Mr. Weigel

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Voice Mail:  630-848-5629

Email:  jweigel@naperville203.org

7th Grade Mathematics

District 203 Mathematics Philosophy 

Mathematics is a universal language that allows us to make sense of fundamental principles, thoughts, ideas, patterns, problems, and phenomena surrounding us and to communicate our understanding and resolutions of these concepts to others. In order to develop and enrich student understanding of mathematics, District 203 will provide a comprehensive and cohesive mathematics curriculum in which mathematical topics are explored and analyzed with significant depth.

The environment in every mathematics classroom will provide the following: active and responsible engagement in the learning of mathematics, an atmosphere of risk taking, in-depth investigation and analysis of intriguing situations and problems, ample opportunities for reflection and interaction, and connections to everyday life.

Instruction in every mathematics classroom will provide a rich variety of cognitively appropriate strategies and resources so that all students have opportunities to experience both success and challenge.

As a result of this curriculum, environment and instruction, District 203 students will experience the utility, power and beauty of mathematics as they become proficient in using and applying fundamental mathematical concepts and skills including: computation, critical thinking, reasoning, and resourceful problem solving.

7th Grade Regular Math Curriculum
How is mathematics used to help me understand my world?

Units of Study
Trimester 1 Unit 1 –
Integers & Operations
(Chapters 1,2,3) Unit 2 –
Fractions
(Chapters 4 & 5)

Trimester 2 Unit 3 –
Proportions & Percents
(Chapters 6 & 7) Unit 4 –
Geometry (start)
(Chapters 10,11,12)

Trimester 3 Unit 4 –
Geometry (end)
(Chapters 10,11,12) Unit 5 -
Statistics, Data Analysis, & Probability
(Chapters 8 & 9)
  

Important Online Textbook Information

Accessing the online student edition:

Go to www.glencoe.com/ose

Enter the following access code:

FA179552C1

This will give students access to their online textbook.

Quick Pass Codes:

Quick Pass Codes are used to quickly access the chapter and lesson resources which are available on www.glencoe.com in the upper right hand corner of the page you will see an are that says Quick Pass. This is where you enter the code below:

Here are the quick pass codes:

IL3293c1 (c1 for chapter 1)
IL3293c2 for chapter 2

To access the chapter 3 resources just change to c3 and so on. The first 6 characters always stay the same and it is not case sensitive. So students just designate what chapter resources they want to check out online and change it to c1 or c4, etc.

These resources are NOT password protected. The Quick Pass Codes just eliminate the students having to go through multiple clicks to get to this material. You can get to these same resources by going the long way:

www.glencoe.com
Once at the website, enter the following:
State: Illinois
Student
Subject: Math
Click Enter

Double click on Illinois Math Connects: Concepts, Skills and Problem Solving, Course 2 © 2009

Select Student/Parent Center and hit Enter

This takes you to the Online Student Center for the textbook. You can access all the chapter resources from here and there is also a link for the online student edition. If you click on it will take you directly to www.glencoe.com/ose. There is also Free Homework Help available by clicking on the Hotmath Homework Help Link.

Any problems accessing the online resources or the online student edition on the Glencoe website should be directed to Glencoe Software Support at 800-437-3715.

7th Grade Honors Math Curriculum

Curriculum 1st Trimester 

Recognize and apply patterns
Number and letter patterns
Calculating probability
Using patterns to make predictions
Order of operations
simplifying expressions
Powers and roots
Pythagorean Theorem and formulas
Linear and angle measurement
Polygons and properties
Scientific notation
Estimation with equations
Theoretical probability
Expected value

Curriculum 2nd Trimester 
Converting measurements
Ratios and proportions
Rates
Dimensional analysis
Similarity and problem solving
Organizing and displaying data
Scatterplots and stem and leaf plots
Box –and-Whisker plots
Mean, median, mode, and range
Coordinate plane and integers
Operations involving integers