Ms. Levy

BA Philosophy UC Santa Cruz

MA Philosophy UC Riverside

Education Specialist Credential

Single Subject Credential in Foundational Mathematics

Multiple Subjects Credential

PRE-ALGEBRA 9 SDC 

Ninth grade Pre-Algebra Special Day Class (SDC) is designed specifically to address skills in support of students with goals in the area of mathematics. This course emphasizes developing foundational algebraic skills in order to focus on depth within the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics major standard clusters including the following: (1) formulating and reasoning about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with a linear equation and solving linear equations and systems of linear equations; (2) grasping the concept of a function and using functions to describe quantitative relationships; (3) analyzing two- and three-dimensional space and figures using distance, angle, similarity, and congruence, and understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem. 

PHYSICS OF THE UNIVERSE SDC

This course centers on a range of phenomena on Earth as the context for investigating fundamental principles of physics. Aligned to the CA Science Framework's High School 3-Course Model, this course integrates both Physical Science and Earth and Space Science performance expectations. Throughout the course, students deepen their understanding that physical processes govern everything in the universe. This will include learning how physicists interpret processes that shape Earth and space systems using the laws of physics, and how they benefit from applying their models in a range of contexts.