Mrs. Gilanyi

Hudson Middle School

Integrated Mathematics I

Syllabus

Connected Mathematics provides units of work for grades 6, 7 and 8.  Every unit develops a “big idea” that is an important cluster of related concepts, skills, procedures, and ways of thinking. 

What Do You Expect?

Probability and Expected Value

Probabilities of two-stage events.

Variables and Patterns

Introducing Algebra

Variables; representations of relationships, including tables, graphs, words and symbols.

Samples and Populations

Data and Statistics

Explore the process of statistical investigation; compare samples using measures of center (mean, median, mode), measures of variability (minimum and maximum values, range percentiles); data displays that group data (histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box-and-whisker plots).

Stretching and Shrinking

Similarity

Similar figures; scale factors; basic similarity transformations and their algebraic rules.

Comparing and Scaling

Ratio, Proportion and Percent

Rates and ratios; making comparisons; proportional reasoning.

Accentuate the Negative

Integers

Understanding and modeling integers; integer operations; Order of Operations; four-quadrant graphing.

Filling and Wrapping

Three-Dimensional Measurement

Volume and surface area of various solids; volume and surface area relationships.