Integrated Math l

Prerequisites: None

This course is the 1st year of a 3 year integrated mathematics series. These three courses incorporate a strategic interweaving of mathematics with authentic connections among theory and application, algorithm, and mathematical practices, designed to naturally scaffold the learning of a constantly deepening material. As a consequence, students increasing understanding and recognize that all math is interrelated, purposeful and applicable. The purpose of this course is to formalize and extend the mathematics that students learned in middle school. The critical areas of focus, organized into units, deepen and extend understanding of linear relationships, in part by contrasting them with exponential and in part by applying linear models to data that exhibit a linear trend. Integrated Math 1, 1-2 uses properties and theorems involving congruent figures to deepen and extend understanding of geometric knowledge from prior grades. The final unit in the course ties together the algebraic and geometric ideas studied. The Mathematical Practice Standards apply throughout the course and together with the content standards provide students with a math experience that is coherent, useful, and logical. Students make use of their sense making in problem situations. This integrated math course pre- pares students to enroll in the next course in the sequence, Integrated Math 2.

The selected materials, Integrated CME Project, Mathematics 1, addresses both the Content Standards of the Common Core Integrated Pathway as described in both Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards and the California Mathematics Framework.