Description
Sit with students individually. Review their scores on Pre-Tests Assess areas of need Draft Personal Study Sheets While teacher does this, students work independently on Revolution.

Week 3
Topic
Arithmetic Operations Factors Multiplicati on of decimals Quiz Check-In

Week 4
Topic
Fractions Different Denominato rs Factors Quiz

Description
Addition, Subtraction, P203 Multiplication, Long -212 Division Review concept of factors, unrelated to fractions Review this quickly Factors and Arithmetic Operations Check individual study progress

Description
Basic Operations of P217Fractions 224 One denominator can P226turn into the other. 227 Least common denominator. Review concept of factorization in depth Fractions and Factors

Week 5
Topic
Fractions Quiz Check-In

Week 6
Topic
Fractions to Decimals Fractions to percent Quiz

Description
Two different P22 denominators. Incorporate 9 concept of factors into fractions. Least Common Denominator Check individual study progress

Description
Use CAHSEE examples Use CAHSEE examples P233234

P230232 Least Common Denominator and Fractions to Percents

Week 7
Topic
Review Percent Change Interest, Commissio n, Discount, Quiz Check-In

Week 8
Topic
Rules of + and Order of Operatio ns Exponent s Square Root Quiz

Description
Fractions, Factors, LCD, Fractions to Percents Use CAHSEE examples Use CAHSEE examples P236 P237243

Description
Using number line, review rules for adding, P215subtracting positives and 216 negatives. Then for multiplication and PEMDAS: For numbers only, P24 not for algebra. Use 4 CAHSEE examples. Properties of Exponents P245(shortcuts), 249 same/different bases, negative exponents P252Use CAHSEE examples 253 Exponents, Order of Operations, square roots

Percent Change, Interest, Commission, Discount Check individual study progress

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Week 9
Topic
Math Reasoning Scientific Notation Absolute Value Check-In

Week 10
Topic
P406413 Mean, Mode, Median Review Probability Quiz Graphs Practice Questions

Description
Odd/Even numbers, Multiples, Estimation, Patterns

Description
Use CAHSEE examples Fractions; will need for probability P269273 Fractions, mean, median, mode, probability Use CAHSEE examples Spend most time on percents, correlation and tree diagrams P274282 P265270

Use CAHSEE P254examples 256 Use CAHSEE P254examples 258 Meet with students and review their study progress.

Use test on p283-290, go through it as a class. Answer key in Teacher Guide.

Week 11
Topic
Review Expressi on Translati on Plugging Quiz Check-In
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Week 12
Topic
Intro Solving for Variables Solving for Variables Inequaliti es Story Problems Quiz

Description
Order of Operations, Rules of + and Expression vocab list and P292 CAHSEE examples. Words -293 to number sentences. Using Order of Operations, P294 plug numbers into -295 expressions with variables. Order of Operations, simple math with + and -, Expression Translation and Plugging. Meet with students and review their study progress.

Description
Review the basic concept of an equation, using the balance scale example. Discuss solving for a variable and how we use PEMDAS backward. Provide one- and two-step equations P296-298 as examples. Use the Alligator P299-301, eats the bigger P388-390 number analogy Use CAHSEE P302-304 examples Solving for Variables, Plugging, Algebraic Story Problems

Week 13
Topic
Coordina te Plane

Week 14
Topic
Other kinds of Algebra Graphs Rate Ratio and Proportion Quiz Conversio n

Description
Intro students to the concept of the coordinate plane starting with a number line and adding the yaxis. Show points and how to graph them. Quadrants. Using stair-step P305approach and slope 308 formula P309Slope-Intercept form: 310, slope and y-intercept P396Graphing lines and finding slopes Meet with students and review their study progress.

Description
Parabola, Cubic, and line graphs; compare them. Student should be able to recognize them. Use CAHSEE examples Use CAHSEE examples Use problems from practice test and review Use CAHSEE examples P311314 P315316 P317318 P319326 P328329

Slope Line Equation s Quiz Check-In

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Week 15
Topic
Triangles

Week 16
Topic
P330334 P335340 P342346 P347351 Surface Area vs Volume Misc. Measurem ent/ Geometry Distributiv e Simplifying Binomials Systems

Description
Perimeter, Area, Angles, Properties of Right Triangles, formulas. Use inscribed squares as well. Intro all formulas as well. Polygons, inscribed circles etc.

Description
Teach together in one day to clarify the difference in area vs. volume. Assembled 3D Objects, reflection on the coordinate plane/across an axis, congruence Use CAHSEE examples Reverse of Distributive, in fractions, as well as all-numbers Much like distributive Systems of Equations P355358 P359368 P382383 P384387 P394395 P391393

Squares/ Rectangles Circles Other Shapes Broken Images Quiz Check-In

Use CAHSEE P352examples. 354 Shapes with formulas given Meet with students and review their study progress.

Practice Tests (Use for example or quiz problems)

Strand
Number Sense Statistics, Data Analysis, Probability Algebra and Functions Measurement and Geometry Algebra 1 Mathematical Reasoning

Resources
Practice Tests and Websites
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/h s/elaguide.asp ELA Study Guide Math Study Guide Revolution Teacher website

Pages
P259-263 P283-290 P319-326 P369-378 P400-404 P416-422

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/t g/hs/mathguide.asp
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