2025-26 Course Descriptions - Catalog - Page 9
ALGEBRA B
In Algebra B, students uncover how algebraic
thinking allows us to model the world
mathematically. Throughout the year, students
leverage their understanding of proportional
relationships and quantitative reasoning to
incorporate more nuance and abstraction in
their mathematical thinking, building on their
foundational skills built in Algebra A. Students
explore, construct, and analyze linear models and
systems of linear functions through simulations
and pattern analysis. Finding a balance between
abstract and applied mathematics, students
continually move among representations of
relationships to develop equations, graphs,
descriptions, and visual models. Students develop
and re昀椀ne the idea of slope as a constant
rate of change, develop 昀氀uency with cardinal
operations and their inverses to isolate variables,
and use graphs as a powerful tool to tell stories
of change over time. Course content includes,
but is not limited to, expressions in one or many
variables, equations and inequalities in one or
two variables, factoring, and quadratic equations.
At the conclusion of the middle school Algebra A
and Algebra B courses, students are prepared for
Geometry.
ALGEBRA I
Algebra I opens the door to all other areas of study
in mathematics. In Algebra I, students learn how
to model real-world phenomena using variables,
expressions, equations, and inequalities. Students
develop critical-thinking skills as they transfer
their concrete mathematical knowledge to more
abstract algebraic generalizations. Students
recognize patterns and use tables, graphs, and
equations to investigate linear relationships.
Students develop and re昀椀ne the idea of slope as
a constant rate of change, develop 昀氀uency with
cardinal operations and their inverses to isolate
variables, and use graphs as a powerful tool to tell
stories of change over time. Students explore and
solve real-world application problems and learn to
communicate mathematical ideas clearly and in a
variety of ways. Students build their mathematical
literacy throughout their study of linear equations
and inequalities and their graphs, function notation
and manipulation, exponents and radicals, and
quadratic functions and their graphs.
Note: Algebra I is open to 9th grade students who
did not complete Algebra in Middle School.
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