Math - Vaughan

Winter Term: We will begin the winter term with Shapes and Designs. Students will practice sorting polygons and finding angle measures through estimation and reasoning with variables and equations. Students will use formulas to find the sum of interior and exterior angles and understand the relationship of complementary and supplementary pairs of angles. In addition, students will apply and design angle-side measurement conditions needed for drawing triangles and quadrilaterals with specific properties. We will end the term by digging deeper into positive and negative integers. We will begin the year with by focusing on algebra. Through investigations in our Variables and Patterns unit, students will develop the ability to recognize, describe, and analyze two kinds of relationships between variables: (1) change in the value of a single variable over time; and (2) change in the value of a dependent variable as it responds to change in the value of a related interdependent variable. Students will learn how to reason about those relationships using numeric, graphic, symbolic, and verbal representations. Later in the term, will we explore statistics and data analysis through our unit called, Data About Us. In Data About Us, students will learn about the process of statistical investigations. They will also construct and analyze distributions of data. They will compare data distributions by using what they know about measures of center and spread. As we begin the year together as a math community, it is also important to develop a culture and climate that reinforces a growth mindset, the problem solving process, and critical thinking. We will be working to support a community where students feel comfortable and safe to express their ideas and strategies as they work to justify multiple solutions to challenging investigations. Differentiation, autonomy, and choice are key to meeting the individual needs of each mathematician in our community and essential to growing confident and engaged mathematicians. In addition to whole-class, direct instruction, students will be working on individualized skill practice and meeting in small groups to strengthen and enhance our abilities and mathematical reasoning