Curriculum Blueprints

Financial Algebra (Oregon Blueprint, Version 1)

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The Financial Algebra Course engages students with real-world financial applications while maintaining deep mathematical rigor. The 10 units include: Taxes, Checking, Savings, Budgeting, Intro to Investing, Investing Strategies, Types of Credit, Managing Credit, Paying for College and Insurance. This course will be heavily collaboration and project based. Students will be required to use google drive, docs and sheets on a regular basis. This course has a distinction of Algebra 1/Integrated 1 or higher. This is a good course for 11th and 12th grade students as an alternative to Integrated 3/Algebra 2.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Oregon Coast STEM Hub, Oregon Department of Education

Illustrative Mathematics Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2

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IM Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 are problem-based core curricula rooted in content and practice standards to foster learning and achievement for all. Students learn by doing math, solving problems in mathematical and real-world contexts, and constructing arguments using precise language. Teachers can shift their instruction and facilitate student learning with high-leverage routines that guide them in understanding and making connections between concepts and procedures. IM 9-12 Math, authored by Illustrative Mathematics, is highly rated by EdReports for meeting all expectations across all three review gateways. Students who struggle in Algebra 1 are more likely to struggle in subsequent math courses and experience more adverse outcomes. The Algebra 1 Extra Support Materials are designed to help students who need additional support in their Algebra 1 course. Each Algebra 1 Extra Support Materials lesson is associated with a lesson in the Algebra 1 course. The intention is that students experience each Algebra 1 Extra Support Materials lesson before its associated Algebra 1 lesson. The Algebra 1 Extra Support Materials lesson helps students learn or remember a skill or concept that is needed to access and find success with the associated Algebra 1 lesson.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Kendall Hunt

High School Core 2: Geometry (Oregon Blueprint, Version 1)

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This ½ credit Geometry class is designed as one component of Oregon’s “core 2” mathematics sequence for grade 9 and 10 students. In addition to this course, students should have access to 1 credit worth of Algebra standards and ½ credit of Data Reasoning. This course is designed to be implemented by an instructor steeped in the four cornerstones of the Oregon Math Project. In particular, the course centers “belonging” in its design for heterogeneous, detracked classrooms and “engagement” as it anchors relevant and hands-on activities. Unit options are provided so that teachers can make informed decisions based on their unique contexts.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Oregon Deparment of Education

Inequality Unit (Oregon Course Blueprint, Version 1)

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Unit Description Students will be discovering how to find solutions to a system of linear inequalities with the context of a housing development project. They will start by finding solutions to one linear inequality by determining how many houses or apartments could fit on a plot of land, and then looking at the different solutions on a graph to determine where all solutions could be found, and where solutions are not possible. The next day students will attempt to find solutions to an inequality where there is a specific budget, and then will need to determine what solutions are solutions for both inequalities. Students will demonstrate their learning by completing a recommendation form, using a total of four inequalities where they will need to find solutions that work for each. The last day students will be exploring the difference between solid lines and dashed lines as they relate to the graph of an inequality. Students will get to practice what they have learned with a new set of problems that are related to the original housing development context.

Material Type: Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Author: Southern Oregon ESD